18 Facts About Taylor Potts

Taylor Potts was born on October 13,1987 and is a former American football quarterback.

Taylor Potts played college football at Texas Tech, and was signed by the St Louis Rams as an undrafted free agent in 2011.

Taylor Potts was waived during training camp, and then signed as a free agent by the San Diego Chargers in May 2012, where he was expected to compete for the third-string quarterback position.

At Texas Tech, Potts served as a backup for quarterback Graham Harrell and took over the starting role in 2009.

Taylor Potts spent his 2006 freshman season as a "redshirt," seeing no game action but working as a member of the scout team.

Taylor Potts then served as a backup to Graham Harrell for the 2007 and 2008 seasons, seeing limited playing time in several Tech blowout victories.

Taylor Potts was named Harrell's heir apparent and starter by Mike Leach in April 2009.

Taylor Potts beat out classmate and former walk on Steven Sheffield and highly touted Redshirt Freshman Seth Doege.

Taylor Potts started slow but ended up with 46 completions out of 62 attempts for 420 yards, 3 touchdowns and an interception.

Taylor Potts took a vicious hit from Texas Defensive End Sergio Kindle that caused a turnover that in effect sealed the close win for the Longhorns, but got back up to throw his third touchdown of the game to Tramain Swindall.

Taylor Potts was given the start in the Alamo Bowl, despite a healthy Steve Sheffield.

Taylor Potts was effective for most of the game, but was pulled late in the 4th quarter by the interim staff, as Mike Leach had been fired earlier in the week.

Taylor Potts suffered a hand injury in spring 2010 workouts and missed the spring Red-Black scrimmage.

Taylor Potts threw for 359 yards, completing 34 of 53 passes, in Tech's win over SMU.

Taylor Potts finished his final season as Tech's fourth-ranked all-time leader in passing yards and the school's third-ranked all-time leader in touchdown passes thrown with 62.

Taylor Potts connected with former high school teammate Lyle Leong Jr.

Taylor Potts went undrafted in the 2011 NFL draft and was later signed by the St Louis Rams on July 26,2011, but was waived on August 15.

In May 2012, Taylor Potts was signed as a free agent and agreed to terms with the San Diego Chargers after a workout with the team.