Player Dossier

2006-2009

Purdue

Jaycen Taylor

RB • 5'10" • Hawthorne, CA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Jaycen Taylor leans balanced backfield option traits and 53.7 efficiency.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured offensive role

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Impact Production

58

Solid production for a back

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

46

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2006 Postseason · Purdue

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Purdue
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern

Player Story

Jaycen Taylor built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a running back from Hawthorne, CA wearing No. 33, spending time with Purdue. The clearest part of Jaycen Taylor's career was his backfield work: 1,624...

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Jaycen Taylor, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2006 Postseason · Purdue. Jaycen Taylor leans balanced backfield option traits and 53.7 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
2,067
Rushing yards
1,624
Receiving yards
443
Touchdowns
15

Quick Answers

Jaycen Taylor quick answers

Latest team and position
Purdue · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
2,067
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 35 games
Best season
2006 Postseason · Purdue
Top game
Northwestern
Latest roster
No. 33 · Class 2009
2009 Scrimmage yards rank
504 scrimmage yards · RB 124th (top 28%) · Big Ten 38th (top 20%) · National 374th (top 18%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2006 PostseasonPurdue14431924073.3
2006 Regular SeasonPurdue14895658237573.3
2007 PostseasonPurdue9342311159.4
2007 Regular SeasonPurdue959153754359.4
2008 Regular SeasonPurdue00000-
2009 Regular SeasonPurdue12504387117642.6

Related Context

Jaycen Taylor played RB for Purdue. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jaycen Taylor recorded 1,624 rushing yards, 443 receiving yards, and 15 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2006 with Purdue.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2006 Postseason

Purdue paired 938 primary output with 65.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2007 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 55.9 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: Northwestern

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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2007 Postseason · Purdue

Games

9

Scrimmage Yards / G

69.4

Efficiency

55.9

Usage

21.6

Consistency

53.3

Best Game by takeover score

Northwestern

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Central Michigan: 34. Toledo: 84. Eastern Illinois: 94. Central Michigan: 28. Iowa: 78. Northwestern: 171. Penn State: 33. Michigan State: 50. Indiana: 53

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. Central Michigan: 12 by 26.2. Toledo: 9 by 88.9. Eastern Illinois: 17 by 56.2. Central Michigan: 3 by 88.9. Iowa: 21 by 37.5. Northwestern: 21 by 83. Penn State: 12 by 25.3. Michigan State: 10 by 54.4. Indiana: 13 by 42.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins81.5 · Games = 6 · +36.2 vs Losses
Losses45.3 · Games = 3 · -36.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Northwestern

Best efficiency game

88.9 vs Central Michigan

Result
Thu 12/27@ Central MichiganW 51-4810232.3012112.8
Sat 11/17@ IndianaL 24-2713534.1004.1
Sat 11/10vs Michigan StateL 31-488435.400275
Sat 11/3@ Penn StateL 19-269202.2003132.8
Sat 10/27vs Northwestern100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 35-17201577.8021148.1
Sat 10/20vs IowaW 31-619673.5002113.7
Sat 9/15vs Central MichiganW 45-223289.3019.3
Sat 9/8vs Eastern IllinoisW 52-616855.300195.5
Sat 9/1@ ToledoW 52-249849.3009.3

Player Story

Jaycen Taylor story

Jaycen Taylor built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a running back from Hawthorne, CA wearing No. 33, spending time with Purdue. The clearest part of Jaycen Taylor's career was his backfield work: 1,624 rushing yards, 290 carries, 12 rushing touchdowns, and 443 receiving yards across 35 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2006 with Purdue. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 443 receiving yards and 75 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 35 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Purdue.

The arc is straightforward: Jaycen Taylor moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Purdue

    2006-2009

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

200620062007200720082009
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2006 PostseasonPurdue93865.919.7
2006 Regular SeasonPurdue93865.919.70
2007 PostseasonPurdue62555.921.6-313
2007 Regular SeasonPurdue62555.921.60
2008 Regular SeasonPurdue0-625
2009 Regular SeasonPurdue50453.712.3504

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Northwestern

Week 9 · W 35-17 · Conference game

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

171

Scrimmage Yards

93.3 takeover

171 scrimmage yards and 33.9 usage.

#2

@ Indiana

Week 12 · W 38-21 · Conference game

169

Scrimmage Yards

86.8 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

169 scrimmage yards and 50.9 usage.

#3

vs Indiana

Week 12 · W 28-19 · Conference game

123

Scrimmage Yards

86.7 takeover

Win with 123 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

123 scrimmage yards and 36.4 usage.

#4

vs Minnesota

Week 4 · W 27-21 · Conference game

110

Scrimmage Yards

84.6 takeover

Win with 110 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

110 scrimmage yards and 27.7 usage.

#5

@ Michigan State

Week 10 · W 17-15 · Conference game

112

Scrimmage Yards

78.5 takeover

Win with 112 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

112 scrimmage yards and 22.2 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2006 Postseason · Purdue

938 primary output · 65.9 efficiency · 19.7 usage

73.3

#2

2006 Regular Season · Purdue

73.3

938 primary · 65.9 efficiency · 19.7 usage

#3

2007 Postseason · Purdue

59.4

625 primary · 55.9 efficiency · 21.6 usage

Milestones

2

100+ rush yards

2

150+ scrimmage yards

3

2+ TD games