Adarius Taylor is an alumnus of Eastern Arizona College in Thatcher, Graham County, Arizona, United States and Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA. The former is a community college chartered by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1888 and the latter is a public research university established on July 15, 1961.
Taylor is a Jamaican-American athlete who participated in football, track and basketball in high school. He played in the National Football League for the Carolina Panthers, the Cleveland Browns and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The Cleveland Browns, which is based in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA, was established on June 4, 1944 while the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which is based in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, was established on April 24, 1974. Established on October 26, 1993, the Carolina Panthers is based in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA.
BIOGRAPHY
Taylor played in the NFL from 2014 to 2023. Here are 10 more things about him:
- He is Basil George Taylor and Dulcie Buckmaster‘s son.
- He was born Adarius Dashawn Glanton in Bartow, Polk County, Florida.
- He graduated from Lake Gibson High School in Lakeland, Polk County.
- He attended Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA then transferred to Eastern Arizona College and Florida Atlantic University.
- From 2012 to 2013, he played for the Florida Atlantic Owls of Florida Atlantic University.
- From 2014 to 2015, he was a Carolina Panthers player.
- From 2015, he was a Tampa Bay Buccaneers player.
- In 2018, he changed his last name.
- In 2019, he was a Cleveland Browns player.
- In 2020, he played for the Carolina Panthers again.
- In 2023, he spent weeks on the practice squad of the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League.
- On September 21, 2024, he turned 34.
- In 2025, he was arrested.
TIMELINE
Taylor is 6’0″ tall. When he was an NFL player, his registered weight was 230 pounds.
2017
- On February 28, 2017, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers assigned a one-year, $690,000 tender to him as a restricted free agent.
- On April 18, 2017, he signed his one-year, $690,000 restricted free agent tender to remain with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
- On December 20, 2017, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers officially placed him on injured reserve.
2018
- On February 24, 2018, he and Kristin Mikail Oden Taylor got married.
- On December 20, 2018, Kristin gave birth to their son Apollo Taylor.
2019
- On March 14, 2019, he signed a two-year contract with the Cleveland Browns.
2020
- On February 17, 2020, the Cleveland Browns released him.
- On July 27, 2020, he was signed by the Carolina Panthers.
2021
- On August 4, 2021, Kristin filed for divorce against him in Polk County.
2022
- On June 10, 2022, Christian T. Chambers filed a premises liability-torts case against him in Polk County.
2023
- On September 26, 2023, he was signed to the practice roster of the Calgary Stampeders.
- On November 16, 2023, the Calgary Stampeders released him.
- On December 21, 2023, Citizens Bank and Trust filed a collections-creditor case against him and Kristin in Polk County.
2025
- On May 8, 2025, he allegedly left Apollo in his car to meet up with who he thought was a prostitute, who was actually an undercover Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputy. He was charged with negligent child abuse without bodily harm and soliciting another for prostitution, lewdness or assignation and booked into the Polk County Jail in Winter Haven, Polk County. His bail was set at $6,000.
- On May 11, 2025, he was released from jail.
- On June 10, 2025, he will be arraigned.
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