Player Dossier

2018-2022

Purdue

Reese Taylor

DB • 5'11" • 190 lbs • Indianapolis, IN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Reese Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16 disruption score.

Usage / Role

32%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

38

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

46

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

52

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Indiana

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Indiana • Purdue
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan

Player Story

Reese Taylor built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive back from Indianapolis, IN wearing No. 1, spending time with Indiana and Purdue. The clearest part of Reese Taylor's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8714

Ben Davis · Indianapolis, IN

Committed To
Indiana
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Reese Taylor, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Indiana. Reese Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
101
TFL
8.5
Sacks
2
Passes defended
15

Quick Answers

Reese Taylor quick answers

Latest team and position
Purdue · DB
Career Tackles
101
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 47 games
Best season
2020 Postseason · Indiana
Top game
Michigan
Recruit profile
3-star · Ben Davis · Indiana
High school pipeline
Ben Davis · 37 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 1 · Graduate
2022 Tackles rank
29 tackles · DB 322nd (top 35%) · Big Ten 139th (top 23%) · National 1,386th (top 24%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonIndiana127-0--035.5
2019 PostseasonIndiana81-0--020.3
2019 Regular SeasonIndiana81210-2020.3
2020 PostseasonIndiana84-0-2061.1
2020 Regular SeasonIndiana82341-5061.1
2021 Regular SeasonIndiana82531-2038.5
2022 Regular SeasonPurdue11290.50-4034.2

Related Context

Reese Taylor played DB for Indiana and Purdue. Across 5 tracked seasons, Reese Taylor recorded 83 rushing yards, 174 receiving yards, and 101 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Indiana.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason

Indiana paired 13 primary output with 30.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 16 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Indiana, Purdue.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska

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

Analysis workspace

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2022 Regular Season · Purdue

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

16

Usage

3

Consistency

53.1

Best Game by takeover score

Nebraska

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Penn State: 1. Indiana State: 0. Syracuse: 1. Minnesota: 0.5. Maryland: 1. Nebraska: 1. Wisconsin: 1. Iowa: 0. Illinois: 0. Northwestern: 0. Indiana: 0

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. Penn State: 2 by 18.3. Indiana State: 1 by 4.2. Syracuse: 5 by 30.8. Minnesota: 3 by 17.5. Maryland: 1 by 14.2. Nebraska: 2 by 18.3. Wisconsin: 3 by 22.5. Iowa: 3 by 12.5. Illinois: 2 by 8.3. Northwestern: 2 by 8.3. Indiana: 5 by 20.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.4 · Games = 7 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.4 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

Nebraska

Best efficiency game

30.8 vs Syracuse

Result
Sat 11/26@ IndianaW 30-1653000
Sat 11/19vs NorthwesternW 17-922000
Sat 11/12@ IllinoisW 31-2422000
Sat 11/5vs IowaL 3-2432000
Sat 10/22@ WisconsinL 24-3532001
Sat 10/15vs NebraskaW 43-37220010
Sat 10/8@ MarylandW 31-2911001
Sat 10/1@ MinnesotaW 20-10320.5000
Sat 9/17@ SyracuseL 29-3255001
Sat 9/10vs Indiana StateW 56-011000
Fri 9/2vs Penn StateL 31-3522001

Player Story

Reese Taylor story

Reese Taylor built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive back from Indianapolis, IN wearing No. 1, spending time with Indiana and Purdue. The clearest part of Reese Taylor's career was his defensive production: 101 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 47 career games in the available record. His career also includes 83 rushing yards, 174 receiving yards, and 216 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Reese Taylor'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. 1

    Indiana

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Purdue

    2022

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2018201920192020202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonIndiana02.40.5
2019 PostseasonIndiana411.83.14
2019 Regular SeasonIndiana411.83.10
2020 PostseasonIndiana1330.35.99
2020 Regular SeasonIndiana1330.35.90
2021 Regular SeasonIndiana620.55.8-7
2022 Regular SeasonPurdue5.5163-0.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Michigan

Week 10 · W 38-21 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

86.4 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.

#2

@ Iowa

Week 1 · L 6-34 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

#3

@ Michigan State

Week 11 · W 24-0 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

75 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.

#4

@ Purdue

Week 14 · W 44-41 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

65 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.

#5

@ Rutgers

Week 9 · W 37-21 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

59.5 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 59.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Postseason · Indiana

13 primary output · 30.3 efficiency · 5.9 usage

61.1

#2

2020 Regular Season · Indiana

61.1

13 primary · 30.3 efficiency · 5.9 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Indiana

38.5

6 primary · 20.5 efficiency · 5.8 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

7

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games