#21

Corvan Taylor

Senior safety for Air Force. 2021: 3 interceptions, 4 pass breakups, 60 tackles.

S · Air Force · Sr. · #21

6′2″ · 205 lb · Gilbert, AZ

CFB Index 77 · #52 of 509 safetiesMedium confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamAir Force 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 2086 nationally · Signed with Air Force

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for Air Force. 2021: 3 interceptions, 4 pass breakups, 60 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Air Force in 2019.
Named All-America (AFCA) in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Air Force, 102 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20196 games

Signed with Air Force3-star out of Lone Star

2022

All-Mountain Westsecond

2023

All-Americafirst
Thorpewinner
All-Mountain Westfirst

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2086 national

CFB

College

Air Force

2019–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

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ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM

All-Mountain West 1st team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2021

1 coach

2019–2021

Troy Calhoun

Air Force

Played his entire career under Troy Calhoun.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Troy Calhoun — 24-8 over that span.

2019Air Force11-2HC: Troy Calhoun · Run-heavy

2020Air Force3-3HC: Troy Calhoun · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2021Air Force10-3HC: Troy Calhoun · Run-heavy, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

77All-Conference level #52 of 509?

Medium confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (90th percentile). Strength: passes defended (86th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Interceptions#36 / 824 · 90th pct

Passes defended#310 / 2743 · 86th pct

Tackles#407 / 2743 · 85th pct

Solo tackles#481 / 2743 · 82nd pct

Forced fumbles#59 / 673 · 46th pct

QB hurries#1413 / 2743 · 24th pct

Sacks#1435 / 2743 · 24th pct

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Tackles for loss#2340 / 2743 · 7th pct

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Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.3	0.0	0.0	0.6
Road5g	5.8	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.6	0.0	0.0	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	5.4	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Troy Calhoun

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

77 · #52 of 509 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #52 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Air Force	60	33	4	3	--
2020	Air Force	29	9	1	1	--
2019	Air Force	13	8	--	--	--
Career		102	50	5	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2021

W 24–17

at Boise State

3 SOLO · 4 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.

With H. Daniels — 59 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 75.1 · 83 rush yds (21 car) · 1 TD · C. Bein — 36 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 41 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 35-14vs Lafayette	1	0	1	1
Wk 2	W 23-3@ Navy	2	0	—	0
Wk 3	L 45-49vs Utah State	6	3	1	2
Wk 4	W 31-7vs Florida Atlantic	0	0	1	1
Wk 5	W 38-10@ New Mexico	6	5	—	0
Wk 6	W 24-14vs Wyoming	6	2	—	0
Wk 7	W 24-17@ Boise State	4	3	—	0
Wk 8	L 14-20vs San Diego State	4	2	—	0
Wk 10	L 14-21vs Army	5	3	—	0
Wk 11	W 35-21@ Colorado State	9	2	—	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 12	W 41-39@ Nevada	8	8	—	0
Wk 13	W 48-14vs UNLV	1	1	—	0
Total		52	29	3	4

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology