Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2006-2009Rice
Taylor Wardlow
TE • 6'6" • Grapevine, TX, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Taylor Wardlow reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
34
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
46
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
39
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · Rice
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Rice
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Navy
Player Story
Taylor Wardlow built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a tight end from Grapevine, TX wearing No. 84, spending time with Rice. The clearest part of Taylor Wardlow's career was his receiving role: 63...
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- Committed To
- Rice
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2006
Taylor Wardlow, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · Rice. Taylor Wardlow reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 738
- Receptions
- 63
- Touchdowns
- 6
Quick Answers
Taylor Wardlow quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Rice · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 738
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 29 games
- Best season
- 2009 Regular Season · Rice
- Top game
- Navy
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Grapevine · Rice
- High school pipeline
- Grapevine · 12 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 84 · Class 2009
- 2009 Receiving yards rank
- 347 receiving yards · TE 37th (top 14%) · Conference USA 37th (top 21%) · National 322nd (top 19%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Postseason | Rice | 7 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 51.2 |
| 2006 Regular Season | Rice | 7 | 9 | 112 | 1 | 51.2 |
| 2007 Regular Season | Rice | 5 | 13 | 156 | 1 | 55 |
| 2008 Postseason | Rice | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 28.3 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Rice | 7 | 8 | 90 | 3 | 28.3 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Rice | 10 | 31 | 347 | 1 | 72.2 |
Related Context
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Taylor Wardlow played TE for Rice. Across 4 tracked seasons, Taylor Wardlow recorded 738 receiving yards and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2009 with Rice.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2009 Regular Season
Rice paired 347 primary output with 75.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2007 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 73.6 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: Texas
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2007 Regular Season · Rice
Games
5
Receiving Yards / G
31.2
Efficiency
73.6
Usage
10.4
Consistency
66.6
Best Game by takeover score
Texas
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Baylor: 40. Texas: 58. Houston: 29. Memphis: 12. Tulane: 17
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. Baylor: 4 by 66.7. Texas: 3 by 100. Houston: 3 by 64.4. Memphis: 1 by 80. Tulane: 2 by 56.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half42.3 · Games = 3 · +27.8 vs Second Half
Second Half14.5 · Games = 2 · -27.8 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
5 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Texas
Best efficiency game
100 vs Texas
Player Story
Taylor Wardlow story
Taylor Wardlow built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a tight end from Grapevine, TX wearing No. 84, spending time with Rice. The clearest part of Taylor Wardlow's career was his receiving role: 63 catches, 738 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns across 29 career games in the available record. That gives Taylor Wardlow'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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Rice
2006-2009
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
200620062007200820082009
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Postseason | Rice | 142 | 78.1 | 6.4 | — |
| 2006 Regular Season | Rice | 142 | 78.1 | 6.4 | 0 |
| 2007 Regular Season | Rice | 156 | 73.6 | 10.4 | 14 |
| 2008 Postseason | Rice | 93 | 42.9 | 4.9 | -63 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Rice | 93 | 42.9 | 4.9 | 0 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Rice | 347 | 75.3 | 14.4 | 254 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Navy
Week 6 · L 14-63
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
78
Receiving Yards
94 takeover
78 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.
#2
@ Texas
Week 4 · L 14-58
58
Receiving Yards
81.1 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
58 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ Tulane
Week 6 · L 24-38 · Conference game
45
Receiving Yards
80 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
45 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs Tulsa
Week 5 · L 10-27 · Conference game
51
Receiving Yards
74.7 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
51 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs Houston
Week 14 · W 56-42 · Conference game
56
Receiving Yards
74.1 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
56 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2009 Regular Season · Rice
347 primary output · 75.3 efficiency · 14.4 usage
72.2
#2
2007 Regular Season · Rice
55
156 primary · 73.6 efficiency · 10.4 usage
#3
2006 Postseason · Rice
51.2
142 primary · 78.1 efficiency · 6.4 usage
Milestones
0
100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
1
2+ TD games
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