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Matt Strasen
Matt Strasen
Matt Strasen

4 Dante Taylor

  • Position Running Back
  • Ht./Wt. 5-11 / 180
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Plano, Texas
  • Prev School Plano East SH
  • Major Sports & Leisure

Biography

At Midwestern State

Individual Awards
All-Lone Star Conference (1)
2014 (2nd)

Senior (2016)
played nine games making two starts at running back... finished career 11th on MSU's all-time rushing list with 1,766 yards... ran for at least 100 yards on seven occasions during collegiate career -- the sixth most by an individual runner in program annals... fourth on the team with 235 ayrds on 55 carries for an average of 4.3 yards per carry as a senior... finished season with 14 receptions for 118 yards... accounted for a season-high 129 yards of total offense in a 43-22 win at Western New Mexico (10/1)... ran for a campaign-high 94 yards on 10 carries including a 71-yard burst while catching one pass for 35 versus WNMU... rushed for 49 yards on a season-high 14 carries at West Texas A&M (10/22)... ran for 23 yards on 10 carries in season opening 31-19 win at Truman State (9/3)...

Junior (2015)
played in eight games making three starts at running back... fourth on team in rushing going for 302 yards on 89 carries with two touchdowns... finished junior season 12th on MSU all-time rushing list with 1,531 yards... rushed for a season-high 69 yards on 12 carries in a 49-41 win over Texas A&M-Kingsville (10/31)... had career-high 20 carries for 56 yards in a 37-33 win over No. 11 Texas A&M-Commerce for LSC playoff championship (11/14)... accounted for a touchdown run in the opening round of the NCAA Division II Playoffs against No. 4 Colorado State-Pueblo (11/28)...

Sophomore (2014)
played in seven games making five starts at running back... a second-team All-Lone Star Conference performer...  second on team in rushing rolling up 677 yards on 106 carries with six touchdowns... ran for 159 yards and a touchdown in consecutive games against Angelo State (10/4) adnd West Texas A&M (10/11)... burst for a season long run of 80 yards against the Buffs... carried the ball 15 times for 158 yards and a TD while making two catches for 39 more yards to account for 167 all-purpose yards in a season opening 40-23 win over Missouri S&T (9/13)... notched 105 yards and two touchdowns in a 27-23 win at Tarleton State (9/27)... returned four kicks for 93 yards including a long of 41 yards against Angelo State (10/4)... finished campaign at 17th on MSU's all-time rushing list with 1,229 yards through his first two seasons...

Redshirt Freshman (2013)
played in all 10 games for the Mustangs at running back behind All-American Keidrick Jackson... was MSU's second-leading rusher with 552 yards on 82 carries (6.7 yards per carry)... ranked 10th in the Lone Star Conference and 148th in NCAA Division II with 55.2 yards per game... fourth on the team with nine receptions for 151 yards a a touchdown... MSU's number two kickoff return man with 10 returns for 227 yards... recorded three 100-yard rushing games his his rookie season... top game came against Menlo (Calif.) where he had 10 carries for 128 yards with two touchdowns (21 and 4 yards)...  also had a 57-yard run against the Oaks.  He also had one kickoff return for 18 yards...was impressive in MSU's Comcast SportsNet Houston regionally televised win against Texas A&M-Kingsville with 10 rushes for 100 yards, including a season-best 59-yard run from scrimmage, and two kickoff returns for 64 yards (long one of 40)... chalked up nine carries for 123 yards and two touchdowns in regionally televised win at West Georgia.  Scored his first career rushing touchdown on a 13-yard run for the Mustangs first score of the game and added a 32-yard TD run in the third quarter... scored MSU's first touchdown of the season in his first-ever collegiate game against Tarleton State in the Lone Star Football Festival at AT&T Stadium on a 34-yard touchdown pass from Shavodrick Beaver (his only reception of the game).  He also returned the first kickoff of the year for 14 yards.  It was the only game he did not have a rushing attempt...

Freshman (2012)
served redshirt season...

At Plano East Senior High
named first-team All-District 8-5A for coach Johnny Ringo at Plano East... a second-team all-district player as a junior and honorable mention as a sophomore for the Panthers... rushed for 1,071 yards and collected 700 receiving yards as a senior... named the Panthers Running Back MVP in 2011...

Personal
son of Adrianne Taylor and Chris Harbert... born Jan. 26, 1994...

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2012Freshman

    Running Back
    5'10" 180 lbs
  • 28

    2013Freshman

    Running Back
    5'11" 190 lbs
    28
  • 28

    2014Sophomore

    Running Back
    5'11" 190 lbs
    28
  • 28

    2015Junior

    Running Back
    5'11" 190 lbs
    28
  • 4

    2016Senior

    Running Back
    5'11" 180 lbs
    4