Last confirmed: Illinois, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · Orlando, FL · Lake Highland Prep
Taylor Barton: DB · Illinois · #3.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Taylor Barton
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Taylor Barton has been at Illinois through three head coaches in three seasons. One game to point at: 7 tackles against Iowa — Week 12, 2016.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
40 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 3 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-3vs Murray State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 23-48vs North Carolina | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-34vs Western Michigan | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 16-31@ No. 15 Nebraska | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 31-34vs Purdue | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-7@ Rutgers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-40vs Minnesota | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 0-28vs Iowa | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 21-42@ Northwestern | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 40 | 13 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
2%1 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
40tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%3 TFL40 tackles · 3 for loss · 1 pass breakup · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 3.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 4.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lovie Smith
Pass share
50.8%
358 pass / 347 run
Plays / game
58.8
12 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
387 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2016
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Illinois, 40 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Tim Beckman, Bill Cubit, and Lovie Smith. Multi-era developmental context.
