Ja'Sir Taylor: DB · Wake Forest · #6.
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Ja'Sir Taylor
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Five seasons in the Wake Forest secondary to date. The first career honor came in 2021: ACC Specialist Player of the Week. A game that shows it: 7 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against NC State — Week 11, 2021.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
54 tackles. 5 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 2 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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| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Wake Forest | 60 | 47 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 2 | -- |
| 2020 | Wake Forest | 42 | 34 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 2 | -- |
| 2019 | Wake Forest | 30 | 26 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2018 | Wake Forest | 26 | 22 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Wake Forest | 27 | 24 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | -- | -- |
| Career | 185 | 153 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 24 | 6 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-10vs Old Dominion | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-16vs Norfolk State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 35-14vs Florida State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 37-17@ Virginia | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 37-34vs Louisville | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 40-37@ Syracuse | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 70-56@ Army | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 45-7vs Duke | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 55-58@ North Carolina | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 45-42vs No. 21 NC State | 7 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 27-48@ Clemson | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 41-10@ Boston College | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 21-45vs No. 17 Pittsburgh | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 54 | 42 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 5 |
Week 11 · 2021
W 45-42
vs NC State
1 tackle for loss · 7 tackles · 1 pass breakup
Edged out NC State at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
8%5 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
60tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%4 TFL60 tackles · 4 for loss · 5 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
5 seasons under Dave Clawson — 38-24 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road6g | 4.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 4.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Clawson
Pass share
48.4%
519 pass / 554 run
Plays / game
82.5
13 games
Team sack rate
6.0%
565 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
60 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #330 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Wake Forest, 185 tackles — drafted at #214 overall by the Los Angeles Chargers.
A stat line in 56 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Dave Clawson.
Next stop · NFL
Los Angeles ChargersEntering 5th NFL season
Los Angeles ChargersEntering 5th NFL season
