Player Dossier

2019-2022

NC State

Taiyon Palmer

LB • 5'11" • 191 lbs • Lawrenceville, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Taiyon Palmer shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.2 disruption score.

Usage Score

2.8

Efficiency

9.2

Consistency

50

Season Value

17.3

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season · NC State

19202122

Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
NC State • Troy
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Taiyon Palmer, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season · NC State. Taiyon Palmer shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.2 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

NC State paired 1 primary output with 14.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 9.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across NC State, Troy.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Unknown

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

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2022 Regular Season · Troy

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

9.2

Usage

2.8

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

Marshall

Not enough games exist for the full explorer. The summary cards stay available so the season still reads clearly.

Game-by-Game Trend

12

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 1. Marshall: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.

Split Comparison

All Games0.5 · n=2

Game Log

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

2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Unknown

Best efficiency game

14.2 vs Unknown

Result
Sat 9/24vs MarshallW 16-710000
Sat 9/10vs Unknown110010

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    NC State

    2019-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Troy

    2021-2022

    Final stop

Season Progression

2019202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonNC State114.20.7
2020 Regular SeasonNC State1.517.92.90.5
2021 Regular SeasonTroy411.822.5
2022 Regular SeasonTroy19.22.8-3

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Pittsburgh

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5

Primary metric

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 44 takeover score.

#2

Texas State

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.4 takeover score.

#3

Unknown

1

Primary metric

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.7 takeover score.

#4

Georgia Southern

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.2 takeover score.

#5

Ball State

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 38.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2019 Regular Season · NC State

1 primary output · 14.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

30.5

#2

2021 Regular Season · Troy

23.1

4 primary · 11.8 efficiency · 2 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · NC State

20.4

1.5 primary · 17.9 efficiency · 2.9 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2018 · Rating 0.9035

Archer · Lawrenceville, GA

Committed To
NC State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Career Facts

2

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

21

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 13 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Taiyon Palmer quick answers

Recruiting profile

4-star recruit

Position
LB
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
4
Career tackles
21