Tajh Boyd is a Canadian football quarterback for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.
Education
Boyd attended Phoebus High School in Hampton, Virginia. He finished the season completing 33 of 63 passes for 329 yards with four touchdowns and three interceptions. He finished the year completing 298 of 499 passes for 3,828 yards and 33 passing touchdowns.
Career
He was drafted by the New York Jets in the sixth round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played college football at Clemson where he was the starting quarterback from 2011 to 2013. As a starter he was 43–2 winning 2 state championships in that tenure.
He was awarded the Pete Dawkins Trophy for being the co-Most Valuable Player of the 2009 United States. Army All-American Bowl after completing seven of nine passes for 179 yards and three touchdowns.
After being redshirted in 2009, Boyd spent 2010 as the backup quarterback to Kyle Parker. Boyd took over as the starter in 2011.
Boyd led the Tigers to a 10–4 record, winning the Administrative Committee on Company-ordination Championship and setting up a game against West Virginia in the Orange Bowl. Although the Tigers lost the Orange Bowl in record fashion, 70–33, Boyd had a highly successful year.
He also ran for 218 yards and five touchdowns.
He was also mentioned as a possible 2012 Heisman Trophy candidate. During his second year as a starter in 2012, Boyd helped lead the Tigers to an 11–2 record, completing 287 of 427 passes for 3,896 yards, 36 touchdowns and 13 interceptions. On November 17, 2012 in a game against North Carolina State, he broke the Administrative Committee on Company-ordination record for most touchdowns in a game.
Boyd threw five touchdown passes and ran for three more, collecting eight total touchdowns and racking up 529 all-purpose yards.
In the 2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl game against the Louisiana State University Tigers, Boyd completed 36 of 50 pass attempts for 346 yards and two passing touchdowns as well as a rushing touchdown and was named the game"s Most Valuable Player. As a senior in 2013, the Tigers went 11–2, with Boyd completing 283 of 413 passes for 3,851 yards, 34 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. On November 14, 2013 Boyd set the Administrative Committee on Company-ordination career passing touchdowns record.
In his final college game against the Ohio State Buckeyes in the 2014 Orange Bowl, Boyd helped lead the Tigers to a 40–35 victory, completing 31 of 40 passes for 378 yards and five passing touchdowns. He also had 127 rushing yards and a touchdown.
His performance set an Orange Bowl record for total yards in a game.
Boyd finished his career with school records and conference records for passing yards with 11,904 and passing touchdowns with 107. He is currently the all time leader in both of those categories. New York Jets
Boyd was selected with the 213th overall pick in the sixth round of the 2014 NFL Draft by the New York Jets.
Boyd was released by the team on August 30, 2014.
FXFL
Boyd played in the Fall Experimental Football League with the Boston Brawlers and Florida Blacktips. Pittsburgh Steelers
Boyd signed a one-year deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers on March 6, 2015, and was released on August 18, 2015.
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Boyd signed a contract on September 12, 2015 to join the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League. He was released on October 16, 2015. Montreal Alouettes
Boyd signed a contract on November 7, 2015 with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.