Player Dossier

2005-2009

Clemson

Rendrick Taylor

FB • 6'2" • Clio, SC, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Rendrick Taylor leans balanced backfield option traits and 43.8 efficiency.

Usage / Role

7%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

10

Developing production for a back

lowelite

Reliability

6

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

23

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2006 Regular Season · Clemson

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Clemson
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: NC State

Player Story

Rendrick Taylor built his college career from 2005 through 2009 as a FB from Clio, SC wearing No. 5, spending time with Clemson. The clearest part of Rendrick Taylor's career was his receiving role: 54 catches, 533...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2005 · Rating 0.9315

Marlboro County · Bennettsville, SC

Committed To
Clemson
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2005

Rendrick Taylor, FB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2006 Regular Season · Clemson. Rendrick Taylor leans balanced backfield option traits and 43.8 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
569
Rushing yards
36
Receiving yards
533
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Rendrick Taylor quick answers

Latest team and position
Clemson · FB
Career Scrimmage Yards
569
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 27 games
Best season
2006 Regular Season · Clemson
Top game
NC State
Recruit profile
4-star · Marlboro County · Clemson
High school pipeline
Marlboro County · 10 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 5 · Class 2009
2009 Scrimmage yards rank
90 scrimmage yards · FB 23rd (top 25%) · ACC 121st (top 57%) · National 1,207th (top 58%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2005 PostseasonClemson619019039.8
2005 Regular SeasonClemson650050039.8
2006 Regular SeasonClemson51520152160.5
2007 PostseasonClemson932032059.6
2007 Regular SeasonClemson9226-1227059.6
2008 Regular SeasonClemson00000-
2009 Regular SeasonClemson7903753039.5

Related Context

Rendrick Taylor played FB for Clemson. Across 5 tracked seasons, Rendrick Taylor recorded 36 rushing yards, 533 receiving yards, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2007 with Clemson.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2006 Regular Season

Clemson paired 152 primary output with 87.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2009 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 43.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2009 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Middle Tennessee

Win with 25 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2009 Regular Season · Clemson

Games

7

Scrimmage Yards / G

12.9

Efficiency

43.8

Usage

5.8

Consistency

62.8

Best Game by takeover score

Middle Tennessee

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Middle Tennessee: 25. Georgia Tech: 3. TCU: 17. Maryland: 3. Wake Forest: 3. Coastal Carolina: 20. Virginia: 19

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Middle Tennessee: 10 by 25.7. Georgia Tech: 1 by 25. TCU: 2 by 70.8. Maryland: 1 by 25. Wake Forest: 2 by 15.6. Coastal Carolina: 3 by 65.3. Virginia: 2 by 79.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins16.8 · Games = 4 · +9.1 vs Losses
Losses7.7 · Games = 3 · -9.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

7 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Middle Tennessee

Best efficiency game

79.2 vs Virginia

Result
Sat 11/21vs VirginiaW 34-212199.5
Sat 10/31vs Coastal CarolinaW 49-321260186.7
Sat 10/17vs Wake ForestW 38-3231.5001.5
Sat 10/3@ MarylandL 21-24133
Sat 9/26vs TCUL 10-142178.5
Thu 9/10@ Georgia TechL 27-30133
Sat 9/5vs Middle TennesseeW 37-149222.400132.5

Player Story

Rendrick Taylor story

Rendrick Taylor built his college career from 2005 through 2009 as a FB from Clio, SC wearing No. 5, spending time with Clemson. The clearest part of Rendrick Taylor's career was his receiving role: 54 catches, 533 receiving yards, 1 touchdown, and 36 rushing yards across 27 career games in the available record. His career also includes 36 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Rendrick Taylor's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Clemson

    2005-2009

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2005200520062007200720082009
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2005 PostseasonClemson6960.22.7
2005 Regular SeasonClemson6960.22.70
2006 Regular SeasonClemson15287.84.383
2007 PostseasonClemson258605.3106
2007 Regular SeasonClemson258605.30
2008 Regular SeasonClemson0-258
2009 Regular SeasonClemson9043.85.890

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ NC State

Week 4 · W 42-20 · Conference game

Win with 53 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

53

Scrimmage Yards

70.6 takeover

53 scrimmage yards and 4.1 usage.

#2

vs North Carolina

Week 4 · W 52-7 · Conference game

39

Scrimmage Yards

69.3 takeover

Win with 39 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

39 scrimmage yards and 2.8 usage.

#3

vs Temple

Week 8 · W 37-7

21

Scrimmage Yards

68.4 takeover

Win with 21 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

21 scrimmage yards and 1.8 usage.

#4

@ Florida State

Week 3 · W 27-20 · Conference game

34

Scrimmage Yards

67 takeover

Win with 34 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

34 scrimmage yards and 6.8 usage.

#5

vs Florida Atlantic

Week 1 · W 54-6

34

Scrimmage Yards

66 takeover

Win with 34 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

34 scrimmage yards and 5.7 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2006 Regular Season · Clemson

152 primary output · 87.8 efficiency · 4.3 usage

60.5

#2

2007 Postseason · Clemson

59.6

258 primary · 60 efficiency · 5.3 usage

#3

2007 Regular Season · Clemson

59.6

258 primary · 60 efficiency · 5.3 usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games