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The Lead

Jonathan Taylor Dreamed Of Outer Space, Now He’s An NFL Star

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3.92.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

In just his second NFL season, Jonathan Taylor is already one of the NFL's best running backs. But before he turned his attention to the gridiron, the Colts star was far more fascinated with Outer Space than he was with scoring touchdowns. Today, The Athletic's Zak Keefer tells us how the NFL's leading rusher went from aspiring astronaut to one of the most unstoppable players in football.

Read Zak Keefer's story about Jonathan Taylor: https://theathletic.com/2936512/2021/11/09/gaze-at-the-stars-reject-harvard-embrace-the-suck-colts-jonathan-taylor-is-blasting-off/

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0:46.0

In just his second NFL season, Jonathan Taylor has already become one of the league's best running backs.

1:01.0

Start going, moving those legs, reaching over, he's in!

1:06.0

What an effort! A Taylor touchdown!

1:12.0

But long before his ascent to Superstardom, Taylor dreamed of being among the other kind of stars.

1:19.0

For me I always wanted to space because I was a huge science space guy.

1:24.0

Today, the athletic Zach Kiefer on how Taylor's fascination with the far reaches of the galaxy

1:29.0

and his desire to push his own limits have helped him become one of the NFL's very best player.

1:35.0

As passionate as he is about football and he's obsessed with his body and his body fat and his training and all that,

1:41.0

he's a little bit different off the field.

1:44.0

I'm Andre Skelto, it's Thursday, November 18th and this is The Lead.

1:53.0

Zach Kiefer, welcome back to the show. Thanks for having me guys.

1:56.0

So, Zach, I have gathered that you enjoy writing about unusual people and unusual athletes

2:02.0

so the past you've written about deaf football players, a blind boxer,

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