Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2021Buffalo
Taylor Riggins
DE • 6'2" • 250 lbs • Webster, NY, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Taylor Riggins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 43.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender
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Reliability
77
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Buffalo
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Massachusetts • Buffalo
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Coastal Carolina
Player Story
Taylor Riggins built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a defensive end from Webster, NY wearing No. 49, spending time with Buffalo and Massachusetts. The clearest part of Taylor Riggins' career was his...
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- Committed To
- Massachusetts
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Taylor Riggins, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Buffalo. Taylor Riggins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 43.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 102
- TFL
- 23
- Sacks
- 17
- QB hurries
- 11
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Taylor Riggins quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Buffalo · DE
- Career Tackles
- 102
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 31 games
- Best season
- 2019 Postseason · Buffalo
- Top game
- Coastal Carolina
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Aquinas Institute · Massachusetts
- High school pipeline
- Sierra Canyon · 33 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 49 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 23 tackles · DE 113th (top 41%) · Mid-American 166th (top 31%) · National 1,828th (top 31%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Massachusetts | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2018 Postseason | Buffalo | 13 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 47.8 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Buffalo | 13 | 30 | 6.5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 47.8 |
| 2019 Postseason | Buffalo | 13 | 6 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 67.6 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Buffalo | 13 | 42 | 9 | 8 | 6 | - | 0 | 67.6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Buffalo | 5 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | - | 0 | 57.1 |
Related Context
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Taylor Riggins played DE for Massachusetts and Buffalo. Across 6 tracked seasons, Taylor Riggins recorded 102 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Buffalo.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason
Buffalo paired 24.5 primary output with 34.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 43.2 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Massachusetts, Buffalo.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Coastal Carolina
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · Buffalo
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
2.4
Efficiency
43.2
Usage
15.5
Consistency
36.3
Best Game by takeover score
Coastal Carolina
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Wagner: 4. Nebraska: 1. Coastal Carolina: 5. Western Michigan: 1. Kent State: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wagner: 6 by 65. Nebraska: 4 by 26.7. Coastal Carolina: 7 by 79.2. Western Michigan: 4 by 26.7. Kent State: 2 by 18.3
Split Comparison
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Wins4 · Games = 1 · +2 vs Losses
Losses2 · Games = 4 · -2 vs Wins
Game Log
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5 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Coastal Carolina
Best efficiency game
79.2 vs Coastal Carolina
Player Story
Taylor Riggins story
Taylor Riggins built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a defensive end from Webster, NY wearing No. 49, spending time with Buffalo and Massachusetts. The clearest part of Taylor Riggins' career was his defensive production: 102 tackles, 23 tackles for loss, 17 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 31 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Buffalo. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Taylor Riggins' production has multiple signals. With 31 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Buffalo and Massachusetts.
The arc is straightforward: Taylor Riggins moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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- 1
Massachusetts
2016
Opening stop
- 2
Buffalo
2017-2021
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20162017201820182019201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Massachusetts | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | Buffalo | 15.5 | 21.9 | 7.2 | 15.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Buffalo | 15.5 | 21.9 | 7.2 | 0 |
| 2019 Postseason | Buffalo | 24.5 | 34.2 | 10.7 | 9 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Buffalo | 24.5 | 34.2 | 10.7 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | — | — | -24.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Buffalo | 12 | 43.2 | 15.5 | 12 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Coastal Carolina
Week 3 · L 25-28
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
5
Havoc Plays
93.1 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Ohio
Week 6 · L 20-21 · Conference game
5
Havoc Plays
90.3 takeover
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Akron
Week 7 · W 24-6 · Conference game
5
Havoc Plays
86.1 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.1 takeover score.
#4
@ Kent State
Week 12 · L 27-30 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
81.7 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.
#5
vs Wagner
Week 1 · W 69-7
4
Havoc Plays
81.7 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Postseason · Buffalo
24.5 primary output · 34.2 efficiency · 10.7 usage
67.6
#2
2019 Regular Season · Buffalo
67.6
24.5 primary · 34.2 efficiency · 10.7 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Buffalo
57.1
12 primary · 43.2 efficiency · 15.5 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
13
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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