Tyler Taylor

Senior linebacker for UAB. 2022: 72 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.

LB · UAB · Sr. · #7

6′3″ · 245 lb · Buford, GA

CFB Index 56 · #225 of 548 LBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceUAB 2022 alumnus

The story

4 linebacker for UAB. 2022: 72 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at UAB, 165 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202211 games

All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2017–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE USA

All-Conference USA mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2022

2 coaches

2017

Bill Clark

UAB

2020–2021

Bill Clark

UAB

2022

Bryant Vincent

UAB

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Bill Clark → Bryant Vincent. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017LSU9-4HC: Ed Orgeron · Run-heavy

2020UAB6-3HC: Bill Clark · Run-leaning

2021UAB9-4HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy

2022UAB7-6HC: Bryant Vincent · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

56Quality starter #225 of 548?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (92nd percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#205 / 2755 · 92nd pct

Solo tackles#564 / 2755 · 79th pct

Tackles for loss#667 / 2755 · 74th pct

4.5

Sacks#711 / 2755 · 72nd pct

1.5

QB hurries#823 / 2755 · 59th pct

Interceptions#321 / 811 · 30th pct

Passes defended#1741 / 2755 · 18th pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	5.8	0.5	0.1	0.0
Road5g	7.4	0.3	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.3	0.8	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	6.8	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Alex Mortensen

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

56 · #225 of 548 LBs

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	UAB	72	29	4.5	1.5	--	1	--
2021	UAB	34	13	3.0	0.0	--	--	--
2020	UAB	27	17	3.0	1.0	4	--	--
2017	LSU	32	13	1.5	1.5	--	--	--
Career		165	72	12.0	4.0	4	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 59–0

vs Alabama A&M

0 TFL · 5 TOT

Dominant 59-point win at home against Alabama A&M.

With D. Hopkins — 191 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 56.7 · -6 rush yds (2 car) · 1 TD · J. Brown Jr. — 114 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 59-0vs Alabama A&M	5	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 2	L 14-21@ Liberty	9	6	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 35-21vs Georgia Southern	5	3	0.0	0.0	1
Wk 5	L 24-28@ Rice	12	2	1.0	1.0	—	Season-high 12 tackles
Wk 6	W 41-14vs Middle Tennessee	4	3	2.5	0.5	—	2.5 TFL
Wk 7	W 34-20vs Charlotte	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 17-20@ Western Kentucky	4	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 17-24@ Florida Atlantic	9	4	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 38-44vs UTSA	9	6	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 41-21vs North Texas	9	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 10-41@ LSU	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
Total		72	29	4.5	1.5	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Tyler Taylor

202211 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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