Last confirmed: Baylor, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′9″ · 225 lb · DeSoto, TX
Taylor Young: LB · Baylor · #1.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Taylor Young
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles. Taylor Young has been at Baylor through three head coaches in three seasons. One game to point at: 10 tackles and 3 tackles for loss against Kansas — Week 10, 2017.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
60 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 8 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
2017 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 45-48vs Liberty | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 10-17vs UTSA | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-34@ Duke | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 41-49vs No. 3 Oklahoma | 7 | 5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 5 | L 20-33@ Kansas State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 16-59@ No. 14 Oklahoma State | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 36-38vs No. 23 West Virginia | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 7-38vs Texas | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 38-9@ Kansas | 10 | 5 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 24-38vs Texas Tech | 9 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 60 | 39 | 8.0 | 3.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
60tackles this seasonTFL rate
13%8 TFLSack rate
5%3 sacksPD rate
2%1 pass breakups60 tackles · 8 for loss · 3 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 5.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 7.0 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Rhule
Pass share
53.0%
462 pass / 409 run
Plays / game
72.6
12 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
508 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Baylor, 153 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Art Briles, Jim Grobe, and Matt Rhule. Multi-era developmental context.
