Player Dossier

2018-2022

Cincinnati

Jabari Taylor

DL • 6'1" • 280 lbs • Akron, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jabari Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

42%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

80

High-end production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

42

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

82

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Cincinnati

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Cincinnati
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa

Player Story

Jabari Taylor built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Akron, OH wearing No. 90, spending time with Cincinnati. The clearest part of Jabari Taylor's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.7993

Archbishop Hoban · Akron, OH

Committed To
Cincinnati
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Jabari Taylor, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Cincinnati. Jabari Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
109
TFL
16.5
Sacks
7.5
QB hurries
6
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Jabari Taylor quick answers

Latest team and position
Cincinnati · DL
Career Tackles
109
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 43 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Cincinnati
Top game
Tulsa
Recruit profile
3-star · Archbishop Hoban · Cincinnati
High school pipeline
Archbishop Hoban · 38 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 90 · Senior
2022 Tackles rank
36 tackles · DL 97th (top 10%) · American Athletic 91st (top 20%) · National 1,034th (top 18%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonCincinnati440.50--06.8
2019 PostseasonCincinnati9211--017.3
2019 Regular SeasonCincinnati92110--017.3
2020 PostseasonCincinnati910.50--026.2
2020 Regular SeasonCincinnati9163111026.2
2021 PostseasonCincinnati111-0--045.9
2021 Regular SeasonCincinnati11285.522-045.9
2022 Regular SeasonCincinnati103653.532051.2

Related Context

Jabari Taylor played DL for Cincinnati. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jabari Taylor recorded 109 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Cincinnati.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Cincinnati paired 13.5 primary output with 26.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 26.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2022 Regular Season · Cincinnati

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

1.4

Efficiency

26.5

Usage

6

Consistency

28.5

Best Game by takeover score

Tulsa

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Arkansas: 0. Kennesaw State: 0.5. Miami (OH): 0. Indiana: 2. Tulsa: 7. South Florida: 0. Navy: 2. East Carolina: 1. Temple: 0. Tulane: 1

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. Arkansas: 4 by 16.7. Kennesaw State: 5 by 25.8. Miami (OH): 4 by 16.7. Indiana: 4 by 36.7. Tulsa: 4 by 66.7. South Florida: 1 by 4.2. Navy: 6 by 45. East Carolina: 4 by 26.7. Temple: 1 by 4.2. Tulane: 3 by 22.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.6 · Games = 8 · +1.1 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · -1.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Tulsa

Best efficiency game

66.7 vs Tulsa

Result
Fri 11/25vs TulaneL 24-2731000
Sat 11/19@ TempleW 23-311000
Sat 11/12vs East CarolinaW 27-2541001
Sat 11/5vs NavySplash gameW 20-1062110
Sat 10/8vs South FloridaW 28-2410000
Sat 10/1@ Tulsa2+ sacks · Splash gameW 31-21433.502.500
Sat 9/24vs IndianaSplash gameW 45-2441001
Sat 9/17@ Miami (OH)W 38-1741000
Sat 9/10vs Kennesaw StateW 63-10520.5000
Sat 9/3@ ArkansasL 24-3142000

Player Story

Jabari Taylor story

Jabari Taylor built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Akron, OH wearing No. 90, spending time with Cincinnati. The clearest part of Jabari Taylor's career was his defensive production: 109 tackles, 16.5 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 43 career games in the available record. That gives Jabari Taylor'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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    Cincinnati

    2018-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20182019201920202020202120212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonCincinnati0.55.51.2
2019 PostseasonCincinnati3143.12.5
2019 Regular SeasonCincinnati3143.10
2020 PostseasonCincinnati6.515.13.73.5
2020 Regular SeasonCincinnati6.515.13.70
2021 PostseasonCincinnati9.519.653
2021 Regular SeasonCincinnati9.519.650
2022 Regular SeasonCincinnati13.526.564

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Tulsa

Week 5 · W 31-21 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

7

Havoc Plays

88.9 takeover

7 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.

#2

vs Miami (OH)

Week 1 · W 49-14

3

Havoc Plays

83.6 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.

#3

vs Memphis

Week 9 · W 49-10 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

78.6 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 78.6 takeover score.

#4

vs Boston College

Week 1 · W 38-6 · Postseason

2

Havoc Plays

72.8 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.

#5

@ East Carolina

Week 13 · W 35-13 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

72 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 72 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Cincinnati

13.5 primary output · 26.5 efficiency · 6 usage

51.2

#2

2021 Postseason · Cincinnati

45.9

9.5 primary · 19.6 efficiency · 5 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Cincinnati

45.9

9.5 primary · 19.6 efficiency · 5 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

7

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games