Senior defensive back on Texas State's 2025 roster.
5′10″ · 195 lb · Tampa, FL
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 defensive back on Texas State's 2025 roster.
DJ Taylor Jr.
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Across five seasons and three programs, three head coaches: Herm Edwards, Scott Satterfield and G.J. Kinne. The receipt: 1 tackles against Southern Miss — Week 12, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jake Spavital → G.J. Kinne. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Road2g | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+3g | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
G.J. Kinne
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Texas State | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Cincinnati | 16 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Arizona State | 16 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | 1 |
| 2021 | Arizona State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
| 2020 | Arizona State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 36 | 17 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 11 | L 39-42@ Louisiana | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 12 | W 41-14@ Southern Miss | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Wk 14 | W 49-26vs South Alabama | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Bowl | W 41-10vs Rice | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Texas State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Texas State
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Texas State · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #82 · 2026 recruiting class #74
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Alaka'i Gilman’s 2021 season.
Matches Alaka'i on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Jabril Williams's senior season at Army (2025).
Matches Jabril on
Player DNA