By: Brandon

Former Florida Gator running back Fred Taylor was released by the Jacksonville Jaguars on Monday. Taylor spent 11 seasons as a back in the NFL and decided to end it with the team he loved.

Coach Del Rio took it the right way by flying all the way to Fort Lauderdale early Monday to have a talk with Taylor and spill out the news to him in a good manor. Taylor was expected to play this year with a salary of $6 million, but it did not come together.

Taylor was one of the best to play the game. And always will be. The Jaguars staff just thought the time was right. Jacksonville has plenty of backs on the roster and all of them are very talented, so it’s not the talent they are losing from Taylor, just the Fred Taylor off the field. He is a great guy.

Fred rushed for 11,271 career yards. He was the ninth overall pick out of Gainesville. He attended his first NFL Pro Bowl in 2007. He has fought injuries later in his career, I think that might have a factor in his retirement to is because he’s getting to the age where he can’t take the hits like he could earlier in his career. Taylor turned 33 last January. He will be missed, not just from the Jaguars but the whole entire league.