Career: Finished his college career first in App State and Sun Belt Conference history with 90 touchdown passes … Played in 51 career games, starting the final 49 and posting a 36-13 record … Final stats of 9,786 passing yards, 2,008 rushing yards, 90 TD passes, 32 INTs and 23 rushing TDs … His 9,786 passing yards rank seventh in Sun Belt history and second in App State history … His 2,008 rushing yards rank fourth among Sun Belt QBs in league history … Among quarterbacks in 2017, his 51 career games led the FBS, ranking one ahead of Ohio State’s J.T. Barrett (50) … His 113 total touchdowns, 11,794 yards of total offense, 36 victories and 754 completions rank second to Armanti Edwards in school history … Ranks first in App State single-game history with five touchdown passes against Savannah State as a senior in 2017 … Had a career-high 427 passing yards (No. 2 in App State history) against Coastal Carolina as a senior.
 
2017: Started all 13 games … Had career highs of 206 completions, 337 pass attempts and 2,737 yards as a senior with 27 touchdowns and six interceptions. Also rushed for 584 yards (career high) and five touchdowns while averaging 7.5 yards per carry (counting eight sacks) … The only FBS quarterbacks with at least 27 TD passes and six or less interceptions were Lamb (27/6), Heisman Trophy winner Baker Mayfield (43/6) and Wake Forest’s John Wolford (29/6) … The only App State QB with a better season in terms of touchdown-to-interception ratio was Richie Williams (20/4 in 2005) … Ranked 15th nationally in passing efficiency (152.2), 17th in passing touchdowns (27) and 20th in point responsibility (192) … Lamb, Barrett and Louisville’s Lamar Jackson were the only 2017 quarterbacks to finish their careers with at least 9,000 passing yards and 2,000 rushing yards … Ranked 12th overall and second among Sun Belt quarterbacks in rushing, as none of the other top 20 rushers in the league had a per-carry average higher than 5.7 … Had four games with at least 327 passing yards … Completed 12 of 15 passes for 327 yards, five touchdowns and no interceptions without playing in the second half of a win against Savannah State … Completed 26 of a career-high 50 pass attempts for 372 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions against Wake Forest … Completed 23 of 39 passes for 427 yards (second in school history behind the 433 from Armanti Edwards) with two touchdowns and no interceptions against Coastal Carolina … Was 20 of 29 passing for 339 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions at ULM … Rushed for more than 60 yards in five games, with a season-high 87 yards against Louisiana … Had nine completions of at least 50 yards, with TD passes of 84, 83, 75, 68, 57, 56 and 53 yards. T.J. Watkins scored against Wake Forest on the 84-yard play … Named offensive MVP of the Dollar General Bowl (RB Jalin Moore was the game MVP).

2016: Second among active quarterbacks in college football with 27 wins as a starter (behind Baker Mayfield of Oklahoma) … 36 straight starts (38 games lead active FBS quarterbacks entering the season) ... fifth in Sun Belt history and second in App State history with 63 career touchdown passes, needing 11 to tie Armanti Edwards as App’s career leader … third in App State history with 8,473 career yards of total offense, trailing Richie Williams (9,370) for second all-time … threw for 2,281 yards, including five 200-yard passing games … has established himself near the top of Appalachian State career records, including passing yards (7,049, third all-time), pass attempts (903, fourth all-time), pass completions (548, third all-time), touchdown passes (63, second all-time) and passing yards per game (185.5, third all-time) … named honorable-mention All-Sun Belt … 129.9 passing efficiency ranked fourth in the Sun Belt … set a career high in rushing yards with 505 on the season … scored the first touchdown of the 2016 season on a 5-yard rush at No. 9 Tennessee … registered 108 passing yards in the opening game, including a 33-yard touchdown pass in the first half to secure a 13-3 halftime lead over Tennessee … opened Sun Belt Conference play at Akron completing 22-of-30 passes with a season-high 280 yards and four touchdowns in a 45-38 win … completed 12 of 19 passes versus Texas State with four touchdowns, tying his career-best … set a career-high in rushing yards with 126 in the Camellia Bowl victory over Toledo...earned Camellia Bowl MVP honors with a 13-yard touchdown run in the third quarter and a 16-yard TD pass, helping App control the pace and steer the offense to 297 yards rushing.

2015: Put together one of the finest seasons by a quarterback in Appalachian State history … set a single-season school record with 31 touchdown passes, breaking the previous mark of 30 set by Armanti Edwards in 2008 … threw for 2,387 yards, good for 10th in App State history … led the Sun Belt Conference and ranked among the nation’s top 10 in touchdown passes (tied for ninth) and passing efficiency (10th - 160.7) … ranked third in the Sun Belt in passing yards … ranked fourth in the conference in total offense (2,823 yards) … named honorable-mention all-Sun Belt … started all 13 games … threw for at least one touchdown in every game and had three or more touchdown passes six times … opened the season by completing 16-of-21 passes for 209 yards and three touchdowns and rushing four times for 41 yards (10.3 avg.) in just over a half of action in 49-0 win over Howard … like many signal-callers in 2015, struggled against eventual national finalist Clemson, throwing for just 95 yards and a career-high three interceptions in a 41-10 loss to the Tigers … rebounded from the defeat at Clemson in a big way, completing 11-of-15 passes for 187 yards and a career-high four touchdowns in a rain-soaked 49-0 win at Old Dominion … named Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Week for performance in rout at ODU … played in another driving rainstorm the following week against Wyoming and, despite throwing for just 65 yards in the monsoon-like conditions, was responsible for two touchdowns in the 31-13 victory … opened Sun Belt Conference play in grand fashion, completing 21-of-27 passes for 314 yards and three touchdowns in a 37-3 romp at Georgia State … turned in perhaps his best all-around performance of the season by accounting for 364 yards of total offense (261 passing and 103 rushing) and four touchdowns (three passing, one rushing) in a 59-14 rout at UL Monroe … 261 passing yards against ULM came on just eight completions (32.7 ypc) … 103 rushing yards against the Warhawks included a career-long 78-yard run … was ultra-efficient in App State’s biggest win of the regular season, completing 14-of-20 passes for 202 yards and two touchdowns in nationally televised 31-13 win over Georgia Southern … accounted for four touchdowns (two passing and a career-best two rushing) in 44-41 triple-overtime triumph over Troy … matched a career high with four touchdown passes and amassed a season-high 321 passing yards in only Sun Belt loss of the season, a 40-27 setback to eventual conference champion Arkansas State … like he did earlier in the season at ULM, needed only eight completions to throw three touchdown passes in 47-20 victory at Idaho … completed 14-of-21 passes for 172 yards and a touchdown in home finale against UL Lafayette … Owns a nearly 3-to-1 touchdowns-to-interceptions ratio in his career (48 touchdown passes, 18 interceptions) … in addition to skills as a passer, can also hurt defenses as a runner … has rushed for 919 yards and nine touchdowns in just two seasons … averages 5.6 yards per carry … touted as the nation’s No. 19 quarterback by Sporting News and No. 20 by Athlon … is Athlon’s preseason first-team all-Sun Belt signal-caller.

2014: 2014 Sun Belt Freshman of the Year ... appeared in all 12 games and started the final 10 contests of the season at quarterback ... was the first freshman to serve as Appalachian State’s primary starting quarterback since Armanti Edwards in 2006 ... set Appalachian State records for passing yards (2,381) and touchdown passes (17) by a freshman, breaking Edwards’ records of 2,251 yards and 15 touchdowns ... 2,381 passing yards ranked 10th overall in single-season school history ... 17 touchdown passes were good for a tie for eighth overall in the program’s single-season annals ... racked up 2,864 yards of total offense (2,381 passing, 483 rushing), which ranks second all-time among freshmen at Appalachian State (Edwards — 3,404 yards in 2006) and 10th overall in school history ... led the Sun Belt Conference with a 142.1 pass-efficiency rating, becoming only the second freshman in Sun Belt history to lead the conference in passing efficiency (joining Troy’s Corey Robinson: 137.9 in 2010) ... finished 35th among all NCAA Division I FBS players in passing efficiency ... made his collegiate debut in the second half of season-opening loss at Michigan, completing 9-of-14 passes for 69 yards and running twice for six yards ... his first collegiate series began at his own 4-yard line in front of 106,811 fans at Michigan Stadium but he was unfazed, leading the Mountaineers on a 19-play, 96-yard touchdown drive ... completed 5-of-9 passes for 37 yards and ran once for six yards during the 19-play scoring drive ... the 19-play series was Appalachian State’s longest in 25 years, dating back to a 19-play, 99-yard drive at Marshall on Nov. 4, 1989 (that drive was also engineered by a freshman quarterback, D.J. Campbell) ... the 96-yard drive was the Mountaineers’ longest in terms of yardage since a lightning-quick, two-play, 97-yard touchdown drive against Coastal Carolina on Sept. 29, 2012 ... accounted for 162 yards of total offense (68 rushing, 94 passing) in limited action during the Mountaineers’ home-opening win over Campbell ... 68 rushing yards against the Camels included a season-long 56-yard gallop ... after a bye week, Lamb was the surprise starter at quarterback in Game 3 at Southern Miss ... became first freshman to start a game at quarterback for Appalachian State since DeAndre Presley started in place of an injured Edwards in the 2008 regular-season finale at Western Carolina ... was impressive in his starting debut, completing 28-of-40 passes for 264 yards and rushing eight times for 39 yards, including a 27-yard carry ... engineered a pair of touchdown drives in the final eight minutes of the contest at Southern Miss, including a 12-play, 75-yard march that he capped with a two-yard touchdown pass to Simms McElfresh that pulled the Mountaineers within a point with six seconds to go (the ensuing extra-point attempt was blocked to hand Appalachian a heartbreaking 21-20 defeat) ... five days later, he threw for 256 yards and rushed for 29, including a 19-yard touchdown run, in loss at Georgia Southern ... threw for two touchdowns without an interception and ran for 78 yards (his second-highest total of the season) in loss to South Alabama ... set Appalachian State freshman records for passing yards (397) and total offense (415) yards in a single game but threw game-ending interception in the end zone in 55-48 overtime loss to Liberty ... despite the outcome, the record-breaking performance against Liberty proved to be the catalyst to an outstanding seven-game run for Lamb and the Appalachian State offense to close the season ... over the final seven games of the season, Lamb accounted for 1,809 yards of total offense (258.4 ypg) and 15 touchdowns (12 passing, three rushing) while leading the Mountaineers’ to six-straight wins following the OT loss to LU ... attempted just 16 passes and threw for just 110 yards but rushed for a season-high 98 yards and accounted for two touchdowns (one passing, one rushing) in 53-14 win at Troy ... managed just 119 total yards (90 passing, 29 rushing) in blizzard conditions against Georgia State but led the Mountaineers to a 44-0 win ... was named Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week after completing 71.4 percent of his passes (25-of-35) and throwing for 276 yards and two touchdowns in 31-29, come-from-behind win over UL Monroe (which finished the season with the Sun Belt’s No. 2-ranked defense) ... drove the Mountaineers 53 yards in 73 seconds to set up Bentlee Critcher’s 39-yard field goal with 29 seconds to go in the comeback win over ULM ... became the first freshman quarterback at Appalachian State to lead the Mountaineers to victory after trailing in the fourth quarter since Edwards led Appalachian back from a 17-10 fourth-quarter deficit in a 27-20 double-overtime win at Georgia Southern on Oct. 21, 2006 ... was nearly perfect in an impressive road win at Arkansas State, completing 14-of-22 passes without an interception for 255 yards and two touchdowns and running 11 times for 46 yards and a score in 37-32 triumph ... 191.0 pass-efficiency rating at A-State was his second-highest of the season, falling just short of his 191.12 rating in the record-setting overtime loss to Liberty ... threw for 195 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 31 yards in the Mountaineers’ second-straight stunning road win at UL Lafayette ... closed the season by throwing for a season-high-tying three touchdowns and accounting for 253 yards of offense (223 passing, 30 rushing) in 45-28 romp over Idaho ... accounted for 1,394 yards of total offense, 12 touchdown passes and only two interceptions during Appalachian State’s six-game winning streak to end the season.

2013: Redshirted.

High School: Rated as a three-star prospect by 247Sports and a two-star prospect by Rivals.com … tabbed as the No. 65 pro-style quarterback nationally by 247Sports … raked in a plethora of accolades as a senior, including being named a MaxPreps second-team small school all-American, the Gatorade Georgia Player of the Year, Associated Press first-team all-state and the Calhoun Times and Rome News-Tribune Offensive Player of the Year … completed 66.9 percent of his passes for 7,193 yards and 76 touchdowns with only 16 interceptions over final two seasons of prep career (284-420, 67.6 pct., 3,498 yds., 26 TD, 7 INT in 2012; 269-406, 66.3 pct., 3,635 yds., 40 TD, 9 INT in 2011) … led Calhoun to back-to-back Georgia Class AA state championship games, winning the title as a junior … coached by his uncle, Hal Lamb.

Personal: Full name is Taylor Boyd Lamb … born April 12, 1994 (23 years old) … son of Allyson and Bobby Lamb … father, Bobby, played quarterback and coached at Southern Conference rival Furman, compiling a 67-40 record in nine seasons as the Paladins’ head coach. He is currently the head coach at Mercer … maternal grandfather, Jim Acker, played linebacker and offensive guard at Newberry … paternal grandfather, Ray Lamb, played quarterback at Tennessee Wesleyan … uncle, Hal Lamb, played wide receiver at West Georgia … cousin, Tre Lamb, played quarterback and Tennessee Tech … cousin, Ben Lamb, is a wide receiver at West Georgia … Taylor enjoys golf, hunting and fishing … majoring in physical education … was a member of Southern Conference academic honor roll ... aspires for a career in coaching.