Steve Taylor ( American football ) Steve Taylor ( born on January 7 , 1967 in Fresno , California ) was an American football quarterback who played in the Canadian Football League . Taylor had signed a four year contract with the Edmonton Eskimos just one month after finishing his senior season with the University of Nebraska . The dual threat QB was selected in the 12th round by the NFL ' s Indianapolis Colts during April 1989 , but Taylor was already committed to playing in the CFL . Taylor played for four different CFL teams including the Eskimos , Calgary Stampeders , the Hamilton Tiger - Cats , and the Ottawa Rough Riders which began in the summer of 1989 . He spent his entire career of eight seasons as a backup playing behind notable CFL starters such as Tracy Ham and Doug Flutie . His career passing statistics included 4 , 947 yards passing with 35 touchdowns and 26 interceptions . He completed 366 - of - 652 pass attempts during his CFL career . Collegiate career . Taylor ' s college football career was quite different . The 6 - foot , 205 - pound option quarterback was the perfect fit for Head Coach Dr . Tom Osborne ' s vaunted option offense . Taylor was 31 - 6 with a conference championship ( Big Eight Champions - 1988 ) as the starter for Nebraska from 1986 to 1988 . His freshman season in 1985 included Taylor coming off the bench to help Nebraska nearly defeat Michigan in the Fiesta Bowl — a game the Wolverines won , 27 - 23 . Taylor passed for 2 , 815 yards and rushed for 2 , 125 yards in a tailback predicated option offense that featured such excellent Husker runningbacks as Keith " Endzone " Jones , Doug Dubose , Tom Rathman and Ken Clark . He recorded 32 rushing touchdowns and 30 touchdown passes . Taylor ' s best single season came as a senior in 1988 when he rushed 157 times for 826 yards and completed 72 - of - 151 passing attempts for 1 , 067 yards with 11 touchdowns and seven interceptions . He had 13 rushing touchdowns with a longest run of 60 yards as his Husker team completed an 11 - 2 season ranked No . 10 nationally in the AP poll . One of Taylor ' s most memorable moments came on September 12 , 1987 in a 42 - 33 win over nationally ranked No . 9 UCLA and its talented quarterback , Troy Aikman . Taylor threw for a school record five touchdown passes including a 48 yard scoring toss to wide receiver Rod Smith and two approximate 35 yard touchdown passes to tight end Todd Millikan . Taylor was 10 - of - 15 passing for 217 yards without an interception and had 12 rushes for 27 yards . Another such moment came when Nebraska played the famous former Detroit Lions runningback , Barry Sanders , and his Oklahoma State team that went 10 - 2 that season . On October 15 , 1988 , Taylor and Nebraska outscored 11th - ranked Oklahoma State , 63 - 42 , in a shootout in Lincoln , Nebraska . Taylor overcame Sanders ' 189 yard rushing performance with a solid performance of his own that included the Nebraska signal caller rushing 11 times for 140 yards while completing 6 - of - 11 passes for 92 yards . Taylor threw an 11 yard touchdown pass and scored on rushes of 60 , 43 , and nine yards in a game that included over 1 , 000 yards of total offense by the two teams combined . Personal life . Taylor is now a real estate sales associate with Home Real Estate in Lincoln , Nebraska where he , his wife , and their three daughters currently reside .