Career
A 6"0", 215-pounds running back from Texas Technical, Taylor played for five NFL seasons as a running back and kick returner. As the starting running back for the Giants, he led the team in rushing in 1979 and 1980. His best season was in 1979, when he started all 16 games, carrying the ball 198 times for 700 yards and catching it another 28 times for 253 yards with 11 total touchdowns.
The Jets picked him up after the Giants waived him in 1981, but they cut him three weeks later when they needed to add a defensive lineman to replace the injured Marty Lyons.
Taylor went on to become a Corporate Trainer for Hunter Douglas, and involved with charities. Billy Taylor was a successful broadcast journalist after playing football.
This included stints with television and radio. Most notably he co-hosted with Larry Hardesty on WLIB a talk show with had good success as the only minority talk show in New York City Area.
