Last confirmed: Ball State, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′11″ · Lawrenceville, GA · Central Gwinnett
Aaron Taylor: LB · Ball State · #7.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Aaron Taylor
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. 2 stars out of high school, 1 seasons of real snaps at Ball State since. A game that shows it: 13 tackles against Indiana — Week 2, 2016.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
85 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 11.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Ball State | 85 | 49 | 11.5 | 1.5 | 2 |
| Career | 85 | 49 | 11.5 | 1.5 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-21@ Georgia State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-30@ Indiana | 13 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 41-14vs Eastern Kentucky | 6 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-27@ Florida Atlantic | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-31vs Northern Illinois | 9 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 21-24@ Central Michigan | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 31-21@ Buffalo | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 25-35vs Akron | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 20-52vs No. 17 Western Michigan | 10 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 41-48vs Eastern Michigan | 10 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 19-37@ Toledo | 12 | 11 | 5.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 5.0 TFL |
| Wk 13 | L 20-21@ Miami (OH) | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 85 | 49 | 11.5 | 1.5 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
85tackles this seasonTFL rate
14%12 TFLSack rate
2%2 sacksPD rate
2%2 pass breakups85 tackles · 11.5 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 7.8 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road7g | 6.6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 8.2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Neu
Pass share
45.7%
434 pass / 515 run
Plays / game
79.1
12 games
Team sack rate
3.4%
467 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
85 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
One season at Ball State, 85 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Pete Lembo → Mike Neu. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
