- Taylor Stubblefield enters his third season in 2022 as Penn State’s wide receivers coach and second season as offensive recruiting coordinator.
- During the 2021 season, third-team All-America wide receiver Jahan Dotson was a Biletnikoff Award and Walter Camp Player of the Year semifinalist and finished his stellar career third all-time at Penn State in career receiving touchdowns (23) and fourth in receptions (175) and receiving yards (2,620).
- Under Stubblefield's guidance, Dotson (91 receptions for 1,182 yards) and Parker Washington (64 receptions for 820 yards) were one of only five receiving tandems in the country in 2021 to each have at least 64 catches and 820 yards.
- In Stubblefield’s first season leading the Nittany Lion receivers, Dotson earned honorable mention All-America honors from Phil Steele after leading the Big Ten in receiving yardage (884; 19th nationally), finishing third in receptions (52) and fourth in yards per reception (17.0).
- Dotson also tied for the nation’s lead in catches of 60-plus yards (4), as he caught at least one pass of 20 or more yards in eight of Penn State’s nine games.
- Dotson’s three-touchdown performance against Ohio State was a PSU receiver’s first three-touchdown game since DaeSean Hamilton vs. Indiana in 2017, while his 75- and 70-yard touchdown receptions vs. Illinois marked the first time a Penn State player has had two catches of 70 or more yards in a game.
- Additionally in his first season, Stubblefield was tasked with tutoring a youthful receiving corps, which included true freshmen KeAndre Lambert-Smith and Washington, who became the first pair of true freshmen receivers to start in a game for PSU since Saeed Blacknall and Chris Godwin in 2014.
- Washington, who earned freshman All-America honors by The Athletic, set a true freshman record for Penn State with nine receptions in the win at Michigan.
- Washington finished the season tied for second nationally among true freshmen receivers in touchdowns (6) and sixth in receptions per game (5.0). Overall, he was tied for fifth in the Big Ten with the six touchdowns, 10th in yards (489) and tied for 11th in receptions (36).
- Stubblefield came to Penn State following the 2019 season where he was the wide receivers coach at the University of Miami, helping the Hurricanes to the Independence Bowl.
- Prior to his time at Miami, Stubblefield spent two seasons at the Air Force Academy where his receivers averaged 17.7 yards per reception.
- Marcus Bennett finished his career averaging 21.6 yards per catch, which was fifth in Falcons history.
- The native of Yakima, Washington was the wide receivers coach for the Canadian Football League’s (CFL) Toronto Argonauts in 2016 and was at Utah from 2014-15.
- Toronto wide out Kenny Shaw posted a 1,000-yard season with 77 receptions under Stubblefield’s guidance.
- Stubblefield tutored three receivers at Utah who went on to professional careers in the NFL in Kaelin Clay, Dres Anderson and Tim Patrick.
- During the 2013 season as the wide receivers coach at Wake Forest, Stubblefield mentored Michael Campanaro to second-team All-ACC honors with 67 receptions for 803 yards and six touchdowns.
- Campanaro went on to be a 2014 NFL Draft seventh-round pick by the Baltimore Ravens.
- Stubblefield also had coaching stops at New Mexico (2012), Central Michigan (2011), Illinois State (2009-10), Eastern Michigan (2008) and Central Washington (2007).
- While at CMU, he coached three third-team All-Mid-American Conference receivers in Titus Davis, Courtney Williams and Cody Wilson. Davis also earned Freshman All-America accolades from Phil Steele.
- While at Illinois State, Stubblefield led Eyad Salem to first-team All-Missouri Valley Football Conference honors as he set the school records for receptions in a season with 92 catches.
- As a player, Stubblefield was a consensus All-American and a finalist for the Biletnikoff Award, given to the nation’s most outstanding receiver, as a senior in 2004.
- He finished his career with an NCAA-record 325 receptions and ranked second in Big Ten history with 3,629 yards.
- He still owns the Big Ten record for career receptions, while his NCAA receptions record stood until 2011.
- Stubblefield also holds the Purdue record for receiving touchdowns in a season with 16 in 2004.
- He led the Big Ten in receptions twice during his four-year career.
- Stubblefield earned second-team All-Big Ten honors as a junior and first-team accolades as a senior.
- He was inducted into the Purdue Hall of Fame in 2015 and named to the Sun Bowl’s 75th anniversary team.
- After graduating from Purdue with his degree in organizational leadership and supervision, Stubblefield played professionally with the NFL’s Carolina Panthers and St. Louis Rams, as well as the CFL’s Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
- K.J. Osborn (Miami) - Minnesota Vikings; 2020 NFL Draft fifth-round pick
- Jeff Thomas (Miami) - New England Patriots
- Kaelin Clay (Utah) - NFL (2015-18); 2015 NFL Draft sixth-round pick
- Dres Anderson (Utah) - NFL (2015-18); Toronto Argonauts
- Tim Patrick (Utah) - Denver Broncos
- Micahel Campanaro - (Wake Forest) - NFL (2014-18); 2014 NFL Draft fourth-round pick
Personal
Year at Penn State: Third
Hometown: Yakima, Wash.
Education: Purdue University, 2004 - B.S. Organizational Leadership & Supervision
Family: Wife:Georgia; Son: Jagger
Coaching Career
2021 – Penn State (Wide Receivers/Offensive Recruiting Coordinator)
2020 – Penn State (Wide Receivers)
2019 – Miami (Fla.) (Wide Receivers)
2017-18 – Air Force (Wide Receivers)
2016 – Toronto Argonauts (Wide Receivers)
2014-15– Utah (Wide Receivers)
2013 – Wake Forest (Wide Receivers)
2012 – New Mexico (Wide Receivers)
2011 – Central Michigan (Wide Receivers)
2009-10 – Illinois State (Wide Receivers)
2008 – Eastern Michigan (Graduate Assistant/Wide Receivers)
2007 – Central Washington (Wide Receivers)
Bowl Games as a Coach
- 2022 Outback Bowl - Penn State
- 2019 Independence Bowl – Miami (Fla.)
- 2015 Las Vegas Bowl – Utah
- 2014 Las Vegas Bowl – Utah
Professional Playing Career
2005 – Carolina Panthers2005 – Hamilton Tiger-Cats
2006 – St. Louis Rams
2006 – Hamilton Tiger-Cats