Ashton Taylor

HONORS 2025 Preseason Second Team All-SWAC As a Junior (2024): Started at linebacker and played in 13 games... Recorded 50 total tackles, including 27 solo stops... Finished with 5.0 tackles for loss for 32 yards... Recorded 3.5 sacks for 29 yards... Recovered a fumble... Broke up six passes and recorded four quarterback hurries... Recorded a career-high 10 tackles against ULM (Aug. 29) in the season-opener... Recorded six or more tackles three other times including seven against Southern (Dec. 7) in the SWAC Championship Game... Recorded two tackles for loss against Southern (Dec. 7) in the SWAC Championship Game... Finished with a pair of quarterback hurries two times... Recorded a safety against Alabama State (Nov. 16). As a Sophomore (2023): Played in five games… Recorded one tackle… Used mainly on special teams. Before Jackson State (at Tennessee Tech): Played in four games at Tennessee Tech... Recorded three tackles. High School: A selection to the Starnes Media All-South Metro team, comes from the prolific Hoover program... Two-year starter for Hoover, he was named the Victor Hill Defensive Player of the Year and collected 13 tackles-for-loss this past season. Personal: Son of Christie Mason... Born on January 30, 2004... Majoring in Business Entrepreneurship.