23 Facts About Adam Taliaferro

Adam J Taliaferro was born on January 1,1982 and is an American politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from the 3rd district from 2015 to 2022.

Adam Taliaferro is a former American football player whose recovery from a paralyzing spinal cord injury sustained while playing cornerback for the Penn State Nittany Lions gained national media attention.

Adam Taliaferro served on the Gloucester County Board of Chosen Freeholders for three years before his 2015 appointment to the New Jersey General Assembly.

Adam Taliaferro served three terms before losing re-election in 2021.

In 2000, Adam Taliaferro joined the Penn State Nittany Lions football team as one of the top-rated freshmen of their 2000 recruiting class.

Adam Taliaferro earned playing time as a true freshman for Joe Paterno's Nittany Lions, despite Paterno's well-documented tendency to redshirt freshman players.

On September 23,2000, while playing in only the fifth game of his college career, Adam Taliaferro sustained a career-ending spinal cord injury while tackling tailback Jerry Westbrooks during Penn State's game versus Ohio State.

Adam Taliaferro's helmet had hit Westbrooks' knee during the tackle, bursting the fifth cervical vertebra in his neck and bruising his spinal cord.

Adam Taliaferro was paralyzed on the hit, which left him with no movement from the neck down.

Adam Taliaferro had surgery at the Ohio State Medical Center to fuse his C-5 vertebra.

Adam Taliaferro began his well-publicized rehab at Magee Rehabilitation Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Adam Taliaferro returned to Penn State less than a year after his injury.

Adam Taliaferro led the Penn State Nittany Lions football team onto Beaver Stadium's field for the first game of the 2001 season against the Miami Hurricanes in front of a record crowd of 109,313.

Adam Taliaferro skipped, then jogged onto the field in front of an emotional Penn State crowd.

Adam Taliaferro remained part of the football team as a student-assistant coach under Joe Paterno.

Adam Taliaferro earned a Bachelor of Science in Labor and Industrial Relations from Penn State in 2005.

Adam Taliaferro created his own foundation to help support others with spinal cord injuries.

Adam Taliaferro subsequently won reelection to the Freeholder board in 2014 and served until his appointment to the General Assembly.

Adam Taliaferro was elected in his own right to the seat in 2015,2017 and 2019.

Adam Taliaferro was appointed as a Deputy Majority Leader on January 9,2018.

Adam Taliaferro was chosen to chair the Law and Public Safety Committee.

Adam Taliaferro earned his JD in May 2008 and worked as a lawyer at Duane Morris in the firm's Cherry Hill office for five years.

Adam Taliaferro runs his own foundation which helps student athletes with head or spinal injuries and is a motivational speaker, doing corporate appearances and speaking at schools.