Last confirmed: Washington State, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′10″ · 186 lb · San Leandro, CA · City College of San Francisco
Robert Taylor: DB · Washington State · #2.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Robert Taylor
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Second year in the Washington State secondary. On tape: 11 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against California, Week 7, 2017.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
59 tackles. 1 pass defended. 3 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 him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Washington State | 59 | 32 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | Washington State | 61 | 38 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 120 | 70 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-0vs Montana State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 47-44vs Boise State | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 52-23vs Oregon State | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-7vs Nevada | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 30-27vs No. 5 USC | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 33-10@ Oregon | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 3-37@ California | 11 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 28-0vs Colorado | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 37-58@ Arizona | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-21vs No. 18 Stanford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 33-25@ Utah | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-41@ No. 15 Washington | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 17-42@ No. 18 Michigan State | 7 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 59 | 32 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 |
Week 6 · 2017
W 33-10
at Oregon
1 interception · 6 tackles · 1 pass breakup
Dominant 23-point win on the road against Oregon.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
2%1 pass breakupsInterceptions
3interceptionsTackle volume
59tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%2 TFL59 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 pass breakup · 3 interceptions.
2 seasons under Mike Leach, all pass-heavy, fast tempo offenses — 17-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 6.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 5.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Leach
Pass share
70.5%
713 pass / 299 run
Plays / game
77.8
13 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
765 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-heavy, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2017
59 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Washington State, 120 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
