Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 6 | L 0-44@ Oklahoma | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | Season-high 6 yds |
| Total | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
#13
Dakota Taylor
Sophomore tight end for Kent State. 2025: 1 game with a box-score line.
6′4″ · 240 lb · Akron, OH · Buchtel HS
Returning to Kent State for 2026
The numbers
6
receiving yards · 2025
1 catches · 6 per catch
1 game into 2025 so far -- Best game: 1 rec, 6 yds, at Oklahoma
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 tight end for Kent State. 2025: 1 game with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Kent State in 2024.
Dakota Taylor
One game to point at: 6 rec yds, 1 receptions against Oklahoma — Week 6, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- game log
His career
2024
- Signed with Kent State3-star out of Buchtel
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Kent State
NFL
NFL Draft
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2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025Kent State5-7HC: Mark Carney · Run-leaning, slow tempo
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rec yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (5)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 REC/g, 6.0 YDS/g, 6.0 YPR, 0.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Carney
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kent State | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | -- |
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
Kent State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · Kent State
Returning around him
- 64% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
- Transfer portal: -4 net (11 in / 15 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Kent State · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #130 · 2026 recruiting class #122
Background
2025 (R-Freshman) Played in 9 games with 1 reception for 6 yards 2024 (Freshman) Did not play in the 2024 season Prior to Kent State Selected to play in the Blue-Gray All-Star Game in 2023 Averaged over 16 yeards per catch as a senior and over 15 yards in his high school career
The tight end room · Kent State
- #89Terik Mulder198 receiving yards · 2025
- #11Zy'Aire Fletcher47 receiving yards · 2025
- #13Dakota Taylor6 receiving yards · 2025
- #45Tommy Arnold1 game · 2025
- #47Andrew Rickelmanno box-score line yet
1 more on the roster · Kent State team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology