Dadrian Taylor: LB · UTSA · #7.
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Dadrian Taylor
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Played for two head coaches at UTSA: Frank Wilson and Jeff Traylor. That makes two straight seasons on the honors list: All-Conference USA again in 2022. One game to point at: 10 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Houston — Week 1, 2022.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
34 tackles. 4 passes defended. 1 interception. 4 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 this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 35-37vs No. 24 Houston | 10 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-38@ Army | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 5 | W 45-30@ Middle Tennessee | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-28vs Western Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 30-10@ Florida International | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-27vs North Texas | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 44-38@ UAB | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 51-7vs Louisiana Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 41-7@ Rice | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 34-31vs UTEP | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 12-18vs No. 23 Troy | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 34 | 21 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 4 |
Week 8 · 2022
W 31-27
vs North Texas
1 sack · 1.5 tackles for loss · 3 tackles
A close one, won by 4 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
34tackles this seasonTFL rate
12%4 TFLSack rate
3%1 sackPD rate
12%4 pass breakups34 tackles · 4 for loss · 1 sack · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Traylor
Pass share
48.8%
501 pass / 526 run
Plays / game
73.4
14 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
523 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #261 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at UTSA, 115 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 43 games over five seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Frank Wilson → Jeff Traylor. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
