On August 30, 2014, Taylor was waived as part of the Panthers' final roster cuts, but was signed to the team's practice squad on September 1, 2014.
[10] On September 5, 2015, the Carolina Panthers released Taylor as part of their final roster cuts and signed him to their practice squad the next day.
[13] Head coach Lovie Smith named Taylor the third middle linebacker on the depth chart, behind Kwon Alexander and Bruce Carter.
[9][15] On January 6, 2016, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers announced their decision to fire head coach Lovie Smith after they finished with a 9–7 record and did not qualify for the playoffs in 2015.
[16] On January 15, 2016, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers officially promoted offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter to head coach.
Taylor then served as the long snapper for a successful extra point late in the fourth quarter to help the Buccaneers win by a score of 17–16.
[22] Throughout training camp, Taylor competed against Devante Bond, Kendell Beckwith, and Cameron Lynch to be the starting strongside linebacker after it was left vacant by the departure of Daryl Smith.
[23] Head coach Dirk Koetter named Taylor the backup middle linebacker, behind Kwon Alexander, to begin the regular season in 2017.
On October 5, 2017, Taylor recorded seven combined tackles, forced a fumble, and made his first career sack during a 19–14 loss against the New England Patriots in Week 5.
[25] On December 18, 2017, Taylor started in place of Lavonte David who was inactive due to a hamstring injury and made four combined tackles before being carted off the field during the third quarter of the Buccaneers' 24–21 loss against the Atlanta Falcons in Week 15.
Taylor sustained a broken tibia and fibula after colliding with teammate Robert Ayers as both attempted to sack Falcons' quarterback Matt Ryan.