Personal
- Parents are Ryan & Holly Taggart
- Major: Physiology
- Sister, Maddy, a hurdler for BYU track and field
- Cousin, Hailey Morrow, plays softball at BYU
- Speaks French
- Loves to fish
- Rides a unicycle
Before BYU
- Transfer from Oregon
- Appeared in three games as a true freshman in 2022 while utilizing a redshirt season with the Ducks
- A consensus top-40 linebacker as a four-star prep recruit out of Corner Canyon High School in Draper, Utah
- Rated the No. 25 outside linebacker by ESPN, No. 33 at the position by Rivals, the No. 35 linebacker by 247sports and No. 39 by the 247 composite
- Taggart ranked among the top 300 overall players in the country at 285th by ESPN, while being listed 345th by the 247 composite
- Rated by ESPN as the top-ranked outside linebacker from Utah while 247 sports
- A consensus overall top-10 player from Utah by ESPN (No. 5), 247sports (No. 5), the 247 composite (No. 5) and Rivals (No. 7)
- Taggart helped the Chargers to a 40-2 overall record, two state championships and a state runner-up finish as a three-year letterman
- Finished his prep career with 237 tackles (151 solo) with 22 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, two interceptions and two forced fumbles while averaging 7.2 tackles per game
- He totaled nine double-figure tackle games in high school, including five games with 15-plus tackles
- In eight career playoff games, he totaled 64 tackles (40 solo) with seven tackles for loss, two sacks, three quarterback hurries, one interception and two pass breakups
- Named a 2021 MaxPreps Preseason Second Team All-American
- 2021 Deseret News 6A First Team All-State
- 2020 MaxPreps First Team All-America, MaxPreps Utah First Team All-State and Deseret News 6A First Team All-State honors
- Taggart earned recruiting attention from Arizona, Boston College, California, Colorado, Duke, Indiana, Louisville, Nebraska, Northwestern, Oregon State, UCLA, USC, Utah, Vanderbilt, Virginia and Washington State