Player Dossier

2007-2010

Texas Tech

Taylor Potts

QB • 6'5" • Abilene, TX, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Taylor Potts is a balanced quarterback profile with 8.3 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

30%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

10

Developing production for a quarterback

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Reliability

1

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

22

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2010 Postseason · Texas Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Texas Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: SMU

Player Story

Taylor Potts built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a quarterback from Abilene, TX wearing No. 12, spending time with Texas Tech. The clearest part of Taylor Potts' career was his passing role: 7,835...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2006 · Rating 0.8722

Abilene · Abilene, TX

Committed To
Texas Tech
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2006

Taylor Potts, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Postseason · Texas Tech. Taylor Potts is a balanced quarterback profile with 8.3 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
7,653
Passing yards
7,835
Touchdowns
66

Quick Answers

Taylor Potts quick answers

Latest team and position
Texas Tech · QB
Career Total Offense
7,653
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 34 games
Best season
2010 Postseason · Texas Tech
Top game
SMU
Recruit profile
3-star · Abilene · Texas Tech
High school pipeline
Abilene · 13 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 12 · Class 2010
2010 Total offense rank
3,730 total offense · QB 15th (top 6%) · Big 12 4th (top 4%) · National 15th (top 2%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2007 Regular SeasonTexas Tech5389409-20331.3
2008 Regular SeasonTexas Tech52602600245.4
2009 PostseasonTexas Tech11364372-8262.4
2009 Regular SeasonTexas Tech112,9103,068-1582262.4
2010 PostseasonTexas Tech1338836919563.2
2010 Regular SeasonTexas Tech133,3423,357-153263.2

Related Context

Taylor Potts played QB for Texas Tech. Across 4 tracked seasons, Taylor Potts recorded 7,835 passing yards, -182 rushing yards, and 66 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Texas Tech.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2010 Postseason

Texas Tech paired 3,730 primary output with 61.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2008 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 73.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2010 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: SMU

Win with 95 yards of offense and 95.2 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2008 Regular Season · Texas Tech

Games

5

Primary Metric / G

52

Efficiency

73.9

Usage

Consistency

55.2

Best Game by takeover score

SMU

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. SMU: 95. Massachusetts: 37. Kansas State: 36. Kansas: 32. Oklahoma State: 60

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. SMU: 7 by 95.2. Massachusetts: 9 by 59.6. Kansas State: 9 by 44.4. Kansas: 6 by 70.4. Oklahoma State: 5 by 100

Split Comparison

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

First Half56 · Games = 3 · +10 vs Second Half
Second Half46 · Games = 2 · -10 vs First Half

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

SMU

Best efficiency game

100 vs Oklahoma State

Result
Sun 11/9vs Oklahoma StateW 56-205560100.010100
Sat 10/25@ KansasW 63-21463266.71070.4
Sat 10/4@ Kansas StateW 58-28493644.40144.4
Sat 9/20vs MassachusettsW 56-14493744.40059.6
Sat 9/13vs SMUW 43-7679585.70095.2

Player Story

Taylor Potts story

Taylor Potts built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a quarterback from Abilene, TX wearing No. 12, spending time with Texas Tech. The clearest part of Taylor Potts' career was his passing role: 7,835 passing yards, 62 touchdown passes, and 1,106 attempts across 34 career games in the available record. That gives Taylor Potts' 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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    Texas Tech

    2007-2010

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

200720082009200920102010
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2007 Regular SeasonTexas Tech38965.44.8
2008 Regular SeasonTexas Tech26073.9-129
2009 PostseasonTexas Tech3,2745612.13,014
2009 Regular SeasonTexas Tech3,2745612.10
2010 PostseasonTexas Tech3,73061.18.3456
2010 Regular SeasonTexas Tech3,73061.18.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs SMU

Week 3 · W 43-7

Win with 95 yards of offense and 95.2 efficiency.

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Total Offense

97.6 takeover

95 total offense with 95.2 efficiency.

#2

vs Northwestern State

Week 5 · W 75-7

196

Total Offense

95.9 takeover

Win with 196 yards of offense and 91.7 efficiency.

196 total offense with 91.7 efficiency.

#3

vs Oklahoma State

Week 11 · W 56-20 · Conference game

60

Total Offense

81.6 takeover

Win with 60 yards of offense and 100 efficiency.

60 total offense with 100 efficiency.

#4

vs North Dakota

Week 1 · W 38-13

398

Total Offense

66.5 takeover

Win shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

398 total offense with 54 efficiency.

#5

vs Houston

Week 13 · W 35-20

413

Total Offense

66.1 takeover

Win with 413 yards of offense and 82.1 efficiency.

413 total offense with 82.1 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2010 Postseason · Texas Tech

3,730 primary output · 61.1 efficiency · 8.3 usage

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#2

2010 Regular Season · Texas Tech

63.2

3,730 primary · 61.1 efficiency · 8.3 usage

#3

2009 Postseason · Texas Tech

62.4

3,274 primary · 56 efficiency · 12.1 usage

Milestones

16

250+ passing yards

10

300+ total offense

12

3+ TD games

14

Above avg efficiency