Tyrin Taylor is a cornerback who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Jacksonville State.
Taylor jams receivers off their route at the line. Played for four head coaches across five seasons and three programs. On tape: 6 tackles against UCF, Week 1, 2025.
Play style
Long and physical; jams receivers off their route at the line.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 tackles. 4 passes defended. 1 interception. 0.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jacksonville State | 31 | 20 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | Memphis | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Memphis | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022 | Colorado | 26 | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2021 | Colorado | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 76 | 54 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 8 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-17@ UCF | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-24vs Liberty | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 34-41@ Georgia Southern | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-10vs Murray State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 25-42@ Southern Miss | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 29-27vs Sam Houston | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 38-25vs Delaware | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-21@ Middle Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 30-27@ UTEP | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 35-26vs Kennesaw State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-27@ Florida International | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 14 | W 37-34vs Western Kentucky | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 17-13vs Troy | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 20 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 |
Bowl · 2025
W 17-13
vs Troy · neutral site
1 interception · 0.5 tackles for loss · 2 tackles
A close one, won by 4 at a neutral site.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
13%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
31tackles this season31 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 4 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Charles Kelly
Pass share
33.8%
328 pass / 642 run
Plays / game
69.3
14 games
Team sack rate
5.7%
331 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #229 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Conference USA
Based on 2025: #14 of 19 Conference USA CBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
The No. 1,551 recruit in the country is starting in the secondary in the Conference USA as a senior.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 3 schools: Karl Dorrell, Mike Sanford Jr., Ryan Silverfield and Charles Kelly.
