<sod>'''Sean Michael Maurice Taylor''' (April 1, 1983 – November 27, 2007) was an American college and professional [[American football|football]] player who was a [[safety (American football position)|free safety]] for the [[Washington Redskins]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for four seasons. Sean is the goat  He played [[college football]] for the [[University of Miami]], was a member of the [[Miami Hurricanes football|Hurricanes]]' [[2002 Rose Bowl|2001 BCS National Championship]] team, and earned unanimous [[All-American]] honors.  The Washington Redskins chose Taylor with the fifth overall pick of the [[2004 NFL Draft]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39404-2004Apr24.html | work=Washington Post | title=Redskins' Choice Is For Safety Concerns | date=April 25, 2004 | first=Nunyo | last=Demasio}}</ref>  Due to his ferocious hits,<ref>{{cite web|author=Monday, September 17, 2012 10:01 pm |url=http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/sports/ravens/former-ravens-rb-jamal-lewis-calls-sean-taylor-the-hardest/article_c1c494a8-0134-11e2-9623-001a4bcf887a.html |title=Former Ravens RB Jamal Lewis calls Sean Taylor the hardest hitter he ever played against - Carroll County Times: Ravens |publisher=Carroll County Times |date=2012-09-17 |accessdate=2012-10-22}}</ref> several of his Redskins teammates nicknamed him "'''Meast'''," a [[portmanteau]] word from the expression "half man, half beast."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/trainingcamp06/columns/story?columnist=smith_michael&id=2546843&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab2pos1|title=ESPN - Smith: Redskins' Taylor working to shed troublemaker image}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0707/top10.hitters.today.nfl/content.10.html|title=SI.com - Photo Gallery - Top 10 Hitters in the NFL | work=CNN | accessdate=May 23, 2010}}</ref><eod>
<sod>'''Sean Michael Maurice Taylor''' (April 1, 1983 – November 27, 2007) was an American college and professional [[American football|football]] player who was a [[safety (American football position)|free safety]] for the [[Washington Redskins]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for four seasons.  He played [[college football]] for the [[University of Miami]], was a member of the [[Miami Hurricanes football|Hurricanes]]' [[2002 Rose Bowl|2001 BCS National Championship]] team, and earned unanimous [[All-American]] honors.  The Washington Redskins chose Taylor with the fifth overall pick of the [[2004 NFL Draft]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39404-2004Apr24.html | work=Washington Post | title=Redskins' Choice Is For Safety Concerns | date=April 25, 2004 | first=Nunyo | last=Demasio}}</ref>  Due to his ferocious hits,<ref>{{cite web|author=Monday, September 17, 2012 10:01 pm |url=http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/sports/ravens/former-ravens-rb-jamal-lewis-calls-sean-taylor-the-hardest/article_c1c494a8-0134-11e2-9623-001a4bcf887a.html |title=Former Ravens RB Jamal Lewis calls Sean Taylor the hardest hitter he ever played against - Carroll County Times: Ravens |publisher=Carroll County Times |date=2012-09-17 |accessdate=2012-10-22}}</ref> several of his Redskins teammates nicknamed him "'''Meast'''," a [[portmanteau]] word from the expression "half man, half beast."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/trainingcamp06/columns/story?columnist=smith_michael&id=2546843&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab2pos1|title=ESPN - Smith: Redskins' Taylor working to shed troublemaker image}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0707/top10.hitters.today.nfl/content.10.html|title=SI.com - Photo Gallery - Top 10 Hitters in the NFL | work=CNN | accessdate=May 23, 2010}}</ref><eod>