Brandon Alexander Taylor (born August 1, 1994) is an American former professional basketball player. He is a small forward-power forward.
Taylor grew up in Tabernacle Township, New Jersey and played high school basketball at Trenton Catholic Academy, where The Times of Trenton, New Jersey selected him as its 2011âÂÂ12 boys basketball player of the year.
Taylor played 4 years of NCAA Division I college basketball at Penn State, where he played with the Penn State Lions. In his 4-year college career, he averaged 10.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 0.8 assists, 0.4 steals, and 0.7 blocks per game, in 26.1 minutes per game, over 129 games played. In his senior season, 2015âÂÂ16, he averaged 16.3 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 0.6 steals, and 0.5 blocks per game, in 32.3 minutes per game.
|- | style="text-align:left;"| 2012âÂÂ13 | style="text-align:left;"| Penn State | 31 || 18 || 20.2 || .349 || .286 || .688 || 3.3 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 0.4 || 5.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2013âÂÂ14 | style="text-align:left;"| Penn State | 34 || 30 || 24.9 || .395 || .322 || .877 || 4.9 || 0.6 || 0.1 || 1.1 || 9.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2014âÂÂ15 | style="text-align:left;"| Penn State | 32 || 25 || 26.9 || .371 || .335 || .633 || 5.3 || 0.9 || 0.5 || 0.8 || 9.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2015âÂÂ16 | style="text-align:left;"| Penn State | 32 || 32 || 32.3 || .433 || .359 || .727 || 6.5 || 1.6 || 0.6 || 0.5 || 16.3 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| Career | 129 || 105 || 26.1 || .396 || .328 || .753 || 5.0 || 0.8 || 0.4 || 0.7 || 10.0
Taylor began his pro career in Greece in 2016, with the Greek Basket League club PAOK. On January 13, 2017, he parted ways with PAOK, after averaging 2.9 points per game in Greek League, and 4.2 points per contest in Champions League. On February 18, 2017, Taylor signed with the Swiss team 5 Stelle Massagno, of the Swiss League.
On August 7, 2017, Taylor signed with Jämtland Basket of the Basketligan.
Taylor's cousin, Tiffany Stansbury, was also a professional basketball player, and she played in the WNBA. Taylor's uncle, Terence Stansbury, was also a professional basketball player, and he played in the NBA.