Brandon Taylor (basketball)


Brandon Alexander Taylor is an American professional basketball player for Pallacanestro Reggiana of Lega Basket Serie A. He is a 6'7" tall small forward-power forward.

High school

Taylor grew up in Tabernacle Township, New Jersey and played high school basketball at Trenton Catholic Academy, where The Times of Trenton, New Jersey selected him as its 2011-12 boys basketball player of the year.

College career

Taylor played 4 years of NCAA Division I college basketball at Penn State, where he played with the Penn State Lions. In his 4-year college career, he averaged 10.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 0.8 assists, 0.4 steals, and 0.7 blocks per game, in 26.1 minutes per game, over 129 games played. In his senior season, 2015–16, he averaged 16.3 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 0.6 steals, and 0.5 blocks per game, in 32.3 minutes per game.

College statistics

Professional career

Taylor began his pro career in Greece in 2016, with the Greek Basket League club PAOK. On January 13, 2017, he parted ways with PAOK, after averaging 2.9 points per game in Greek League, and 4.2 points per contest in Champions League. On February 18, 2017, Taylor signed with the Swiss team 5 Stelle Massagno, of the Swiss League.
On August 7, 2017, Taylor signed with Jämtland Basket of the Basketligan.
On July 2, 2019, Taylor returned to Greece and joined the Rethymno Cretan Kings. He was unexpectedly released on July 7 of the same year, due to a shoulder injury.
On July 13, 2019, he has signed with Le Mans Sarthe of the LNB Pro A. He averaged 15 points and 7 assists per game for LeMans. Taylor signed with Pallacanestro Reggiana of Lega Basket Serie A on July 10, 2020.

Personal

Taylor's cousin, Tiffany Stansbury, was also a professional basketball player, and she played in the WNBA. Taylor's uncle, Terence Stansbury, was also a professional basketball player, and he played in the NBA.