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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2019Kentucky
Calvin Taylor Jr.
DE • 6'9" • 310 lbs • Augusta, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Calvin Taylor Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
80
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Kentucky
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Missouri
Player Story
Calvin Taylor Jr. built his college career from 2015 through 2019 as a defensive end from Augusta, GA wearing No. 91, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of Calvin Taylor Jr.'s career was his defensive...
Read the storyCalvin Taylor Jr., DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Kentucky. Calvin Taylor Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 85
- TFL
- 16.5
- Sacks
- 10.5
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
Calvin Taylor Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kentucky · DE
- Career Tackles
- 85
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 34 games
- Best season
- 2019 Postseason · Kentucky
- Top game
- Missouri
- Latest roster
- No. 91 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 36 tackles · DE 61st (top 20%) · SEC 109th (top 17%) · National 1,129th (top 19%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Kentucky | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.2 |
| 2017 Postseason | Kentucky | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 16.8 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Kentucky | 9 | 19 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 16.8 |
| 2018 Postseason | Kentucky | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 35.8 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Kentucky | 11 | 22 | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 35.8 |
| 2019 Postseason | Kentucky | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 71.3 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Kentucky | 13 | 33 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 71.3 |
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Calvin Taylor Jr. played DE for Kentucky. Across 5 tracked seasons, Calvin Taylor Jr. recorded 85 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Kentucky.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason
Kentucky paired 24 primary output with 30 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 30 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Missouri
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Postseason · Kentucky
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
1.8
Efficiency
30
Usage
10.8
Consistency
65
Best Game by takeover score
Missouri
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Virginia Tech: 2. Toledo: 2. Eastern Michigan: 1. Florida: 2. Mississippi State: 1. South Carolina: 2. Arkansas: 4. Georgia: 0. Missouri: 4. Tennessee: 2. Vanderbilt: 0. UT Martin: 3. Louisville: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Virginia Tech: 3 by 32.5. Toledo: 3 by 32.5. Eastern Michigan: 0 by 10. Florida: 5 by 40.8. Mississippi State: 1 by 14.2. South Carolina: 7 by 49.2. Arkansas: 1 by 44.2. Georgia: 4 by 16.7. Missouri: 3 by 52.5. Tennessee: 3 by 32.5. Vanderbilt: 1 by 4.2. UT Martin: 2 by 38.3. Louisville: 3 by 22.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins2.1 · Games = 8 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses1.4 · Games = 5 · -0.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Missouri
Best efficiency game
52.5 vs Missouri
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 12/31 | vs Virginia TechSplash game | W 37-30 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/30 | vs Louisville | W 45-13 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | vs UT MartinSplash game | W 50-7 | 2 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 1.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | @ Vanderbilt | W 38-14 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/10 | vs TennesseeSplash game | L 13-17 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | vs Missouri2+ sacks · Splash game | W 29-7 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Georgia | L 0-21 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | vs ArkansasSplash game | W 24-20 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | @ South CarolinaSplash game | L 7-24 | 7 | 7 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | @ Mississippi State | L 13-28 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs FloridaSplash game | L 21-29 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Eastern Michigan | W 38-17 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs ToledoSplash game | W 38-24 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Calvin Taylor Jr. story
Calvin Taylor Jr. built his college career from 2015 through 2019 as a defensive end from Augusta, GA wearing No. 91, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of Calvin Taylor Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 85 tackles, 16.5 tackles for loss, 10.5 sacks, and 5 passes defended across 34 career games in the available record. That gives Calvin Taylor Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Kentucky
2015-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20152016201720172018201820192019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | Kentucky | 3 | 13.5 | 4 | 3 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Kentucky | 3 | 13.5 | 4 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | Kentucky | 8 | 17.1 | 4.9 | 5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Kentucky | 8 | 17.1 | 4.9 | 0 |
| 2019 Postseason | Kentucky | 24 | 30 | 10.8 | 16 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Kentucky | 24 | 30 | 10.8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Missouri
Week 9 · W 29-7 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4
Havoc Plays
84.2 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.
#2
@ Northwestern
Week 1 · L 23-24 · Postseason
2
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#3
@ Tennessee
Week 11 · L 7-24 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
76.4 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.4 takeover score.
#4
vs Mississippi State
Week 4 · W 28-7 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
72.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Arkansas
Week 7 · W 24-20 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
70.8 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Postseason · Kentucky
24 primary output · 30 efficiency · 10.8 usage
71.3
#2
2019 Regular Season · Kentucky
71.3
24 primary · 30 efficiency · 10.8 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Kentucky
37.2
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage
Milestones
10
Impact games
11
Splash games
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10+ tackle games
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