Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2017Oklahoma State
Taaj Bakari
DT • 6'1" • 305 lbs • Mansfield, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Taaj Bakari shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
31
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
39
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
40
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Oklahoma State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Oklahoma State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Baylor
Player Story
Taaj Bakari built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a defensive tackle from Mansfield, TX wearing No. 90, spending time with Oklahoma State. The clearest part of Taaj Bakari's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Ohio State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Taaj Bakari, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Oklahoma State. Taaj Bakari shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 6
- TFL
- 3.5
Quick Answers
Taaj Bakari quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Oklahoma State · DT
- Career Tackles
- 6
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 8 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Oklahoma State
- Top game
- Baylor
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Waxahachie · Ohio State
- High school pipeline
- Waxahachie · 19 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 90 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 5 tackles · DT 198th (top 78%) · Big 12 262nd (top 63%) · National 3,469th (top 61%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | Oklahoma State | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 35.8 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 44.4 |
Related Context
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Taaj Bakari played DT for Oklahoma State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Taaj Bakari recorded 6 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Oklahoma State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Oklahoma State paired 3 primary output with 8.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 8.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Baylor
Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Oklahoma State
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
8.5
Usage
2.3
Consistency
50
Best Game by takeover score
Baylor
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All Games1 · Games = 1
Game Log
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Baylor
Best efficiency game
30.8 vs Baylor
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 8/31 | @ Baylor | — | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Taaj Bakari story
Taaj Bakari built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a defensive tackle from Mansfield, TX wearing No. 90, spending time with Oklahoma State. The clearest part of Taaj Bakari's career was his defensive production: 6 tackles and 3.5 tackles for loss across 8 career games in the available record. That gives Taaj Bakari'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.
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Oklahoma State
2015-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201520162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Postseason | Oklahoma State | 0.5 | 9.2 | 2.1 | 0.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 3 | 8.5 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Baylor
Week 1
Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
65.4 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 65.4 takeover score.
#2
@ South Alabama
Week 2 · W 44-7
1
Havoc Plays
50 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 50 takeover score.
#3
@ Texas Tech
Week 5 · W 41-34 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
49.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 49.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Kansas State
Week 12 · L 40-45 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
48.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.3 takeover score.
#5
@ Colorado
Week 1 · W 38-8 · Postseason
0.5
Havoc Plays
25.6 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 25.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Oklahoma State
3 primary output · 8.5 efficiency · 2.3 usage
44.4
#2
2016 Postseason · Oklahoma State
35.8
0.5 primary · 9.2 efficiency · 2.1 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · Oklahoma State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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