Usage / Role
1%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019Northern Illinois
A.J. Taylor
DT • 6'0" • 290 lbs • Chicago, IL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
A.J. Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a defensive lineman
lowelite
Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
19
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Northern Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Akron
4★
- Committed To
- Wisconsin
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
A.J. Taylor, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. A.J. Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 1
Quick Answers
A.J. Taylor quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northern Illinois · DT
- Career Tackles
- 1
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 1 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
- Top game
- Akron
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Rockhurst · Wisconsin
- High school pipeline
- Rockhurst · 18 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 92 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 1 tackles · DT 215th (top 92%) · Mid-American 441st (top 77%) · National 4,649th (top 78%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2019 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.3 |
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A.J. Taylor played DT for Northern Illinois. Across 4 tracked seasons, A.J. Taylor recorded 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Northern Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
Northern Illinois paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2019 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Akron
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
4.2
Usage
1.3
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Akron
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Split Comparison
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All Games0 · Games = 1
Game Log
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Akron
Best efficiency game
4.2 vs Akron
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 10/26 | vs Akron | W 49-0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
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- 1
Northern Illinois
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2016201720182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | 4.2 | 1.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Akron
Week 9 · W 49-0 · Conference game
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0
Havoc Plays
5 takeover
0 disruption/tackle impact with 5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 1.3 usage
38.3
#2
2016 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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