Senior linebacker for North Carolina. 2022: 28 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks.
6′5″ · 240 lb · Greensboro, NC
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 linebacker for North Carolina. 2022: 28 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearNoah Taylor
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. The receipt: 7 tackles against Duke — Week 7, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
One season at North Carolina, 28 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: sacks (89th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (84th 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
2022 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 4.2 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bill Belichick
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | North Carolina | 28 | 14 | 6.0 | 3.5 | 2 | -- | -- |
| Career | 28 | 14 | 6.0 | 3.5 | 2 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022
W 56–24
vs Florida A&M
1 QB HUR · 1 TFL · 1 SACKS
Dominant 32-point win at home against Florida A&M.
With D. Maye — 294 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.7 · 55 rush yds (4 car) · O. Hampton — 101 rush yds (14 car) · 2 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 56-24vs Florida A&M | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | W 63-61@ App State | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 35-28@ Georgia State | 5 | 4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 32-45vs Notre Dame | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 41-10vs Virginia Tech | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-24@ Miami | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 38-35@ Duke | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 42-24vs Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 28 | 14 | 6.0 | 3.5 | — | 2 |
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
28 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6 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.
Player DNA
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Jatius Geer’s 2022 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Marcus Haynes's freshman season at Old Dominion (2021).
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Player DNA