Sophomore linebacker for Pittsburgh. 2025: 5 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss.
6′1″ · 205 lb · Virginia Beach, VA · Green Run
The numbers
tackles · 2025
0.5 TFL
Best game: 1 tackles, 0.5 TFL, vs Duquesne
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 linebacker for Pittsburgh. 2025: 5 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss.
Emmanuel Taylor
The receipt: 2 tackles against Stanford — Week 10, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Narduzzi
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 61-9vs Duquesne | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 48-7vs Boston College | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-31@ Florida State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-20@ Stanford | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Total | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
2026 Outlook
Pittsburgh
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Pittsburgh
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Pittsburgh · Last season: 8-5 (AP #24) · Talent rank #64 · 2026 recruiting class #44
2025: Enrolled at the University of Pittsburgh in January 2025 following his early graduation from Green Run…played in 11 games as a true freshman on defense and special teams, collecting five tackles and a half-TFL…made his debut against Deuquese, posting a tackle and an assisted TFL. HIGH SCHOO...
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