Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2022Bowling Green
DJ Taylor
LB • 6'1" • 235 lbs • Belvidere, TN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
DJ Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Wake Forest
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 7
- Program Path
- Wake Forest • Bowling Green
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Memphis
Player Story
DJ Taylor built his college career from 2016 through 2022 as a linebacker from Belvidere, TN wearing No. 17, spending time with Bowling Green and Wake Forest. The clearest part of DJ Taylor's career was his defensive...
Read the storyDJ Taylor, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Wake Forest. DJ Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 172
- TFL
- 13
- Sacks
- 4
- QB hurries
- 6
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
DJ Taylor quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Bowling Green · LB
- Career Tackles
- 172
- Tracked sample
- 7 unique seasons · 9 entries · 40 games
- Best season
- 2018 Postseason · Wake Forest
- Top game
- Memphis
- Latest roster
- No. 17 · Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 75 tackles · LB 132nd (top 11%) · Mid-American 24th (top 5%) · National 187th (top 4%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 12 |
| 2018 Postseason | Wake Forest | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 67.9 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 9 | 42 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 67.9 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 4 | 7 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 9.2 |
| 2021 Postseason | Wake Forest | 12 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 24 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 12 | 34 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 12 | 75 | 4 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 57.6 |
Related Context
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DJ Taylor played LB for Wake Forest and Bowling Green. Across 7 tracked seasons, DJ Taylor recorded 172 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Bowling Green.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason
Wake Forest paired 13.5 primary output with 38.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 38.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2022 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 Wake Forest, Bowling Green.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Memphis
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Postseason · Wake Forest
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
1.5
Efficiency
38.1
Usage
8.7
Consistency
60.6
Best Game by takeover score
Memphis
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Memphis: 3. Tulane: 1. Towson: 2. Boston College: 0.5. Notre Dame: 0. Rice: 2. Clemson: 3. Pittsburgh: 0. Duke: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Memphis: 8 by 63.3. Tulane: 6 by 35. Towson: 4 by 36.7. Boston College: 6 by 30. Notre Dame: 5 by 20.8. Rice: 4 by 36.7. Clemson: 6 by 55. Pittsburgh: 5 by 20.8. Duke: 6 by 45
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins2 · Games = 5 · +1.1 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 4 · -1.1 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
Memphis
Best efficiency game
63.3 vs Memphis
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/22 | vs MemphisSplash game | W 37-34 | 8 | 6 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/24 | @ DukeSplash game | W 59-7 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 11/17 | vs Pittsburgh | L 13-34 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/6 | vs ClemsonSplash game | L 3-63 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/29 | vs RiceSplash game | W 56-24 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/22 | vs Notre Dame | L 27-56 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 9/13 | vs Boston College | L 34-41 | 6 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/8 | vs TowsonSplash game | W 51-20 | 4 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/31 | @ Tulane | W 23-17 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
DJ Taylor story
DJ Taylor built his college career from 2016 through 2022 as a linebacker from Belvidere, TN wearing No. 17, spending time with Bowling Green and Wake Forest. The clearest part of DJ Taylor's career was his defensive production: 172 tackles, 13 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 40 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with Bowling Green. 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 DJ Taylor's production has multiple signals. With 40 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Bowling Green and Wake Forest.
The arc is straightforward: DJ Taylor 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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Wake Forest
2016-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Bowling Green
2022
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 1 | 10.3 | 2.3 | 1 |
| 2018 Postseason | Wake Forest | 13.5 | 38.1 | 8.7 | 12.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 13.5 | 38.1 | 8.7 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 0 | — | — | -13.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 0.5 | 8.6 | 2 | 0.5 |
| 2021 Postseason | Wake Forest | 5.5 | 16.7 | 3.6 | 5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 5.5 | 16.7 | 3.6 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 9.5 | 33.9 | 8.1 | 4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Memphis
Week 1 · W 37-34 · Postseason
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
87.8 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.8 takeover score.
#2
vs Clemson
Week 6 · L 3-63 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
85 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.
#3
@ North Carolina
Week 10 · L 55-58 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#4
@ Ohio
Week 13 · L 14-38 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
78.6 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 78.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Buffalo
Week 6 · L 7-38 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Postseason · Wake Forest
13.5 primary output · 38.1 efficiency · 8.7 usage
67.9
#2
2018 Regular Season · Wake Forest
67.9
13.5 primary · 38.1 efficiency · 8.7 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Bowling Green
57.6
9.5 primary · 33.9 efficiency · 8.1 usage
Milestones
8
Impact games
7
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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