Jahlil Taylor
Jahlil Taylor
Wins his gap play after play. Two head coaches in two seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 4 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Georgia State — Week 13, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at Old Dominion, 31 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2018–2023
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Ricky Rahne.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ricky Rahne
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 1 · 2-deepR04 · Rotational
Rotational. Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Old Dominion | 25 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | North Carolina | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | North Carolina | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 31 | 9 | 2.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2023
W 10–9
vs East Texas A&M
2 TOT · 1 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 at home.
How he plays
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Two-Gap Base
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Kitione Tau’s 2022 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Blake Thompson's graduate season at UTEP (2022).
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