Ask AP: Jason Taylor

Celebrities, Celebrity Q&A, People
on January 18, 2009

What can you tell me about football player Jason Taylor, who was on last year’s Dancing With the Stars? He’s gorgeous!

—Taylor Johansson,

Pella, Iowa

Washington Redskins defensive end Taylor, 33, is a star both on and off the field. In addition to receiving dozens of awards for his football feats, he’s appeared on numerous TV talk shows, made the list of People magazine’s “100 Most Beautiful” and hot-footed his way—along with partner Edyta Sliwinska—to the runner-up spot on season six of Dancing With the Stars. And he’s a big guy with a big heart: The Jason Taylor Foundation, which he launched in 2004 with wife Katina, helps create better futures for children in south Florida, where Taylor got his start playing with the Miami Dolphins. “Football’s only so big,” he says. “The world is much bigger.”