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Cyclones add surprise DL to 2014 recruiting class

Surprise!

Iowa State added another junior-college defensive tackle to its 2014 recruiting class on Monday afternoon. According to an Iowa State press release, Trent Taylor has signed a national letter of intent to become a Cyclone.

Above: Photo courtesy of Iowa State athletics

Taylor, a 6-foot-2, 250-pound defensive lineman, originally hails from Lakeland, Fla. As a four-star prospect, Taylor originally with Tennessee out of high school and competed in one game for the Volunteers in 2012. Taylor played the 2013 season for Butler C.C. in Kansas, where he was a teammate to Gabe Luna, who also signed with Iowa State’s 2014 class.

Taylor recorded 32 tackles, 3.0 sacks and 10.0 tackles for a loss in 10 games last year and was an honorable mention All-Jayhawk Conference selection.

Rivals.com ranked Taylor as the 19-th best defensive end in the class of 2011.

It is also notable that Taylor was a former high school teammate to current Iowa State running back Tyler Brown

Chris Williams

Chris was hired as Cyclone Fanatic’s publisher in the fall of 2009. He is Iowa State football's postgame show host on the Cyclone Radio Network and can be heard daily from 4-7 on Des Moines' top-rated sports station, 1460 KXnO. Williams, a 2007 graduate of Iowa State’s Greenlee School of Journalism, is the former publisher of the old CycloneNation.com (Scout.com). He has also written for the Des Moines Register, the Ames Tribune, CycloneReport.com and is the former sports director at KMA Radio. When Williams isn’t working, you can usually find him doing something outdoors with his wife Ashley, daughter Camryn, and Golden Retriever Dierks. He enjoys golfing, boating, country music, the Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Braves and is passionate about any and all motor sports so finding Williams at a local dirt track is very common.

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