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Jersey Number 1
Kamario Taylor
- Position:
- QB
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Macon, Miss.
- High School/Previous School:
- Noxubee County HS
Updated 9/23/2026
Career Honors
2026 Week 2 Maxwell Award Player of the Week
2026 Week 2 Davey O'Brien Great 8
2026 Davey O'Brien Midseason Watch List
2026 Week 1 Manning Award Stars of the Week
2025 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2025 SEC Freshman of the Week (Week 14 vs. #7 Ole Miss)
2025 SEC Freshman of the Week (Week 10 at Arkansas)
Career Notes
Through 2026 he has played in 14 career games with 5 starts … Career record of 3-2 as a starting quarterback … Made his first career start in the 2025 Egg Bowl as a true freshman ... Started his sophomore campaign off with 3 straight wins and two against power four teams on the road ... Became the first Mississippi State quarterback in digitally available history (since 1985) to record 11+ passing touchdowns and 1+ rushing touchdown in the opening three games of a season ... Logged a 9-game touchdown streak (rushing or passing) through the 2025 and 2026 seasons ... Showed elite deep-ball efficiency early in his career, with 10 of his first 16 career passing touchdowns have come from plays of 20+ yards.
2026 (Sophomore Season)
Played and started in all three games of the season ... Named one of the Week 1 Manning Award Stars of the Week and the Week 2 Maxwell Award Player of the Week ... After week three he is fifth nationally in passing efficiency (195.4) and tied for second nationally in passing touchdowns (11) ... Second in nationally in points responsible for with 78 and first in points responsible per game (26) ... Within the SEC he is first in passing touchdowns (11), total yards (1,010), total yards per game (336.7), and passing plays of 20+ yards (15) and second in passing yards per game (277.3), passer rating (195.4), and passing yards (832) ... ULM (9/13): First career win as a starter ... Set a new career high in passing touchdowns (4) ... Became the 6th player to have 4+ passing touchdowns and 1+ rushing touchdowns in a game since 1995 ... at Minnesota (9/12): First Mississippi State quarterback with 7+ passing touchdowns and 1+ rushing touchdowns in the opening two games of the season since 2014 (Dak Prescott) ... Second game in a row with three passing touchdowns in a half ... Third consecutive game with a rushing and passing touchdown ... Had scored a touchdown (rushing or passing) in nine consecutive games ... Scored on his first twelve drives of the year as quarterback, ten of the twelve were touchdowns ... at South Carolina (9/19): First Bulldog quarterback to score three-plus touchdowns in the first three games of the season since Nick Fitzgerald in 2017 ... First Mississippi State quarterback ever with 11+ passing touchdowns and one-plus rushing touchdowns in the opening three games of the season, according to digitally available statistics (1985) ... First MSU quarterback to cross the 225-yard passing mark in four consecutive games since Will Rogers accomplished the feat in 2022 ... Recorded three or more passing touchdowns in every game this season ... Ten of his sixteen career passing touchdowns have been for 20+ yards ... Recorded a 20+ yard touchdown pass in every game this year ... Had scored a touchdown (rushing or passing) in nine consecutive games.
2025 (True Freshman Season)
Played in 11 games making two starts … Named SEC Freshman of the Week twice (week 10 at Arkansas and week 14 vs. #6 Ole Miss) … Ended his freshman campaign throwing for 629 yards with five touchdowns and one interception on 43-of-77 passing … Taylor finished third on the team in rushing yards with 458 on just 82 carries while leading the team in rushing touchdowns with eight … In the final two games of the season he rushed for a combined 236 yards and three touchdowns … Ended the year having scored a touchdown (passing or throwing) in seven straight games ... Threw his first career TD pass against Alcorn State which came on a 42 yard strike to Brenen Thompson ... Ranked 5th nationally in rushing touchdowns for freshman QBs ... Earned his first-career 100-yard rushing game against #6 Ole Miss ... Two career 2+ rushing TD games ... at Southern Miss (8/30): Made his collegiate debut ... Alcorn State (9/13): First career pass attempt was also his first career touchdown pass ... First TD pass was a 42-yard touchdown to Brenen Thompson ... at Florida (10/18): Scored his first career rushing touchdown ... Texas (10/25): Threw his second touchdown pass of the season and the first against an SEC opponent ... at Arkansas (11/1): Threw touchdown passes in back-to-back games for the first time in his career ... Scored a touchdown in three straight games ... First multi-touchdown game of his career (1 passing TD / 1 rushing TD) ... Led two touchdown drives when Shapen went down with an injury in the 3rd quarter ... Georgia (11/8): Recorded three rushing touchdowns moving to five on the season ... Scored rushing touchdowns in back-to-back games for the first time in his career ... First career multi-rushing touchdown game of his career ... Became the first MSU player to have 3+ rushing touchdowns in the same game since Kylin Hill in 2019, and the first QB since Nick Fitzgerald in 2018 ... Became the first Bulldog QB since Tommy Stevens in 2019 to have 75+ passing yards, 50+ rushing yards, and 1+ rushing TDs ... at Missouri (11/15): Fifth straight game with a rushing or passing touchdown ... Ole Miss (11/28): Made his first career start, was the second true freshman in a row to start for Mississippi State in the Egg Bowl, and just the 6th since 1989 ... Ran for 2 touchdowns, which is the second time of his career ... Had the 4th most rushing yards by a Bulldog in the Egg Bowl and just the 10th to rush for 2+ touchdowns ... Had his first career 100-yard rushing performance ... Was the first MSU QB to rush for 100+ yards in the Egg Bowl since Garrett Schrader in 2019 ... His 173 rushing yards was the 5th most yards by a MSU QB since 1995 … Wake Forest (1/2): First career 200+ yard passing game (241 yards) and threw for one touchdown … Also rushed for 63 yards and one touchdown.
High School
KaMario Taylor prepped at Noxubee County High School … He is a consensus 4-star recruit by On3, 247, ESPN and Rivals … Ranked as the No. 30 overall recruit, No. 7 QB and the No. 2 player in the state of Mississippi according to On3 … Composite industry rankings have rated Taylor as the No. 9 quarterback in the 2025 class … ESPN had Taylor ranked No. 295 in the ESPN 300 ... Came to Mississippi State as the highest rated QB recruit in program history … He is a member of the 2025 ‘Freaks List’ by 247Sports, coming in at No. 50 … 2024 Clarion Ledger Dandy Dozen honoree … 2024 Mississippi 3A Mr. Football … Participated in the 2024 Elite 11 Finals and was said to be on of the most physically gifted players there … Has been invited to participate in the 2024 Mississippi-Alabama All Star Game … In 2024, he led Noxubee County to an 11-3 record and a runner-up finish in the 3A State Championship … He threw for over 2,400 yards and 30 touchdowns with just four interceptions while completing 56% of his passes … He also rushed for over 1,100 yards and 15 touchdowns … In his career, he threw for over 7,000 yards and 100 touchdowns with nearly 2,000 yards rushing … He helped guide Noxubee County to back-to-back-back Mississippi 3A State Championship games in 2022, 2023 & 2024 … Attended the Manning Passing Academy in the summer of 2023 … Also played basketball and baseball in high school while also running track.
Personal
Full name is Kamario Antonio LaQuan Taylor ... Born on Feb. 2 ... Did not miss a Mississippi State home football during his senior year of high school in 2024 ... Committed to Mississippi State on Oct. 13, 2023 … Taylor’s uncle, Omarr Conner, played quarterback & receiver at Mississippi State from 2003-06 … Chose Mississippi State over Georgia, Texas A&M, Missouri and others.
Career-Highs Entering 2026
Passing Attempts: .34, vs. ULM (09/05/2026)
Completions: 22, vs. ULM (09/05/2026)
Passing Yards: 345 yards, vs. ULM (09/05/2026)
Passing Touchdowns: 4, 2x, last at South Carolina (09/19/2026)
Longest Pass: 70 yards, vs. ULM (09/05/2026)
Rush Attempts: 20, vs. Ole Miss (11/28/2025)
Rushing Yards: 173, vs. Ole Miss (11/28/2025)
Rushing Touchdowns: 3, vs. Georgia (11/08/2025)
Longest Rush: 39 yards, vs. Ole Miss (11/28/2025)
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