Ekow Taylor holds the BANDIT · Backup spot in UTEP Miners’s bandit room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Ekow Taylor is a 6'5" bandit from Bronx, NY, who attended Fossil Ridge High School. As a true freshman in 2024, he appeared in 10 games and recorded five tackles with half a sack and half a tackle for loss. In 2025, his sophomore season, Taylor played in 11 games and posted 17 tackles (10 solo), 2.5 tackles for loss, two sacks, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery, and two hurries. He also returned a blocked punt for a touchdown at Missouri State and took a fumble 63 yards at Sam Houston. Taylor currently enters his junior year with UTEP.

UTEP2024 — present