Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2017Kansas
Taylor Martin
RB • 5'10" • 200 lbs • Fort Worth, TX, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Taylor Martin leans balanced backfield option traits and 34.5 efficiency.
Impact Production
30
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
34
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
43
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Kansas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Kansas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma State
Player Story
Taylor Martin built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a running back from Fort Worth, TX wearing No. 24, spending time with Kansas. The clearest part of Taylor Martin's career was his backfield work: 652...
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- Committed To
- Kansas
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Taylor Martin, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Kansas. Taylor Martin leans balanced backfield option traits and 34.5 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 718
- Rushing yards
- 652
- Receiving yards
- 66
- Touchdowns
- 8
Quick Answers
Taylor Martin quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kansas · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 718
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 24 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Kansas
- Top game
- Oklahoma State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Dunbar · Kansas
- High school pipeline
- Dunbar · 8 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 24 · Class 2017
- 2017 Scrimmage yards rank
- 307 scrimmage yards · RB 284th (top 47%) · Big 12 66th (top 35%) · National 790th (top 33%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Kansas | 4 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 26.5 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Kansas | 10 | 369 | 324 | 45 | 5 | 57.8 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Kansas | 10 | 307 | 286 | 21 | 3 | 58.4 |
Related Context
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Taylor Martin played RB for Kansas. Across 3 tracked seasons, Taylor Martin recorded 652 rushing yards, 66 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Kansas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Kansas paired 307 primary output with 34.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 34.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma State
Loss with 64 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Kansas
Games
10
Scrimmage Yards / G
30.7
Efficiency
34.5
Usage
19.5
Consistency
60.3
Best Game by takeover score
Oklahoma State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Southeast Missouri State: 17. West Virginia: 63. Texas Tech: 35. Iowa State: 56. TCU: 2. Kansas State: 12. Baylor: 26. Texas: 40. Oklahoma: -8. Oklahoma State: 64
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. Southeast Missouri State: 5 by 35.4. West Virginia: 12 by 55.4. Texas Tech: 16 by 23.4. Iowa State: 19 by 31.8. TCU: 7 by 3. Kansas State: 3 by 41.7. Baylor: 3 by 86.1. Texas: 13 by 32.1. Oklahoma: 2 by 0. Oklahoma State: 19 by 36.1
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins17 · Games = 1 · -15.2 vs Losses
Losses32.2 · Games = 9 · +15.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Oklahoma State
Best efficiency game
86.1 vs Baylor
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | @ Oklahoma State | L 17-58 | 17 | 60 | 3.50 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3.4 |
| Sat 11/18 | vs Oklahoma | L 3-41 | 2 | -8 | -4 | 0 | — | — | -4 |
| Sat 11/11 | @ Texas | L 27-42 | 12 | 37 | 3.10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.1 |
| Sat 11/4 | vs Baylor | L 9-38 | 3 | 26 | 8.70 | 0 | — | — | 8.7 |
| Sat 10/28 | vs Kansas State | L 20-30 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Sun 10/22 | @ TCU | L 0-43 | 7 | 2 | 0.30 | 0 | — | — | 0.3 |
| Sat 10/14 | @ Iowa State | L 0-45 | 17 | 53 | 3.10 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2.9 |
| Sat 10/7 | vs Texas Tech | L 19-65 | 14 | 32 | 2.30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2.2 |
| Sat 9/23 | vs West Virginia | L 34-56 | 11 | 59 | 5.40 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5.3 |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Southeast Missouri State | W 38-16 | 5 | 17 | 3.40 | 0 | — | — | 3.4 |
Player Story
Taylor Martin story
Taylor Martin built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a running back from Fort Worth, TX wearing No. 24, spending time with Kansas. The clearest part of Taylor Martin's career was his backfield work: 652 rushing yards, 197 carries, 7 rushing touchdowns, and 66 receiving yards across 24 career games in the available record. His career also includes 66 receiving yards, 2 tackles, and 78 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Taylor Martin's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Kansas
2015-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201520162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Kansas | 42 | 21.9 | 7.3 | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Kansas | 369 | 36.1 | 15.9 | 327 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Kansas | 307 | 34.5 | 19.5 | -62 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Oklahoma State
Week 13 · L 17-58 · Conference game
Loss with 64 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
64
Scrimmage Yards
78.7 takeover
64 scrimmage yards and 40.4 usage.
#2
@ Iowa State
Week 7 · L 0-45 · Conference game
56
Scrimmage Yards
73.1 takeover
Loss with 56 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
56 scrimmage yards and 43.2 usage.
#3
vs Iowa State
Week 11 · L 24-31 · Conference game
80
Scrimmage Yards
72.6 takeover
Loss with 80 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
80 scrimmage yards and 27.3 usage.
#4
@ West Virginia
Week 10 · L 21-48 · Conference game
88
Scrimmage Yards
72.5 takeover
Loss with 88 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
88 scrimmage yards and 25.9 usage.
#5
vs West Virginia
Week 4 · L 34-56 · Conference game
63
Scrimmage Yards
68.3 takeover
Loss with 63 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
63 scrimmage yards and 17.9 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Kansas
307 primary output · 34.5 efficiency · 19.5 usage
58.4
#2
2016 Regular Season · Kansas
57.8
369 primary · 36.1 efficiency · 15.9 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · Kansas
26.5
42 primary · 21.9 efficiency · 7.3 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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