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Cameron Taylor-Britt (born October 15, 1999) is an American football cornerback for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Nebraska.
Early life and high school
Taylor-Britt grew up in Montgomery, Alabama and attended Park Crossing High School, where he played quarterback. As a senior, he completed 77 of 130 passing attempts for 1,466 yards and 14 touchdowns and rushed for 1,030 yards and 16 touchdowns on 117 carries. Taylor-Britt initially hoped to play college football at Auburn and was recruited by the school, but was not ultimately offered a scholarship. He ultimately committed to play at Nebraska.
College career
Taylor-Britt played in 11 games as a freshman on both defense and special teams and finished the season with 12 total tackles, three passes broken up, and a recovered fumble while on punt coverage. He started seven games at safety and three games at cornerback in his sophomore season. Taylor-Britt was named to the second-team All-Big Ten Conference after starting all seven of Nebraska's games in the team's COVID-19-shortened 2020 season and recorded 28 tackles with four passes broken up and two interceptions. He repeated as a second-team All-Big Ten selection after finishing his senior season with 51 tackles, three tackles for loss, 11 passes broken up, one interception, and one blocked kick.
| Nebraska Cornhuskers | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | School | Conf | G | GS | Tackles | Interceptions | |||||||
| Solo | Ast | Tot | Sacks | Sacks-Yards | Int | PD | FF | FR | |||||
| 2018 | Nebraska | B10 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | Nebraska | B10 | 11 | 10 | 29 | 20 | 49 | 1.5 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020 | Nebraska | B10 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | Nebraska | B10 | 12 | 12 | 35 | 16 | 51 | 1 | 0-0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
Professional career
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 ft 10+5⁄8 in (1.79 m) | 196 lb (89 kg) | 31+1⁄2 in (0.80 m) | 10 in (0.25 m) | 4.38 s | 1.54 s | 2.56 s | 4.13 s | 6.93 s | 33.5 in (0.85 m) | 9 ft 11 in (3.02 m) | ||
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Cincinnati Bengals
2022
Taylor-Britt was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the second round (60th overall) in the 2022 NFL Draft. He would suffer an abdomen injury during training camp, and was placed on injured reserve on August 30, 2022. He was activated on October 8. Taylor-Britt would play his first game of the season in Week 8 against the Cleveland Browns. Taylor-Britt would finish the regular season with 36 tackles and 6 passes defended.
In the Bengals' Divisional Round game against the Buffalo Bills, Taylor-Britt would make his first career interception, a game-winning pick late in the fourth quarter to advance the Bengals on to the AFC Championship Game, where they would lose to the Kansas City Chiefs.
2023
Taylor-Britt would be named a starting cornerback for the 2023 season, alongside Chidobe Awuzie. Taylor-Britt would record his first regular-season interception and first career pick-six in Week 5 against the Arizona Cardinals, returning a picked off pass from Joshua Dobbs for a touchdown. He would get his second interception of the season the following week against the Seattle Seahawks, and his third in the Bengals' Week 9 game against the Buffalo Bills.
Taylor-Britt would miss the Bengals' Week 12 game against the Pittsburgh Steelers due to an ankle injury. The following week, he would suffer a quadriceps injury during a practice session and would be placed on injured reserve on December 4, 2023.
NFL career statistics
Regular season
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | PD | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FF | FR | ||
| 2022 | CIN | 10 | 9 | 55 | 41 | 14 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | CIN | 10 | 10 | 46 | 37 | 9 | 0.0 | 10 | 4 | 65 | 18.5 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Career | 19 | 18 | 101 | 78 | 23 | 0.0 | 15 | 4 | 65 | 18.5 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
Postseason
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | PD | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FF | FR | ||
| 2022 | CIN | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |