Taylor Bennett Class: Graduate Student Hometown: St. Louis, Mo. Last College: Georgia Tech Height / Weight: 6-3 / 217 Position: QB Experience: TR

2008: Started the first five games for the Bulldogs while seeing action in seven... Finished the regular season 66-167 passing for 873 yards, two touchdowns and six interceptions... Threw a season-high 202 yards on 9-27 passing against Boise State 10/1/08... Rushed 20 times for 55 yards... Bennett transferred to Louisiana Tech after graduating in four years from Georgia Tech ... Was eligible to play without sitting out a year after receiving an academic waiver to pursue a master's degree in business information.

2007: Started all 12 games as the Yellow Jackets' signal caller...Completed 12.75 passes per game... credited with 40 rushing attempts ... Ran for four touchdowns, ranking third on the team ... His first career pass reception was a 17-yard touchdown strike from running back Tashard Choice in the Nov. 17 win over North Carolina ... Did not throw an interception until the fourth game of the season ... Completed 8-of-9 passes vs. Samford (Sept. 8) ... Completed 20-of-39 passes for 204 yards and no interceptions vs. nationally-ranked Boston College (Sept. 15) ... Threw for 230 yards and a touchdown at Virginia (Sept. 22) ... Passed for a season-high 309 yards, completed 22-of-34 passes and one TD at Maryland (Oct. 6) ... Rushed for a pair of touchdowns in win at Miami (Oct. 13) ... Passed for 218 yards and two touchdowns at Duke (Nov. 10)... his career pass attempts (406), career passing yards (2,713) and 2007 season pass attempts (312) all rank 10th all-time at Georgia Tech.

2006: Took over as Georgia Tech's starting quarterback in the Jan. 1, 2007 Toyota Gator Bowl ... Served as a back-up to Reggie Ball ... Threw for five touchdowns seeing action in seven games.

2005: Appeared in three games starting one throwing for 143 yards and a touchdown on 14-of-37 passing ... 2004: Redshirt season.

Getting Acquainted: Full name is Taylor J. Bennett ... Son of Wendy Jones and David Bennett ... Born September 12, 1985 ... Earned his bachelor's degree in international affairs from Georgia Tech. Pursuing a Master's in Business Information with an emphasis on information assurance