As a junior power forward/center for the Memphis Tigers, he averaged 10.4 PPG and 7.6 RPG in the 2008–09 season.
He was a member of the team as a sophomore when the Tigers went to the NCAA National Championship in 2008, which they lost in overtime to the Kansas Jayhawks.
[2] On January 7, 2013, he was traded to the Santa Cruz Warriors in exchange for Paul Carter.
[5] In March 2016, Taggart was signed as the new import for GlobalPort Batang Pier of the Philippine Basketball Association in the 2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup, replacing Calvin Walner.
[6] In March 2017, he was signed by the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters as their import for the 2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup.