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Player Dossier
2018-2021Virginia
Noah Taylor
LB • 6'5" • 225 lbs • Silver Spring, MD, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Noah Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 43.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
81
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Virginia
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Virginia
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Player Story
Noah Taylor built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a linebacker from Silver Spring, MD wearing No. 7, spending time with Virginia. The clearest part of Noah Taylor's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Virginia
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Noah Taylor, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Virginia. Noah Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 43.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 169
- TFL
- 28.5
- Sacks
- 13
- QB hurries
- 12
- Passes defended
- 10
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Noah Taylor quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Virginia · LB
- Career Tackles
- 169
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Virginia
- Top game
- Illinois
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · The Avalon School · Virginia
- High school pipeline
- Centennial · 8 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 7 · Junior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 69 tackles · LB 184th (top 15%) · ACC 34th (top 6%) · National 287th (top 5%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Virginia | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2019 Postseason | Virginia | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 70.4 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Virginia | 14 | 51 | 10 | 6.5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 70.4 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Virginia | 9 | 44 | 8.5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 58.4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Virginia | 12 | 69 | 8 | 3.5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 71.7 |
Related Context
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Noah Taylor played LB for Virginia. Across 4 tracked seasons, Noah Taylor recorded 169 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Virginia.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Virginia paired 23.5 primary output with 43.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 43.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · Virginia
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
2.0
Efficiency
43.5
Usage
13
Consistency
54.4
Best Game by takeover score
Illinois
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. William & Mary: 3.5. Illinois: 5. North Carolina: 1. Wake Forest: 0. Miami: 2. Louisville: 0. Duke: 2.5. Georgia Tech: 1. BYU: 2. Notre Dame: 1.5. Pittsburgh: 4. Virginia Tech: 1
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 versus efficiency scatter chart. William & Mary: 6 by 60. Illinois: 7 by 79.2. North Carolina: 12 by 60. Wake Forest: 8 by 33.3. Miami: 6 by 45. Louisville: 7 by 29.2. Duke: 5 by 45.8. Georgia Tech: 3 by 22.5. BYU: 2 by 28.3. Notre Dame: 5 by 35.8. Pittsburgh: 5 by 60.8. Virginia Tech: 3 by 22.5
Split Comparison
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Wins2.3 · Games = 6 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses1.6 · Games = 6 · -0.8 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
Illinois
Best efficiency game
79.2 vs Illinois
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/27 | vs Virginia Tech | L 24-29 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/20 | @ PittsburghSplash game | L 38-48 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/14 | vs Notre Dame | L 3-28 | 5 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/31 | @ BYUSplash game | L 49-66 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/23 | vs Georgia Tech | W 48-40 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/16 | vs DukeSplash game | W 48-0 | 5 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/9 | @ Louisville | W 34-33 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 9/30 | @ MiamiSplash game | W 30-28 | 6 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/24 | vs Wake Forest | L 17-37 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/18 | @ North Carolina10+ tackles | L 39-59 | 12 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/11 | vs Illinois2+ sacks · Splash game | W 42-14 | 7 | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/4 | vs William & MarySplash game | W 43-0 | 6 | 2 | — | 2 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Noah Taylor story
Noah Taylor built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a linebacker from Silver Spring, MD wearing No. 7, spending time with Virginia. The clearest part of Noah Taylor's career was his defensive production: 169 tackles, 28.5 tackles for loss, 13 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 35 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Virginia. 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 Noah Taylor's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 2 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 35 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Virginia.
The arc is straightforward: Noah 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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Virginia
2018-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Virginia | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2019 Postseason | Virginia | 26.5 | 35.6 | 11.4 | 26.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Virginia | 26.5 | 35.6 | 11.4 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Virginia | 16.5 | 38.7 | 11.1 | -10 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Virginia | 23.5 | 43.5 | 13 | 7 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Illinois
Week 2 · W 42-14
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
5
Havoc Plays
93.1 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Virginia Tech
Week 14 · W 39-30 · Conference game
5
Havoc Plays
91.7 takeover
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Duke
Week 4 · W 38-20 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
88.1 takeover
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.1 takeover score.
#4
vs NC State
Week 6 · L 21-38 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
86.7 takeover
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.7 takeover score.
#5
@ Virginia Tech
Week 15 · L 15-33 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
83.9 takeover
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Virginia
23.5 primary output · 43.5 efficiency · 13 usage
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#2
2019 Postseason · Virginia
70.4
26.5 primary · 35.6 efficiency · 11.4 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Virginia
70.4
26.5 primary · 35.6 efficiency · 11.4 usage
Milestones
14
Impact games
17
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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