Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2022Troy
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.
Impact Production
47
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
45
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
51
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Troy
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- NC State • Troy
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas State
Player Story
Taiyon Palmer built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a linebacker from Lawrenceville, GA wearing No. 6, spending time with NC State and Troy. The clearest part of Taiyon Palmer's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- NC State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Taiyon Palmer, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Troy. Taiyon Palmer shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 21
- TFL
- 1.5
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Taiyon Palmer quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Troy · LB
- Career Tackles
- 21
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 13 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Troy
- Top game
- Texas State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Archer · NC State
- High school pipeline
- Archer · 19 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Junior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 2 tackles · LB 1,078th (top 88%) · Sun Belt 481st (top 75%) · National 4,454th (top 76%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | NC State | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 36.3 |
| 2020 Regular Season | NC State | 2 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 31.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Troy | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 44.6 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Troy | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 25.3 |
Related Context
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Taiyon Palmer played LB for NC State and Troy. Across 4 tracked seasons, Taiyon Palmer recorded 21 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Troy.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Troy paired 4 primary output with 11.8 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: Alabama A&M
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Troy
Games
2
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
9.2
Usage
2.1
Consistency
50
Best Game by takeover score
Alabama A&M
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Game by game trend chart. Alabama A&M: 1. Marshall: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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First Half1 · Games = 1 · +1 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · -1 vs First Half
Game Log
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2 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Alabama A&M
Best efficiency game
14.2 vs Alabama A&M
Player Story
Taiyon Palmer story
Taiyon Palmer built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a linebacker from Lawrenceville, GA wearing No. 6, spending time with NC State and Troy. The clearest part of Taiyon Palmer's career was his defensive production: 21 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 2 interceptions, and 4 passes defended across 13 career games in the available record. That gives Taiyon Palmer'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.
- 1
NC State
2019-2020
Opening stop
- 2
Troy
2021-2022
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | NC State | 1 | 14.2 | 0.7 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | NC State | 1.5 | 17.9 | 2.5 | 0.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Troy | 4 | 11.8 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Troy | 1 | 9.2 | 2.1 | -3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Texas State
Week 7 · W 31-28 · Conference game
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
55.5 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.5 takeover score.
#2
@ Pittsburgh
Week 5 · W 30-29 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
52.5 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 52.5 takeover score.
#3
vs Alabama A&M
Week 2 · W 38-17
1
Havoc Plays
47.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.8 takeover score.
#4
vs Georgia Southern
Week 6 · W 27-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
46.4 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.4 takeover score.
#5
vs Ball State
Week 4 · W 34-23
1
Havoc Plays
40 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 40 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Troy
4 primary output · 11.8 efficiency · 2 usage
44.6
#2
2019 Regular Season · NC State
36.3
1 primary · 14.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · NC State
31.5
1.5 primary · 17.9 efficiency · 2.5 usage
Milestones
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Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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