2016 Senior

• Played in 11 games with seven starts
• Started 20 of the last 25 games
• 40 tackles, 3.0 TFLs, two PBUs
• Season-high seven tackles vs. Iowa
• Seventh career interception in the season opener against Murray State
• Athlon Sports preseason All-Big Ten fourth team

2015 Junior

• All-Big Ten honorable mention by the media and the coaches for the second straight year
• Led the team & 39th in nation with four interceptions
• One of seven players in the Big Ten to record 4+ interceptions
• Career-high two interceptions vs. Western Illinois
• Fourth on the team with 56 tackles
• 3.0 TFLs, three PBUs and one fumble recovery on season
• Career-high 2.5 TFLs vs. Kent State
• Two PBUs vs. Nebraska

2014 Sophomore

• Honorable mention All-Big Ten
• Started the first 11 games and the Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl at free safety, recording 100 tackles, an interception, two pass breakups and two forced fumbles
• Ranked 11th in the Big Ten in tackles per game (8.3)
• Tied for the team lead with eight tackles against Penn State and registered one PBU
• Set a career high with 14 tackles against Texas State
• Notched his first career forced fumble, and also had a 77-yard pick-six in the fourth quarter to give UI an eight-point lead against WKU

2013 Redshirt Freshman

• Played in 11 games and started the first five at free safety
• First two career PBUs against Northwestern
• Career-high eight tackles against Miami (Ohio)
• First career interception against Cincinnati and recorded seven tackles

2012 Freshman

• Redshirted the 2012 season

High School

• Rated a three-star recruit by Rivals.com
• Named a second-team Florida Class 4A All-State selection in 2011 after posting 67 tackles, three interceptions, three sacks and forcing four fumbles
• Posted 93 tackles, two interceptions and three fumble recoveries in 2010
• High school coach was Tim Borcky

Personal

• Full name is Taylor Colson Barton
• Son of Mary and Don Barton
• Born Oct. 16, 1993
• Chose Illinois over Syracuse and others
• Majoring in communication

Career Highs

Tackles: 14 vs. Texas State, 9/20/14
Solos: 6, four times (last vs. Northwestern 11/28/15)
TFLs: 2.5 vs. Kent State, 9/5/15
Fumbles Forced: 1, twice (last vs. Iowa, 11/15/14)
Fumbles Recovered: 1 at Penn State, 10/31/15
PBUs: 2, twice (last vs. Nebraska, 10/3/15)
Interception: 2 vs. Western Illinois, 9/12/15
Interception Return Yards: 77 vs. Western Kentucky, 9/6/14
Touchdowns: 1 vs. Western Kentucky, 9/6/14