{{Short description|American football player (born 1994)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Taybor Pepper | image = Taybor Pepper 49ers Bears pre-game 2024.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Pepper with the San Francisco 49ers in 2024 | current_team = | number = | position = Long snapper | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|5|28}} | birth_place = Urbana, Illinois, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 4 | weight_lbs = 245 | high_school = Saline (MI) | college = Michigan State (2012–2015) | undraftedyear = 2016 | pastteams = * Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|2017}}) * Baltimore Ravens ({{NFL Year|2017}}) * Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|2017}}) * New York Giants ({{NFL Year|2019}}) * Miami Dolphins ({{NFL Year|2019}}) * San Francisco 49ers ({{NFL Year|2020}}–{{NFL Year|2024}}) * Miami Dolphins ({{NFL Year|2026}})* | status = | statweek = | statseason = 2024 | statlabel1 = Games played | statvalue1 = 100 | statlabel2 = Total tackles | statvalue2 = 2 | pfr = PeppTa00 }} '''Taybor Pepper''' (born May 28, 1994) is an American professional football long snapper. He played college football for the Michigan State Spartans.
==College career== Pepper attended Michigan State University where he served as starting long snapper all four years from 2012 to 2016, playing a total 54 career games. In 2015, analyst Phil Steele named Pepper to the preseason second All-America team.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taybor Pepper |url=http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/taybor_pepper_810980.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008180343/http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/taybor_pepper_810980.html |archive-date=October 8, 2017 |access-date=October 7, 2017 |website=Michigan State Spartans Athletics}}</ref>
==Professional career== {{NFL predraft | height ft = 6 | height in = 4 1/4 | weight = 238 | dash = 5.12 | ten split = 1.84 | twenty split = 2.97 | vertical = 32.0 | broad ft = 9 | broad in = 6 | bench = 15 | arm span = 31 7/8 | hand span = 9 3/8 | note = All values from Pro Day<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=132944&DraftYear=2016 |title=2016 NFL Draft Scout Taybor Pepper College Football Profile |access-date=July 2, 2023 |website=DraftScout.com}}</ref> }}
===Green Bay Packers (first stint)=== After going undrafted in the 2016 NFL draft, Pepper was not signed by a team during the 2016 season. On January 27, 2017, he signed a reserve/futures contract with the Green Bay Packers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/packers/status/825117473229926401|title=#Packers sign long snapper Taybor Pepper|last=Packers|first=Green Bay|date=January 27, 2017|website=@packers|language=en|access-date=September 3, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.packers.com/news-and-events/article-press-release/article-1/Packers-sign-LS-Pepper/c2a3520a-2ff8-45df-ac26-37b8a07fdb3b|title=Packers sign LS Pepper|date=January 27, 2017|website=Packers.com|url-status=dead|access-date=October 19, 2017|archive-date=October 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020084108/http://www.packers.com/news-and-events/article-press-release/article-1/Packers-sign-LS-Pepper/c2a3520a-2ff8-45df-ac26-37b8a07fdb3b}}</ref>
===Baltimore Ravens=== On August 28, 2017, Pepper signed with the Baltimore Ravens, but was waived four days later.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/ravens-announce-24-roster-moves-have-14-more-to-make-19301529|title=Ravens Announce 24 Roster Moves, Have 14 More To Make|author=Mink|first=Ryan|date=September 1, 2017|website=BaltimoreRavens.com}}</ref>
===Green Bay Packers (second stint)=== On September 25, 2017, Pepper resigned with the Packers to replace an injured Brett Goode.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.packers.com/news-and-events/article-roster-moves/article-1/Packers-sign-LS-Taybor-Pepper-/1b3184f0-e11e-4cd3-a137-48458d2003a5|title=Packers sign LS Taybor Pepper|date=September 25, 2017|website=Packers.com|url-status=dead|access-date=October 19, 2017|archive-date=September 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926023033/http://www.packers.com/news-and-events/article-roster-moves/article-1/Packers-sign-LS-Taybor-Pepper-/1b3184f0-e11e-4cd3-a137-48458d2003a5}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Demovsky |first=Rob |date=September 26, 2017 |title=No more cash register duties for Packers' new snapper, Taybor Pepper |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/green-bay-packers/post/_/id/41018/no-more-cash-register-duties-for-packers-new-snapper-taybor-pepper |access-date=September 3, 2019 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> On November 3, he was placed on injured reserve after suffering a broken foot in practice.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.acmepackingcompany.com/2017/11/3/16603286/packers-long-snapper-taybor-pepper-broke-foot-headed-to-ir-nfl-2017|title=Packers long-snapper Taybor Pepper broke foot, headed to IR, per report|last=Hirschhorn|first=Jason B.|date=November 3, 2017|website=Acme Packing Company|access-date=September 3, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Packers activate LB Biegel; sign LS Hart and CB Brown|url=https://www.packers.com/news/packers-activate-lb-biegel-sign-ls-hart-and-cb-brown-19697245|website=Packers.com|date=November 3, 2017}}</ref>
===New York Giants=== On January 2, 2019, Pepper signed a reserve/future contract with the New York Giants.<ref>{{cite web|title=Giants sign nine players to Reserve/Future contracts|url=https://www.giants.com/news/giants-sign-nine-players-to-reserve-future-contracts|author=Eisen, Michael|website=Giants.com|date=January 2, 2019}}</ref> He was waived by the Giants on August 31.<ref name="q217">{{cite web | last=Benton | first=Dan | title=Giants roster cuts 2019: Here's who has been released | website=Giants Wire|publisher=USA Today | date=August 31, 2019 | url=https://giantswire.usatoday.com/2019/08/31/new-york-giants-roster-cuts-2019-heres-who-has-been-released/ | access-date=October 15, 2024}}</ref>
===Miami Dolphins=== On September 2, 2019, Pepper signed with the Miami Dolphins.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dolphins Sign John Jenkins, Taybor Pepper|url=https://www.miamidolphins.com/news/sign-john-jenkins-taybor-pepper|website=MiamiDolphins.com|date=September 2, 2019|access-date=September 2, 2019|archive-date=May 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522160630/https://www.miamidolphins.com/news/sign-john-jenkins-taybor-pepper|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was waived by the Dolphins on April 26, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.miamidolphins.com/news/dolphins-waive-four-players-hanks-hartage-pepper-perine?campaign=sf:fanshare:facebook|title=Dolphins Waive Four Players|website=www.miamidolphins.com|language=en-US|access-date=April 27, 2020}}</ref>
===San Francisco 49ers=== On September 30, 2020, Pepper signed with the San Francisco 49ers.<ref>{{Cite web|title=49ers Announce Roster Moves|url=https://www.49ers.com/news/49ers-sign-daniel-helm-taybor-pepper-waive-kyle-nelson|access-date=September 30, 2020|website=49ers.com|archive-date=October 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003083456/https://www.49ers.com/news/49ers-sign-daniel-helm-taybor-pepper-waive-kyle-nelson|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list by the team on December 28,<ref>{{cite news |title=49ers Announce Roster Moves |url=https://www.49ers.com/news/49ers-activate-walter-place-grasu-pepper-on-reserve-covid |website=49ers.com |date=December 28, 2020 |access-date=February 10, 2021}}</ref> and activated on February 2, 2021.<ref>{{cite news |title=49ers' Taybor Pepper: Off COVID-19 list |url=https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/49ers-taybor-pepper-off-covid-19-list/ |website=CBSSports.com |date=February 2, 2021 |access-date=February 10, 2021}}</ref> On February 4, Pepper signed a two-year contract extension with the 49ers.<ref>{{cite web|title=49ers Sign LS Taybor Pepper to Two-Year Extension|url=https://www.49ers.com/news/49ers-sign-ls-taybor-pepper-to-two-year-extension-2021-free-agency|website=49ers.com|date=February 4, 2021|access-date=February 4, 2021}}</ref>
On February 25, 2023, Pepper signed a three-year contract extension with the 49ers.<ref name="m921">{{cite web | last=Posey | first=Kyle | title=49ers re-sign long snapper Taybor Pepper | website=Niners Nation | date=February 25, 2023 | url=https://www.ninersnation.com/2023/2/25/23615269/49ers-re-sign-long-snapper-taybor-pepper | access-date=August 8, 2024}}</ref>
On March 13, 2025, Pepper was released by the 49ers, after the team signed Jon Weeks.<ref>{{cite web|title=49ers Sign Seven Free Agents, Release Long Snapper Taybor Pepper|url=https://www.49ers.com/news/49ers-sign-luke-farrell-demarcus-robinson-tre-brown-luke-gifford-richie-grant-jason-pinnock-jon-weeks-release-long-snapper-taybor-pepper|website=49ers.com|date=March 13, 2025|access-date=March 14, 2025}}</ref>
===Miami Dolphins (second stint)=== On March 19, 2026, Pepper signed with the Miami Dolphins after being unsigned by a team in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dolphins sign Pepper |url=https://www.miamidolphins.com/news/dolphins-sign-pepper |website=miamidolphins.com |date=March 19, 2026 |access-date=March 19, 2026}}</ref> He was released by the Dolphins on May 4.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dolphins make roster moves |url=https://www.miamidolphins.com/news/dolphins-make-roster-moves-x4792 |website=MiamiDolphins.com |access-date=5 May 2026}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://twitter.com/TayborSnapping Taybor Pepper] on Twitter *[https://msuspartans.com/sports/football/roster/taybor-pepper/1771 Michigan State Spartans bio]
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