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Sean Taylor’s daughter honors her dad at UNC in an awesome way

Jackie Taylor will be a freshman volleyball player at UNC this fall.

The Washington franchise and NFL fans, in general, were robbed when Sean Taylor was tragically murdered in 2007. Over the years, the team has found ways to honor Taylor.

Taylor’s family also continues to honor him.

First, it was Sean Taylor’s younger brother who honored the late Washington legend. Gabe Taylor, Sean’s younger brother, is a senior safety at Rice University and has worn his older brother’s old No. 26 college jersey throughout his career. In 2021, on the 14th anniversary of his older brother’s death, Gabe Taylor helped Rice seal a victory over Louisiana Tech with a late interception.

Now, it’s Jackie Taylor’s turn. Jackie is Sean Taylor’s only child and was only 18 months old when she lost her father.

In 2023, Jackie Taylor committed to the University of North Carolina on a volleyball scholarship. She will be a freshman this fall. On Thursday, the Tar Heels revealed Jackie’s number.

Check it out:

Jackie is a 6-foot-1 middle blocker who played at her father’s alma mater, Gulliver Prep, in Miami, Fla. She continues to honor her father with the Sean Taylor Legacy Project.

Washington retired Taylor’s No. 21 jersey in 2021 and unveiled a memorial outside the team’s stadium in 2022.

Panthers sign defensive backs J.T. Ibe and Jalen Julius

Panthers sign defensive backs J.T. Ibe and Jalen Julius

Carolina Panthers general manager Scott Fitterer doesn’t have an easy task ahead of him. He’s gone from helping build the “Legion of Boom” in Seattle to now having to improve on his current team’s “Legion of Whom?”

The Panthers’ frighteningly thin secondary may be getting some help, however, with Fitterer’s latest additions in safety J.T. Ibe and cornerback Jalen Julius. The team, as first reported by Darin Gantt, signed the two defensive backs early Tuesday evening.

Ibe attended Rice University from 2014 to 2017, totaling 121 tackles over 32 games. The 5-foot-10, 195-pound safety then transferred to the University of South Carolina for the 2018 and 2019 seasons, where he’d start 14 of his 15 games played.

Julius, 5-foot-10 and 192 pounds, suited up for 38 contests over five years at Ole Miss. He signed with the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in April of 2020 and was later cut as part of the team’s training-camp trim that summer.

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Seahawks sign defensive tackle Myles Adams to future contract

The Seattle Seahawks signed defensive tackle Myles Adams to their practice squad, increasing the number of future contract signees to 13.

 

The Seattle Seahawks signed defensive tackle Myles Adams to a future contract, bringing the total of future contract signees for 2021 to 13 along with John Ursua.

Adams does not possess much of an NFL resume and has not played a single professional snap. He went undrafted out of Rice University and spent only a few weeks on the Panthers’ practice squad before his release ahead of the start of the 2020 season. He later spent most of December on Seattle’s practice squad and met the same fate as before, leaving him to remain unsigned until now.

With no professional experience, Adams will need reps if the Seahawks expect him to make the roster for next season, let alone contribute. This will be a long offseason for Seattle, and the Seahawks must do everything they can to rectify their issues if they wish to contend for a Super Bowl title.

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