Player Dossier

2017-2020

Washington

Keith Taylor

DB • 6'3" • 195 lbs • Long Beach, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Keith Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

25%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

31

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

32

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

43

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Washington

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Washington
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Utah

Player Story

Keith Taylor built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive back from Long Beach, CA wearing No. 8, spending time with Washington. The clearest part of Keith Taylor's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.9088

Servite · Anaheim, CA

Committed To
Washington
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2021
Selection
Round 5 · Pick 22
Overall
No. 166
NFL Team
Carolina Panthers

Keith Taylor, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Washington. Keith Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
89
TFL
3.5
Passes defended
10

Quick Answers

Keith Taylor quick answers

Latest team and position
Washington · DB
Career Tackles
89
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 28 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Washington
Top game
Utah
Recruit profile
4-star · Servite · Washington
High school pipeline
Servite · 40 FBS recruits · 6 drafted players
NFL Draft
2021 · Round 5 · Pick 22 · Carolina Panthers
Latest roster
No. 8 · Senior
2020 Tackles rank
9 tackles · DB 478th (top 60%) · Pac-12 154th (top 38%) · National 2,293rd (top 44%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonWashington58-0-1010.2
2018 Regular SeasonWashington7131.50-3039
2019 PostseasonWashington133-0-2043.6
2019 Regular SeasonWashington135620-3043.6
2020 Regular SeasonWashington39-0-1015.1

Related Context

Keith Taylor played DB for Washington. Across 4 tracked seasons, Keith Taylor recorded 89 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Washington.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Washington paired 7 primary output with 24.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 15.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Stanford

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Regular Season · Washington

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

15.8

Usage

2.3

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Stanford

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Oregon State: 0. Utah: 0. Stanford: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Oregon State: 2 by 8.3. Utah: 2 by 8.3. Stanford: 5 by 30.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 2 · -1 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 1 · +1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Stanford

Best efficiency game

30.8 vs Stanford

Result
Sat 12/5vs StanfordL 26-3154001
Sun 11/29vs UtahW 24-2121000
Sun 11/15vs Oregon StateW 27-2122000

Player Story

Keith Taylor story

Keith Taylor built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive back from Long Beach, CA wearing No. 8, spending time with Washington. The clearest part of Keith Taylor's career was his defensive production: 89 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, and 10 passes defended across 28 career games in the available record. That gives Keith Taylor's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Washington

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20172018201920192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonWashington18.71.3
2018 Regular SeasonWashington4.514.22.73.5
2019 PostseasonWashington724.34.22.5
2019 Regular SeasonWashington724.34.20
2020 Regular SeasonWashington115.82.3-6

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Utah

Week 10 · L 28-33 · Conference game

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

57.8 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.8 takeover score.

#2

vs Stanford

Week 14 · L 26-31 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

53.9 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.9 takeover score.

#3

vs Utah

Week 14 · W 10-3 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

52.5 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.5 takeover score.

#4

vs Boise State

Week 1 · W 38-7 · Postseason

2

Havoc Plays

51.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 51.1 takeover score.

#5

@ Oregon State

Week 11 · W 19-7 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

48.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Washington

7 primary output · 24.3 efficiency · 4.2 usage

43.6

#2

2019 Regular Season · Washington

43.6

7 primary · 24.3 efficiency · 4.2 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Washington

39

4.5 primary · 14.2 efficiency · 2.7 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games