Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2008-2011UCLA
Taylor Embree
WR • 6'3" • Overland Park, KS, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Taylor Embree reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
41
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
51
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
44
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2009 Postseason · UCLA
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- UCLA
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: San Diego State
Player Story
Taylor Embree built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a wide receiver from Overland Park, KS wearing No. 82, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of Taylor Embree's career was his receiving role: 137...
Read the storyTaylor Embree, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2009 Postseason · UCLA. Taylor Embree reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 1,776
- Receptions
- 137
- Touchdowns
- 4
Quick Answers
Taylor Embree quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UCLA · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 1,776
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 45 games
- Best season
- 2009 Postseason · UCLA
- Top game
- San Diego State
- Latest roster
- No. 82 · Class 2011
- 2011 Receiving yards rank
- 228 receiving yards · WR 372nd (top 46%) · Pac-12 57th (top 32%) · National 488th (top 29%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Regular Season | UCLA | 11 | 40 | 531 | 0 | 75.7 |
| 2009 Postseason | UCLA | 12 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 77.8 |
| 2009 Regular Season | UCLA | 12 | 43 | 580 | 2 | 77.8 |
| 2010 Regular Season | UCLA | 11 | 32 | 409 | 0 | 64.6 |
| 2011 Postseason | UCLA | 11 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 51.6 |
| 2011 Regular Season | UCLA | 11 | 19 | 212 | 1 | 51.6 |
Related Context
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Taylor Embree played WR for UCLA. Across 4 tracked seasons, Taylor Embree recorded 1 rushing yards, 1,776 receiving yards, and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2009 with UCLA.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2009 Postseason
UCLA paired 608 primary output with 84.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2008 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 81.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2011 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: California
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2008 Regular Season · UCLA
Games
11
Receiving Yards / G
48.3
Efficiency
81.9
Usage
17.9
Consistency
74
Best Game by takeover score
California
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Tennessee: 53. BYU: 18. Arizona: 12. Fresno State: 48. Washington State: 63. Oregon: 58. Stanford: 72. California: 90. Oregon State: 64. Arizona State: 43. USC: 10
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. Tennessee: 4 by 88.3. BYU: 1 by 100. Arizona: 2 by 40. Fresno State: 3 by 100. Washington State: 5 by 84. Oregon: 6 by 64.4. Stanford: 4 by 100. California: 5 by 100. Oregon State: 5 by 85.3. Arizona State: 4 by 71.7. USC: 1 by 66.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins62.7 · Games = 3 · +19.8 vs Losses
Losses42.9 · Games = 8 · -19.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
California
Best efficiency game
100 vs California
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/6 | vs USC | L 7-28 | — | 1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 11/29 | @ Arizona State | L 9-34 | — | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 10.80 | 0 | 25 |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Oregon State | L 6-34 | — | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 12.80 | 0 | 25 |
| Sat 10/25 | @ California | L 20-41 | — | 5 | 90 | 15.2 | 18 | 0 | 26 |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Stanford | W 23-20 | — | 4 | 72 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 43 |
| Sun 10/12 | @ Oregon | L 24-31 | — | 6 | 58 | 9.7 | 9.70 | 0 | 17 |
| Sun 10/5 | vs Washington State | W 28-3 | — | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 12.60 | 0 | 23 |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Fresno State | L 31-36 | — | 3 | 48 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 20 |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Arizona | L 10-31 | — | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| Sat 9/13 | @ BYU | L 0-59 | — | 1 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| Tue 9/2 | vs Tennessee | W 27-24 | — | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 13.30 | 0 | 21 |
Player Story
Taylor Embree story
Taylor Embree built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a wide receiver from Overland Park, KS wearing No. 82, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of Taylor Embree's career was his receiving role: 137 catches, 1,776 receiving yards, 4 touchdowns, and 1 rushing yard across 45 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2009 with UCLA. 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 1 rushing yard and 161 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 45 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UCLA.
The arc is straightforward: Taylor Embree 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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UCLA
2008-2011
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
200820092009201020112011
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Regular Season | UCLA | 531 | 81.9 | 17.9 | — |
| 2009 Postseason | UCLA | 608 | 84.1 | 18.9 | 77 |
| 2009 Regular Season | UCLA | 608 | 84.1 | 18.9 | 0 |
| 2010 Regular Season | UCLA | 409 | 83.7 | 17.8 | -199 |
| 2011 Postseason | UCLA | 228 | 74.9 | 12.6 | -181 |
| 2011 Regular Season | UCLA | 228 | 74.9 | 12.6 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs San Diego State
Week 1 · W 33-14
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
97
Receiving Yards
100 takeover
97 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
@ California
Week 9 · L 20-41 · Conference game
90
Receiving Yards
95.9 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
90 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs California
Week 7 · L 26-45 · Conference game
89
Receiving Yards
90.4 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
89 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ Arizona State
Week 13 · L 34-55 · Conference game
105
Receiving Yards
89.6 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
105 receiving yards with a 77.8 efficiency score.
#5
@ Oregon State
Week 9 · L 19-26 · Conference game
88
Receiving Yards
88.8 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
88 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2009 Postseason · UCLA
608 primary output · 84.1 efficiency · 18.9 usage
77.8
#2
2009 Regular Season · UCLA
77.8
608 primary · 84.1 efficiency · 18.9 usage
#3
2008 Regular Season · UCLA
75.7
531 primary · 81.9 efficiency · 17.9 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
1
8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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