Taylor Rowan (born January 12, 1987) is a former American football placekicker. He has also played in the AF2 with the Arkansas Twisters, and played with the United Football League (UFL)'s New York Sentinels.
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| Position: | Kicker | ||||||||||||
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| Born: | January 12, 1987 Melbourne, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Melbourne (FL) | ||||||||||||
| College: | Western Illinois | ||||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2009 | ||||||||||||
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College career
editRowan played Football at Western Illinois University, NCAA Div IAA, Macomb, Illinois. He was a four-year starter and was the first true freshman WIU placekicker since 1990. He set numerous WIU Freshman kicking records including, tying the record for most Points after touchdown (PATs) in a game by a freshman. His freshman season he broke the record for most consecutive PATs in a Season (47). His first collegiate field goal broke the record for longest field goal by a freshman in school history (47 yards).[1] Over the next three (3) years, he was named All-American twice (The Sports network[2] and College Sporting News[3]), National player of the Week 3 times, Gateway Conference (currently Missouri Valley Football Conference) Player of the Week 3 times,[4] WIU Special teams player of the Year 3 times and All-Conference. He Shares the WIU record for longest Field goal with Mike Scrifres at 56 yards and holds the record for longest field goal at Hanson field (56 yards). He also holds the WIU and Gateway Conference single-season record for the most 50-plus-yard field goals in a single season, connecting on six of eight tries from 50-plus yards.[5] He was just two 50-yard field goals from tying the all-time NCAA record of 11 for his career. In his senior campaign, he broke and then set the NCAA FCS record for most consecutive PATs (formerly held by Chris Snyder of Montana State), scoring on 129 tries without a miss.[6] He eventually finished his career at 160/162 PATs having 2 blocked his senior season. In his college career he set or tied a total of 16 school, conference and national records. In 2010 he was named to the Missouri Valley, Silver Anniversary Team.[7]
Professional career
editAfter going undrafted in 2008, Rowan signed with the AF2 Arkansas Twisters. He also played the last game of the 2009 UFL schedule for the now defunct New York Sentinels. In 2010, Rowan was signed by the Spokane Shock of the Arena Football League (AFL).[8] He led the AFL, connecting on 140 PAT's including the AFL Playoffs. He finished the season hitting 100% of his FG tries,[9] including a long of 40 yards in the AFL playoffs.[10] Spokane defeated the Tampa Bay Storm to win the ArenaBowl XXIII Championship.[11] Rowan would kick for the Shock again in 2011. After taking 2012 off, Rowan returned to the Shock in 2013 and kicked for them until 2015.
References
edit- ^ "Meet the Leathernecks" (PDF). www.wiuathletics.com. Western Illinois University. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
- ^ "2007 The Sports Network FCS All-American Team". www.sportsnetwork.com. The Sports Network. Archived from the original on June 7, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
- ^ "College Sporting News Announces the 2007 Fabulous 50 FCS All-American Team". www.championshipsubdivionnews.com. College Sporting News. December 21, 2007. Archived from the original on March 13, 2012. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
- ^ "Taylor Rowan, , NFL Draft - CBSSports.com Football". Archived from the original on April 28, 2009. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
- ^ Jason Kaufman (April 17, 2009). "Leathernecks' placekicker, longsnapper attend pro kicking camp". www.goleathernecks.com. Western Illinois University. Archived from the original on August 26, 2012. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
- ^ "Leatherneck Notes - Sports - Western Courier". media.www.westerncourier.com. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
- ^ http://www.mvc-sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=7600&ATCLID=204842955 [permanent dead link]
- ^ "Shock add Kicker". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. March 31, 2010. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
- ^ "Player statistics". afl.fbstats.pointstreak.com. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
- ^ "arenafootball.com: Stats". Archived from the original on April 18, 2010.
- ^ "Shock Capture ArenaBowl XXIII 69-57". www.spokesman.com. The Spokesman-Review. August 20, 2010. Retrieved June 5, 2014.