Player Dossier

2015-2020

Texas State

Christian Taylor

LB • 6'2" • 235 lbs • Houston, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Christian Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

41%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

50

Solid production for a linebacker

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Reliability

36

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

71

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Texas State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Texas Tech • Texas State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Boston College

Player Story

Christian Taylor built his college career from 2015 through 2020 as a linebacker from Houston, TX wearing No. 18, spending time with Texas State and Texas Tech. The clearest part of Christian Taylor's career was his...

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Christian Taylor, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Texas State. Christian Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
54
TFL
5
Sacks
1
QB hurries
1

Quick Answers

Christian Taylor quick answers

Latest team and position
Texas State · LB
Career Tackles
54
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 18 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · Texas State
Top game
Boston College
Latest roster
No. 18 · Senior
2020 Tackles rank
47 tackles · LB 193rd (top 18%) · Sun Belt 46th (top 11%) · National 333rd (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonTexas Tech00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonTexas Tech00-0--0-
2017 Regular SeasonTexas Tech350.50--011.7
2018 Regular SeasonTexas Tech32-0--035.7
2019 Regular SeasonTexas Tech00-0--0-
2020 Regular SeasonTexas State12474.511-044.1

Related Context

Christian Taylor played LB for Texas Tech and Texas State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Christian Taylor recorded 2 receiving yards and 54 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Texas State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Texas State paired 6.5 primary output with 21.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 21.8 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2020 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Texas Tech, Texas State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Boston College

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2020 Regular Season · Texas State

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

21.8

Usage

5.2

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Boston College

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. SMU: 0.5. UTSA: 0. UL Monroe: 0. Boston College: 3. Troy: 0. South Alabama: 2. BYU: 0. Louisiana: 0. App State: 0. Georgia Southern: 0. Arkansas State: 1. Coastal Carolina: 0

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 34.2. UTSA: 6 by 25. UL Monroe: 4 by 16.7. Boston College: 4 by 46.7. Troy: 2 by 8.3. South Alabama: 4 by 36.7. BYU: 6 by 25. Louisiana: 1 by 4.2. App State: 4 by 16.7. Georgia Southern: 3 by 12.5. Arkansas State: 4 by 26.7. Coastal Carolina: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 10 · +0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Boston College

Best efficiency game

46.7 vs Boston College

Result
Sat 11/28vs Coastal CarolinaL 14-4922000
Sat 11/21vs Arkansas StateW 47-4542000
Sat 11/14@ Georgia SouthernL 38-4031000
Sat 11/7vs App StateL 17-3843000
Sun 11/1vs LouisianaL 34-4410000
Sun 10/25@ BYUL 14-5261000
Sat 10/17@ South AlabamaSplash gameL 20-3042200
Sat 10/10@ TroyL 17-3721000
Sat 9/26@ Boston CollegeSplash gameL 21-2443210
Sat 9/19@ UL MonroeW 38-1740000
Sat 9/12vs UTSAL 48-5163000
Sat 9/5vs SMUL 24-31720.5000

Player Story

Christian Taylor story

Christian Taylor built his college career from 2015 through 2020 as a linebacker from Houston, TX wearing No. 18, spending time with Texas State and Texas Tech. The clearest part of Christian Taylor's career was his defensive production: 54 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, and 1 sack across 18 career games in the available record. His career also includes 2 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Christian Taylor'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.

  1. 1

    Texas Tech

    2015-2019

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Texas State

    2020

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201520162017201820192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonTexas Tech0
2016 Regular SeasonTexas Tech00
2017 Regular SeasonTexas Tech0.58.62.30.5
2018 Regular SeasonTexas Tech02.80.5-0.5
2019 Regular SeasonTexas Tech00
2020 Regular SeasonTexas State6.521.85.26.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Boston College

Week 4 · L 21-24

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#2

@ South Alabama

Week 7 · L 20-30 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

62.5 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.5 takeover score.

#3

vs Arkansas State

Week 12 · W 47-45 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

39.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.2 takeover score.

#4

vs SMU

Week 1 · L 24-31

0.5

Havoc Plays

37 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 37 takeover score.

#5

vs Eastern Washington

Week 1 · W 56-10

0.5

Havoc Plays

30.6 takeover

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 30.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · Texas State

6.5 primary output · 21.8 efficiency · 5.2 usage

44.1

#2

2018 Regular Season · Texas Tech

35.7

0 primary · 2.8 efficiency · 0.5 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · Texas Tech

11.7

0.5 primary · 8.6 efficiency · 2.3 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games