Player Dossier

2016-2019

Colorado

Davion Taylor

LB • 6'2" • 225 lbs • Magnolia, MS, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Davion Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37 disruption score.

Usage / Role

78%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

88

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

65

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

88

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Colorado

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Colorado
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Stanford

Player Story

Davion Taylor built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a linebacker from Magnolia, MS wearing No. 20, spending time with Colorado. The clearest part of Davion Taylor's career was his defensive production:...

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NFL Draft

Draft Year
2020
Selection
Round 3 · Pick 39
Overall
No. 103
NFL Team
Philadelphia Eagles

Davion Taylor, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Colorado. Davion Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
121
TFL
18
Sacks
2
QB hurries
5
Passes defended
6
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Davion Taylor quick answers

Latest team and position
Colorado · LB
Career Tackles
121
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 23 games
Best season
2018 Regular Season · Colorado
Top game
Stanford
NFL Draft
2020 · Round 3 · Pick 39 · Philadelphia Eagles
Latest roster
No. 20 · Senior
2019 Tackles rank
64 tackles · LB 231st (top 19%) · Pac-12 34th (top 7%) · National 382nd (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonColorado00-0--0-
2017 Regular SeasonColorado00-0--0-
2018 Regular SeasonColorado125710142166.1
2019 Regular SeasonColorado11648114060.6

Related Context

Davion Taylor played LB for Colorado. Across 4 tracked seasons, Davion Taylor recorded 121 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Colorado.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season

Colorado paired 17 primary output with 34 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 37 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2019 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Stanford

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2019 Regular Season · Colorado

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

1.3

Efficiency

37

Usage

9.5

Consistency

44.1

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. Colorado State: 1. Nebraska: 2. Air Force: 0. Arizona State: 0. Arizona: 1. Oregon: 0. Washington State: 2. USC: 1. UCLA: 1. Stanford: 3. Washington: 3

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. Colorado State: 4 by 26.7. Nebraska: 8 by 53.3. Air Force: 3 by 12.5. Arizona State: 3 by 12.5. Arizona: 3 by 22.5. Oregon: 4 by 16.7. Washington State: 11 by 65.8. USC: 8 by 43.3. UCLA: 8 by 43.3. Stanford: 8 by 63.3. Washington: 4 by 46.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.8 · Games = 5 · +1.0 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 6 · -1.0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Stanford

Best efficiency game

65.8 vs Washington State

Result
Sun 11/24vs WashingtonSplash gameW 20-1444110
Sat 11/9vs StanfordSplash gameW 16-1388201
Sun 11/3@ UCLAL 14-3186100
Sat 10/26vs USCL 31-3584100
Sat 10/19@ Washington State10+ tackles · Splash gameL 10-411110200
Sat 10/12@ OregonL 3-4543000
Sat 10/5vs ArizonaL 30-3533001
Sun 9/22@ Arizona StateW 34-3133000
Sat 9/14vs Air ForceL 23-3033000
Sat 9/7vs NebraskaSplash gameW 34-3187002
Sat 8/31vs Colorado StateW 52-3144100

Player Story

Davion Taylor story

Davion Taylor built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a linebacker from Magnolia, MS wearing No. 20, spending time with Colorado. The clearest part of Davion Taylor's career was his defensive production: 121 tackles, 18 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 6 passes defended across 23 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Colorado. 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 Davion Taylor's production has multiple signals. With 23 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Colorado.

The arc is straightforward: Davion 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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    Colorado

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2016201720182019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonColorado0
2017 Regular SeasonColorado00
2018 Regular SeasonColorado173410.517
2019 Regular SeasonColorado14379.5-3

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Stanford

Week 11 · W 16-13 · Conference game

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

@ California

Week 13 · L 21-33 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

82.5 takeover

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 82.5 takeover score.

#3

vs Washington

Week 13 · W 20-14 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

81.4 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 81.4 takeover score.

#4

@ Washington State

Week 8 · L 10-41 · 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.

#5

vs UCLA

Week 5 · W 38-16 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Regular Season · Colorado

17 primary output · 34 efficiency · 10.5 usage

66.1

#2

2019 Regular Season · Colorado

60.6

14 primary · 37 efficiency · 9.5 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Colorado

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

8

Impact games

8

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games