Player Dossier

2018-2021

Tennessee

Alontae Taylor

DB • 6'0" • 193 lbs • Manchester, TN, USA

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Alontae Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

30%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

32

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

32

Sporadic game-to-game production

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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: 2020 Regular Season · Tennessee

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Tennessee
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Texas A&M

Player Story

Alontae Taylor built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a defensive back from Manchester, TN wearing No. 2, spending time with Tennessee. The clearest part of Alontae Taylor's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.9471

Coffee County Central · Manchester, TN

Committed To
Tennessee
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2022
Selection
Round 2 · Pick 17
Overall
No. 49
NFL Team
New Orleans Saints

Alontae Taylor, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Tennessee. Alontae Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
162
TFL
5
Sacks
0.5
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
15
Touchdowns
3

Quick Answers

Alontae Taylor quick answers

Latest team and position
Tennessee · DB
Career Tackles
162
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 44 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · Tennessee
Top game
Texas A&M
Recruit profile
4-star · Coffee County Central · Tennessee
High school pipeline
Coffee County Central · 2 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2022 · Round 2 · Pick 17 · New Orleans Saints
Latest roster
No. 2 · Junior
2021 Tackles rank
60 tackles · DB 79th (top 9%) · SEC 53rd (top 9%) · National 407th (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonTennessee124010-2120.7
2019 PostseasonTennessee122-0-1038.9
2019 Regular SeasonTennessee123110.512038.9
2020 Regular SeasonTennessee82920-4059.4
2021 Regular SeasonTennessee126010-6251

Related Context

Alontae Taylor played DB for Tennessee. Across 4 tracked seasons, Alontae Taylor recorded 162 tackles and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Tennessee.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Tennessee paired 7 primary output with 23.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 16.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Florida

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

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2018 Regular Season · Tennessee

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

16.4

Usage

3

Consistency

8.3

Best Game by takeover score

Florida

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. West Virginia: 0. East Tennessee State: 1. UTEP: 0. Florida: 1. Georgia: 0. Auburn: 0. Alabama: 0. South Carolina: 1. Charlotte: 0. Kentucky: 0. Missouri: 0. Vanderbilt: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. West Virginia: 4 by 16.7. East Tennessee State: 1 by 14.2. UTEP: 1 by 4.2. Florida: 4 by 26.7. Georgia: 4 by 16.7. Auburn: 7 by 29.2. Alabama: 1 by 4.2. South Carolina: 3 by 22.5. Charlotte: 2 by 8.3. Kentucky: 2 by 8.3. Missouri: 7 by 29.2. Vanderbilt: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

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Wins0.2 · Games = 5 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 7 · +0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Florida

Best efficiency game

29.2 vs Missouri

Result
Sat 11/24@ VanderbiltL 13-3844000
Sat 11/17vs MissouriL 17-5075000
Sat 11/10vs KentuckyW 24-722000
Sat 11/3vs CharlotteW 14-322000
Sat 10/27@ South CarolinaL 24-2733001
Sat 10/20vs AlabamaL 21-5810000
Sat 10/13@ AuburnW 30-2472000
Sat 9/29@ GeorgiaL 12-3843000
Sat 9/22vs FloridaL 21-4742100
Sat 9/15vs UTEPW 24-011000
Sat 9/8vs East Tennessee StateW 59-311001
Sat 9/1vs West VirginiaL 14-4043000

Player Story

Alontae Taylor story

Alontae Taylor built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a defensive back from Manchester, TN wearing No. 2, spending time with Tennessee. The clearest part of Alontae Taylor's career was his defensive production: 162 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, and 4 interceptions across 44 career games in the available record. That gives Alontae Taylor's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Tennessee

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20182019201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonTennessee316.43
2019 PostseasonTennessee6.517.743.5
2019 Regular SeasonTennessee6.517.740
2020 Regular SeasonTennessee723.89.40.5
2021 Regular SeasonTennessee928.34.42

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Texas A&M

Week 16 · L 13-34 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

80.3 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.

#2

@ Missouri

Week 13 · W 24-20 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

78.9 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.

#3

vs Florida

Week 4 · L 21-47 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

70.3 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 70.3 takeover score.

#4

@ South Carolina

Week 4 · W 31-27 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

70 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.

#5

@ Florida

Week 4 · L 3-34 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

56.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · Tennessee

7 primary output · 23.8 efficiency · 9.4 usage

59.4

#2

2021 Regular Season · Tennessee

51

9 primary · 28.3 efficiency · 4.4 usage

#3

2019 Postseason · Tennessee

38.9

6.5 primary · 17.7 efficiency · 4 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

5

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games