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How Cincinnati Bengals coach Zac Taylor learned to run an NFL offense

After the 2003 college football season, Zac Taylor considered transferring to two schools: Coffeyville Community College and Butler County Community College.

Taylor hadn’t found his place in the Wake Forest University offense during his freshman year as a college quarterback. To become the starter, he needed to be better running the ball –– Wake’s quarterback Cory Randolph ran for 404 yards in 2003.

But that style of play didn’t fit Taylor’s skill set, so he transferred to Butler County for the 2004 season. This was before he became a star college player at Nebraska, before he became the Cincinnati Bengals head coach at 35-years-old and before he designed an offense for Joe Burrow.