Sean Taylor’s daughter Jackie will wear number 21 at UNC Volleyball

Jackie Taylor, the daughter of legendary Miami safety Sean Taylor, will wear No. 21 to honor the number her father wore at Washington in the NFL. Sean Taylor wore No. 26 at Miami. Jackie Taylor played volleyball at Gulliver Prep, where her father played football.

The North Carolina volleyball team reported that Jackie will honor Sean in a post to X on Thursday. Jackie was only 18 months old when Sean was killed in a burglary in 2007. According to People Magazine, Taylor is the third-best volleyball recruit in Florida for the class of 2024.

Jack Baer of Yahoo Sports reported that Jackie Taylor wore numbers 1 and 21 at Gulliver. Sean Taylor wore number 1 during his legendary Gulliver career. Taylor had 418 kills, a 51.2 kill percentage, a .400 hitting percentage, a 71.8 serve percentage and 108 blocks.

North Carolina finished the 2023 season 13-14, 7-11 in the ACC, 7-6 at home, 5-7 on the road and 1-1 on neutral sites. The 2024 schedule has not been released. Miami defeated North Carolina 3-1 in Coral Gables during the 2023 season. Miami finished the 2023 season 18-12, 10-8 in the ACC and advanced to the second round of the 2023 NCAA Tournament.

Sean Taylor was inducted into the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame in 2015. Taylor ranks fifth in Miami history with 14 career interceptions and is tied with Bennie Blades with 10 interceptions in a single season. Taylor also left Miami second in career interception return yards with 306 and with three interceptions returned for touchdowns.

During Miami’s 2001 BCS national championship season, Taylor was one of four freshmen to play. Taylor won the Jack Tatum Trophy in 2003, was named the 2003 Big East Defensive Player of the Year, was a unanimous All-American and First-Team All-Big East in 2003 and Second-Team All-Big East in 2002.

The ACC Network and ACC Network Extra are the best places to watch Jackie Taylor and the UNC volleyball team. The Miami-North Carolina volleyball game will be an emotional game for Taylor and one of the most important games on both programs’ schedules in the 2024 season.