Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2018Texas State
Dean Taylor
DE • 6'5" • 280 lbs • Pearland, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Dean Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
24
Developing production for an edge defender
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Reliability
18
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
39
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Texas State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Texas State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico State
Player Story
Dean Taylor built his college career from 2016 through 2018 as a defensive end from Pearland, TX wearing No. 94, spending time with Texas State. The clearest part of Dean Taylor's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Texas State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Dean Taylor, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Texas State. Dean Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 46
- TFL
- 1.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 2
Quick Answers
Dean Taylor quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Texas State · DE
- Career Tackles
- 46
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 23 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Texas State
- Top game
- New Mexico State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Pearland · Texas State
- High school pipeline
- Pearland · 28 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 94 · Junior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 6 tackles · DE 245th (top 75%) · Sun Belt 253rd (top 55%) · National 3,087th (top 53%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Texas State | 10 | 23 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 30.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Texas State | 9 | 17 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 37 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Texas State | 4 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.6 |
Related Context
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Dean Taylor played DE for Texas State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Dean Taylor recorded 46 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Texas State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
Texas State paired 0 primary output with 6.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 10.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico State
Loss 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 · Texas State
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
10.6
Usage
3.1
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
New Mexico State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Houston Christian: 0. Colorado: 1. App State: 0. UTSA: 0.5. Wyoming: 0. UL Monroe: 0. Louisiana: 0. Coastal Carolina: 0. New Mexico State: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Houston Christian: 1 by 4.2. Colorado: 2 by 18.3. App State: 2 by 8.3. UTSA: 5 by 25.8. Wyoming: 1 by 4.2. UL Monroe: 2 by 8.3. Louisiana: 2 by 8.3. Coastal Carolina: 1 by 4.2. New Mexico State: 1 by 14.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 2 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 7 · +0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
New Mexico State
Best efficiency game
25.8 vs UTSA
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/4 | vs New Mexico State | L 35-45 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | @ Coastal Carolina | W 27-7 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/12 | @ Louisiana | L 7-24 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | vs UL Monroe | L 27-45 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Wyoming | L 10-45 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs UTSA | L 14-44 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs App State | L 13-20 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | @ Colorado | L 3-37 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Houston Christian | W 20-11 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Dean Taylor story
Dean Taylor built his college career from 2016 through 2018 as a defensive end from Pearland, TX wearing No. 94, spending time with Texas State. The clearest part of Dean Taylor's career was his defensive production: 46 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, and 1 sack across 23 career games in the available record. That gives Dean Taylor's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Texas State
2016-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Texas State | 2 | 11.6 | 2.4 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Texas State | 2.5 | 10.6 | 3.1 | 0.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Texas State | 0 | 6.3 | 1.1 | -2.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs New Mexico State
Week 10 · L 35-45 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
63.1 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.
#2
@ Colorado
Week 2 · L 3-37
1
Havoc Plays
55.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.5 takeover score.
#3
vs Arkansas State
Week 14 · L 14-36 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
55.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.3 takeover score.
#4
vs Troy
Week 13 · L 7-40 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
43.9 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 43.9 takeover score.
#5
vs UTSA
Week 4 · L 14-44
0.5
Havoc Plays
42.8 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 42.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · Texas State
0 primary output · 6.3 efficiency · 1.1 usage
38.6
#2
2017 Regular Season · Texas State
37
2.5 primary · 10.6 efficiency · 3.1 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Texas State
30.5
2 primary · 11.6 efficiency · 2.4 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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