Jadrian Taylor admits he didn’t know anything about El Paso other than it was next to Mexico. He’s a self-described country boy from East Texas. Taylor, now a senior defensive end at UTEP, graduated from Lufkin High School in 2017 before spending two seasons at Kilgore Junior College. East Texas is all he knew. That changed when he was presented with an opportunity to play FBS football for the Miners.
“This is the big city for me,” Taylor said. “It is like I moved to New York.”