Who Is James McCoy Taylor Of ABC’s ‘The Bachelorette’ 2016 Season With JoJo Fletcher?

James Taylor is one of JoJo Fletcher’s bachelors on ABC’s The Bachelorette 2016 season. He charmed JoJo as he stepped out of the limo during the premiere when he sang her a song and strummed his guitar, and word has it that he will be charming her even further as the season continues. What do fans need to know about this Season 12 contestant?

As Taylor’s ABC bio page details, this Bachelorette contestant is 29-years-old and is a singer and songwriter. He describes himself as being kind, outgoing, and funny, and he jokes about how his favorite flower is a red rose. James says that he does consider himself to be romantic and loves to make a gal smile. Taylor adds that he gets that love from his daddy. James has a dog named A.J., and it sounds as if he is close to both his mom and his dad.

According to Reality Steve, Taylor is originally from Katy, Texas, but he lives in Marietta, Georgia, these days. He reportedly attended high school in Katy, where he played football, then he went to Texas A&M University for a bit. James later transferred to Harding University where he graduated in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in public relations.

A profile on the Harding University site featuring James shares that in the music world, he goes by the name James McCoy, since, as music fans know, the name James Taylor is not exactly available. Taylor has played a lot of country throughout Texas with his group, the Redmond Road Band, back in his younger days, and he is hoping to make singing and songwriting a full-fledged career. It looks like this Bachelorette contestant is on his own these days, as the band from his college days seems to be defunct.

This Bachelorette contestant has eagle and American flag tattoos on his left arm and shoulder, and he touts movies like Wedding Crashes, Gladiator, and Braveheart as his favorites. Prior to filming, Reality Steve’s spoilers detailed that James was working as a sales representative for ABC Home and Commercial Services, with his music being a focus on the side. Taylor had some videos showcasing his music up on YouTube, but they have since seemingly been made private. James does still have a few short clips up on his Instagram page, however.

Could James Taylor be the guy who manages to snag JoJo Fletcher’s final rose this spring? Reality Steve’s spoilers have teased that there is an engagement at the end of this Bachelorette season, but there is some stiff competition among this group of bachelors to be the man JoJo sees go down on bended knee in the finale. However, the buzz is that Taylor may find another way to stay in the mix of things within “Bachelor Nation” if this Bachelorette journey doesn’t pan out for him.

Viewers will definitely be seeing some fun moments involving JoJo and James in the episodes ahead, and so far, Bachelorette fans think that Taylor seems to be a keeper. It will take a while yet before people get to see how far he gets in Season 12, but the word via Reality Steve’s spoilers indicate that he will at least get some individual time with Fletcher as things progress. Based on his social media activity, it looks like he made some good friends during his time filming the show, and he appears to have a great sense of humor.

Could James McCoy Taylor end up finding love thanks to ABC’s The Bachelorette 2016 with JoJo Fletcher? If he doesn’t score the final rose, could he end up finding love on Season 3 of Bachelor in Paradise instead?

[Image via James Taylor’s Instagram]