Career: Has three catches for 49 yards in eight games of experience.
2021: Played in two games. Caught one pass for nine yards against Central Washington on 9/11/21.
2020-21: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. Played in four games, catching two passes for 40 yards and TD. He had his first career catch for 22 yards against Idaho (2/27/21) and had his first career score against Cal Poly (3/27/21) with an 18-yard grab.
2019: Was a non-lettering squad member and played in two games. He made his Eagle debut against Lindenwood (9/7/19) and also played against Northern Colorado (10/12/19). He was special teams scout team player of the week twice. Taras spent the spring as a reserve quarterback, and completed 4-of-11 passes for 55 yards a touchdown.
2018: Redshirted.
HS: Graduated from Heritage HS in 2018. He earned second team 4A All-Greater St. Helens League honors in 2017. As a senior quarterback he completed 125-of-261 passes for 1,680 yards and 17 touchdowns with 10 interceptions. He also rushed for 455 yards and six more scores. Lettered three times in football and was a scholar-athlete all three years, plus served as team captain in 2017. He also lettered three years in basketball and track and field, and was also a scholar-athlete all three years in each sport.
Personal: Management major with a 3.49 grade point average through spring quarter 2021. Born 10/8/99 in Kiev, Ukraine. Parents are Viktor and Yelena Taras. He is a first generation college student in his family.
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| Year |
GP |
PC |
Hi |
Yds |
Apr |
Apg |
TD |
Lg |
| 2019 |
2 |
0 |
-- |
0 |
-- |
-- |
0 |
-- |
| 2020-21 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
40 |
20.0 |
10.0 |
1 |
22 |
| 2021 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
9.0 |
4.5 |
0 |
9 |
| Totals |
8 |
3 |
1 |
49 |
16.3 |
6.1 |
1 |
22 |
