Taylor Cornelius

Attended Bushland HS in Bushland, Texas, where he was coached by Steven Flowers

Amarillo Globe News athlete of the year his senior year

Class 2A third-team all-state by the Texas Sportswriters Association his senior year after earning honorable mention as a junior

District 1-2A MVP as a senior after earning co-offensive MVP accolades his junior year

Completed 283-of-437 passes for 3,815 yards and 46 touchdowns his senior year

Was 270-of-503 for 3,219 yards and 23 touchdowns as a junior and 167-of-325 for 2,140 yards with 19 touchdowns as a sophomore

Also excelled in basketball, baseball and track and field

In basketball, he was a Class 2A all-state honoree his senior year and a member of the Amarillo Globe News super team

As a second baseman in baseball, he was the district MVP as a junior and again as a senior to go with third-team all-state honors by the Texas Sportswriters Association his senior year

In track and field, he won a district title in the high jump and was the Class 2A area champion in the same event his senior year

Member of the National Honor Society and academic all-state honoree in football, basketball, baseball and track and field

A superintendent scholar and distinguished program graduate

Member and officer with the student council

Also participated with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and UIL Theatre.

Taylor Cornelius was born Sept. 16, 1995, in Amarillo, Texas

Son of Phyllis and Warren Cornelius

Comes from a remarkably athletic family that includes 1996 Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer Josh Davis (his cousin), NFL defensive end Brandon Green, another cousin who was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars and played with the St. Louis Rams and Seattle Seahawks, and Casey Bookout, another cousin who was a standout baseball player at Oklahoma

Management major.

2018

passing
ATT	YPA	PCT	YDS	INT	TD	COMPLETIONS
483.0	8.2	0.592	3950.0	13.0	32.0	286.0

rushing
YPC	TD	YDS	CAR	LONG
3.3	10.0	401.0	122.0	48.0

receiving
REC	YPR	TD	LONG	YDS
3.0	8.0	0.0	24.0	24.0

fumbles
REC	LOST	FUM
0.0	1.0	3.0

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0

2017

passing
ATT	YPA	PCT	YDS	INT	TD	COMPLETIONS
10.0	14.8	0.6	148.0	0.0	0.0	6.0

rushing
YPC	TD	YDS	CAR	LONG
10.7	1.0	75.0	7.0	40.0

fumbles
REC	LOST	FUM
0.0	0.0	1.0

2016

passing
ATT	YPA	PCT	YDS	INT	TD	COMPLETIONS
9.0	7.1	0.778	64.0	0.0	0.0	7.0

rushing
YPC	TD	YDS	CAR	LONG
4.7	1.0	28.0	6.0	15.0

2015

passing
ATT	YPA	PCT	YDS	INT	TD	COMPLETIONS
5.0	1.6	0.4	8.0	0.0	0.0	2.0

rushing
YPC	TD	YDS	CAR	LONG
1.3	0.0	5.0	4.0	12.0