These days, it would not be hard to confuse the Archbishop Wood Vikings as a collegiate football team. With plenty of talent and a sizeable offensive line, the black and yellow have locked the southeastern portion of Pennsylvania in a stranglehold since gaining PIAA eligibility three years ago.
One of the Vikings’ plethora of potential Division-1 prospects is senior-to-be Frank Taylor.
The 6’4, 285-pound Taylor holds a quintet of verbal Division-1 scholarship offers, according to national recruiting service Scout.com. Taylor has been offered by Boston College, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Syracuse and West Virginia, and has received interest from Notre Dame, Penn State and Stanford, according to Scout.
Earlier in his recruiting process, Taylor’s profiles on Scout and Rivals.com had listed interested programs like Florida, Florida State, Michigan State, Northwestern and Ohio State.
Taylor helped pave the way for a Viking offensive unit that produced a pair of backs with 1,100+ rushing yards and a 1,500+ yard passer. Wood averaged 229 rushing yards, 119 passing yards, 36.5 points per game and scored 62 offensive touchdowns (47 rushing, 15 passing).
Archbishop Wood, owners of an 83-19 overall record (.817) since 2003, finished 13-1 last season, winning the program’s third consecutive District 12 AAA football championship and reaching the PIAA AAA semifinals for the third consecutive year, this time opposite Allentown Central Catholic. ACC defeated Wood, 49-27.
