Trent Taylor

WR · Louisiana Tech 2016 · #5

Last confirmed: Louisiana Tech, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.

5′8″ · Shreveport, LA · Evangel Christian Academy

Trent Taylor: WR · Louisiana Tech · #5.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Olamide ZaccheausVirginia · 2018 · 88% season match
Tutu AtwellLouisville · 2020 · 87% season match
Richie JamesMiddle Tennessee · 2016 · 69% season match
Shaq WashingtonCincinnati · 2015 · 54% season match
Corey JonesToledo · 2014 · 42% season match

Trent Taylor

WR · Louisiana Tech · #5

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. This is his third year in the same receiving corps at Louisiana Tech. One game to point at: 233 receiving yards and 12 receptions against Navy — Bowl, 2016.

How he plays

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

News and fans

No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2016	Louisiana Tech	136	1,803	13.3	12
2015	Louisiana Tech	99	1,282	12.9	9
2014	Louisiana Tech	64	834	13.0	9
Career		299	3,919	13.1	30

Season	Team
2016	Louisiana Tech	16	178
2015	Louisiana Tech	--	83
2014	Louisiana Tech	--	168
Career		16	429

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 20-21@ Arkansas	8	78	9.8	0	19	2 TD catches
Wk 2	W 53-24vs South Carolina State	11	178	16.2	3	35	3 TD catches
Wk 3	L 45-59@ Texas Tech	7	166	23.7	2	76	2 TD catches
Wk 4	L 34-38@ Middle Tennessee	17	210	12.4	2	22	2 TD catches
Wk 5	W 28-7vs UTEP	10	121	12.1	1	37
Wk 6	W 55-52vs Western Kentucky	13	108	8.3	0	17
Wk 7	W 56-28@ Massachusetts	9	126	14.0	0	24
Wk 8	W 44-24@ Florida International	11	156	14.2	1	49	156-yard receiving day
Wk 9	W 61-16vs Rice	7	131	18.7	0	71	131-yard receiving day
Wk 10	W 45-24@ North Texas	5	44	8.8	0	14
Wk 11	W 63-35vs UTSA	5	25	5.0	1	8
Wk 13	L 24-39@ Southern Miss	10	119	11.9	0	40
Wk 14	L 44-58@ Western Kentucky	11	108	9.8	0	39
Bowl	W 48-45@ Navy	12	233	19.4	2	51
Total		136	1803	13.3	12	76

Signature game

Bowl · 2016

W 48-45

vs Navy · neutral site

12 rec · 233 yds · 2 TD

Edged out Navy at a neutral site in a shootout.

With R. Higgins — 409 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 88.5 · C. Henderson — 10 rec · 129 yds · 2 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 3 · Texas Tech · 2nd and 11 · Q4 · EPA +6.88Ryan Higgins pass complete to Trent Taylor for 76 yds for a TD, (Jonathan Barnes KICK)
Week 1 · Navy · 2nd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +4.76Ryan Higgins pass complete to Trent Taylor for 51 yds for a TD, (Jonathan Barnes KICK)
Week 9 · Rice · 2nd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +4.34Ryan Higgins pass complete to Trent Taylor for 71 yds to the Rice 10 for a
Week 13 · Southern Miss · 2nd and 19 · Q1 · EPA +4.17Ryan Higgins pass complete to Trent Taylor for 40 yds to the SoMis 36 for a
Week 7 · Massachusetts · 1st and 15 · Q2 · EPA −3.77Ryan Higgins pass complete to Trent Taylor for 15 yds Trent Taylor fumbled, forced by Steve Casali, recovered by UMass Colbert Calhoun
Week 2 · South Carolina State · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.66Higgins to Taylor: a 35-yard touchdown pass.

4 more plays

Week 2 · South Carolina State · 2nd and 20 · Q1 · EPA +3.47Ryan Higgins pass complete to Trent Taylor for 29 yds to the SCSt 49 for a
Week 3 · Texas Tech · 4th and 4 · Q4 · EPA +3.09Ryan Higgins pass complete to Trent Taylor for 12 yds to the TexTc 37 for a
Week 3 · Texas Tech · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.05Ryan Higgins pass complete to Trent Taylor for 37 yds for a TD, (Jonathan Barnes KICK)
Week 8 · Florida International · 2nd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +3.02Ryan Higgins pass complete to Trent Taylor for 49 yds to the FlaIn 8 for a

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Skip Holtz — 27-14 over that span.

2014Louisiana Tech9-5HC: Skip Holtz · Balanced

2015Louisiana Tech9-4HC: Skip Holtz · Balanced

2016Louisiana Tech9-5HC: Skip Holtz · Pass-leaning

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (89th percentile). Strength: epa / target (82nd percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (9th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#77 / 674 · 89th pct

79.9%

EPA / target#119 / 674 · 82nd pct

0.75

Yards / catch#271 / 674 · 60th pct

13.2

TD rate#304 / 674 · 55th pct

4.9%

Explosive rate#312 / 674 · 54th pct

12.2%

Box-score rates (6)

Rec yards#1 / 524 · 100th pct

1803

Receptions#2 / 524 · 100th pct

136

Rec TDs#16 / 524 · 97th pct

Long catch#57 / 524 · 89th pct

Yards / catch#244 / 524 · 53rd pct

13.3

Fumbles lost#182 / 216 · 9th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

79th → 82nd percentile

Explosive rate

65th → 54th percentile

Catch rate

84th → 89th percentile

TD rate

57th → 55th percentile

Yards / catch

58th → 60th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	9.2	113	12.1	1.0
Road8g	9.8	126	13.1	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	10.9	152	14.5	1.2
Weeks 8+6g	8.2	97.2	11.4	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2016 season

Head Coach

Skip Holtz

Pass share

57.0%

543 pass / 409 run

Plays / game

68.0

14 games

Team sack rate

4.9%

577 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Impact starter

136 catches in 14 games, more catches a game than nearly every FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Trent Taylor

Players he’s like

How he plays

News and fans

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

Impact starter

Four seasons at Louisiana Tech, drafted

His moves

2013

2017