Taylor Huff

Taylor Huff

Huff playing for Florida State in the 2024 ACC Championship final
Personal information
Full name	Taylor Brooke Huff
Date of birth	(2002-08-16) August 16, 2002
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder / forward
Team information
Current team	Florida State Seminoles
Number	3
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2021–2022	Tennessee Volunteers	41	(15)
2023–	Florida State Seminoles	17	(5)
International career‡
2023–	United States U-23	2	(0)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of March 18, 2023

Taylor Brooke Huff (born August 16, 2002) is an American college soccer player who plays as a midfielder or forward for the Florida State Seminoles. She previously played for the Tennessee Volunteers. She won the 2023 national championship with the Seminoles.

Early life

Huff was raised in Mansfield, Ohio, the middle of three daughters born to Zac and Amy Huff. She started playing soccer at age three, with her father coaching her youth and high school teams. She played multiple other sports growing up, including basketball, softball, volleyball, and track, running the 400 meters at the state championships in her senior year of high school. She played club soccer for Internationals SC.

Huff played high school soccer for Division II school Madison Comprehensive High School, where she was a four-time United Soccer Coaches All-American selection. She scored 34 goals with 21 assists as a freshman in 2017, leading her team to the state semifinals, followed by 31 goals and 19 assists as a sophomore in 2018, when they were upset in regionals. She contributed 34 goals and 26 assists to help reach the state final as a junior in 2019, being named the Division II player of the year. She led her team to win the state championship in 2020, recording 34 goals and 27 assists, and was named Ohio Ms. Soccer, the Gatorade Ohio Player of the Year, and the United Soccer Coaches national player of the year. She set an all-time school scoring record, with 133 goals, and the all-time state assists record, with 93.

College career

Tennessee Volunteers

Huff verbally committed to the Tennessee Volunteers as a high school freshman and signed for the team in 2020. She started for the team throughout her freshman season in 2021, leading the Volunteers to win the Southeastern Conference East title and the SEC tournament, beating Arkansas in the final. She recorded 10 goals and 5 assists and was selected as the SEC freshman of the year and second-team All-SEC. She scored two of her goals in the NCAA tournament, helping reach the third round. She trained with the Washington Spirit the following summer. She scored five goals and led the team with seven assists in 2022, being named first-team All-SEC and third-team All-American, but the Volunteers made early exits in the postseason after being SEC East co-champions.

Florida State Seminoles

Huff transferred to the Florida State Seminoles for the 2023 season, reuniting with head coach Brian Pensky, her freshman coach at Tennessee. She scored seven goals and led her new team with 14 assists, fourth in the country, and earned second-team All-ACC and United Soccer Coaches All-American honors. She was part of an undefeated season ending in the NCAA championship, where she was named to the all-tournament team.

International career

Huff was invited to training camps with the United States under-16 team in 2018 and the under-20 team in 2022. She played internationally for the under-23 team in 2023.

External links

• FSU bio