Jadrian Taylor: DE · UTEP · #11.
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Jadrian Taylor
Turns pressure into sacks — pressures become finishes. Arrived as a two-star recruit; three seasons of production at UTEP since. That makes two straight seasons on the honors list: All-Conference USA again in 2022. One game to point at: 3 tackles against Rice — Week 10, 2022.
Play style
Turns pressure into sacks — when he gets there, he finishes.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
42 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 11.5 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 · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 13-31vs North Texas | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 1 | L 13-45@ No. 9 Oklahoma | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 20-13vs New Mexico State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-27@ New Mexico | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 27-10vs Boise State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 41-35@ Charlotte | 4 | 3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | — | 0 | 3 sacks |
| Wk 6 | L 31-41@ Louisiana Tech | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-21vs Florida Atlantic | 8 | 4 | 3.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 13-24vs Middle Tennessee | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 30-37@ Rice | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 12 | W 40-6vs Florida International | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 31-34@ UTSA | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 42 | 21 | 11.5 | 9.5 | — | 3 |
Week 8 · 2022
W 24-21
2 sacks · 3.5 tackles for loss · 8 tackles
A close one, won by 3 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
23%10 sacksTFL rate
27%12 TFLHurry rate
10%4 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
70%10 of 14 pressures42 tackles · 11.5 for loss · 9.5 sacks.
3 seasons under Dana Dimel, all run-leaning offenses — 15-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 3.5 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.6 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dana Dimel
Pass share
45.3%
379 pass / 457 run
Plays / game
69.7
12 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
378 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #14 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at UTEP, 16 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — the college career is complete.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 1ST TEAM
All-Conference USA 1st team (2022)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2021)
Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Dana Dimel.
