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Chester TaylorWWikipedia↗

RB · 5′11″ 213 lb · Born 1979-09-22 · College: Toledo · Played 2002–2011 · Drafted 2002 round 6, pick 207 by Baltimore Ravens ·

IDs

ESPN=3784, NFLVERSE=00-0021314, NFLVERSE=TAY110311, OTC=6805, PFR=TaylCh01

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Passing

Year	Team	Pos	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Rate
2007	MIN	RB	14	0	1	0	0	39.6
2008	MIN	RB	16	1	1	4	1	122.9
Total			30	1	2	4	1	95.8

Rushing

Year	Team	Pos	G	Rush	Yds	TD	Y/C	Fum	FL
2002	BLT	RB	15	33	122	0	3.7	1	1
2003	BLT	RB	16	63	276	2	4.4	3	1
2004	BLT	RB	16	160	714	2	4.5	1	1
2005	BLT	RB	15	117	487	0	4.2	3	3
2006	MIN	RB	15	304	1214	6	4.0	5	3
2007	MIN	RB	14	157	844	7	5.4	5	4
2008	MIN	RB	16	101	399	4	4.0	2	2
2009	MIN	RB	16	93	332	1	3.6	2	0
2010	CHI	RB	16	112	267	3	2.4	0	0
2011	ARZ	RB	11	20	77	1	3.9	0	0
Total			150	1160	4732	26	4.1	22	15

Receiving

Year	Team	Pos	G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Y/R
2002	BLT	RB	15	22	14	129	2	9.2
2003	BLT	RB	16	0	20	132	0	6.6
2004	BLT	RB	16	0	30	184	0	6.1
2005	BLT	RB	15	0	41	292	1	7.1
2006	MIN	RB	15	0	42	288	0	6.9
2007	MIN	RB	14	0	29	281	0	9.7
2008	MIN	RB	16	1	45	399	2	8.9
2009	MIN	RB	16	59	44	389	1	8.8
2010	CHI	RB	16	26	20	139	0	7.0
2011	ARZ	RB	11	24	14	91	0	6.5
Total			150	132	299	2324	6	7.8

Teams

Year	Team	Pos	#
2002	Baltimore Ravens	RB	29
2003	Baltimore Ravens	RB	29
2004	Baltimore Ravens	RB	29
2005	Baltimore Ravens	RB	29
2006	Minnesota Vikings	RB	29
2007	Minnesota Vikings	RB	29
2008	Minnesota Vikings	RB	29
2009	Minnesota Vikings	RB	29
2010	Chicago Bears	RB	29
2011	Arizona Cardinals	RB	29

Total QBR

Year	Team	Rk	QBR	Pts added	Plays	EPA	Pass	Run	Sack	Pen	Exp sack
2008	MIN		100.0	0.9	1	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

ESPN Total QBR (2006 on). Rank is among qualifying quarterbacks that season.

Expected points added

As rusher

Year	Carries	EPA	EPA/carry	Success
2002	34	0.5	0.01	41.2%
2003	64	-6.9	-0.11	35.9%
2004	160	-19.3	-0.12	36.2%
2005	117	-10.0	-0.09	35.9%
2006	304	-44.7	-0.15	35.5%
2007	157	-9.4	-0.06	38.9%
2008	113	-5.7	-0.05	38.1%
2009	103	-23.2	-0.22	26.2%
2010	126	-22.7	-0.18	31.0%
2011	20	-1.5	-0.08	30.0%

As target

Year	Targets	EPA	EPA/target	Success	ADOT
2002	22	3.8	0.17	36.4%
2003	22	5.7	0.26	45.5%
2004	30	7.2	0.24	56.7%
2005	41	9.4	0.23	51.2%
2006	42	14.0	0.33	54.8%	0.1
2007	29	12.2	0.42	55.2%	1.1
2008	51	15.9	0.31	54.9%	0.8
2009	68	0.1	0.00	44.1%	0.2
2010	27	0.9	0.03	48.1%	1.0
2011	24	-10.5	-0.44	25.0%	1.3

From every play since 1999 (nflfastR EPA model). Success = share of plays with positive EPA.

Depth chart history

Year	Team	Listed at	Weeks as starter	Weeks listed
2002	BLT	RB, KR	0	17
2003	BLT	KR, RB	5	17
2004	BLT	RB	0	17
2005	BLT	RB, HB, KR	3	16
2006	MIN	RB	16	16
2007	MIN	RB	8	18
2008	MIN	KR, HB, PR, RB	5	18
2009	MIN	HB, RB	0	18
2010	CHI	RB	0	18
2011	ARZ	RB	0	18

Regular-season depth charts (2001 on). A starter is a first-string listing that week.

Combine

Year	Pos	School	Ht	Wt	40	Bench	Vert	Broad	3-cone	Shuttle
2002	RB	Toledo	5′11″	213	4.58	22	33.0	114

All of the 2002 combine →

Injury reports (3)

Year	Wk	Team	Injury	Game status	Practice
2009	13	MIN	Ribs	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2010	14	CHI	Knee		Limited Participation in Practice
2010	15	CHI	Knee		Full Participation in Practice

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