Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2023Old Dominion
Jahlil Taylor
DT • 5'11" • 285 lbs • Vienna, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jahlil Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
28
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
30
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · North Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- North Carolina • Old Dominion
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech
Player Story
Jahlil Taylor built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a defensive tackle from Vienna, GA wearing No. 5, spending time with North Carolina and Old Dominion. The clearest part of Jahlil Taylor's career was...
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- Committed To
- North Carolina
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Jahlil Taylor, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · North Carolina. Jahlil Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 60
- TFL
- 5
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Jahlil Taylor quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Old Dominion · DT
- Career Tackles
- 60
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 31 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · North Carolina
- Top game
- Virginia Tech
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Crisp County · North Carolina
- High school pipeline
- Crisp County · 16 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 25 tackles · DT 62nd (top 30%) · Sun Belt 197th (top 30%) · National 1,636th (top 28%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | North Carolina | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 34.1 |
| 2019 Postseason | North Carolina | 6 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 12.3 |
| 2019 Regular Season | North Carolina | 6 | 7 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 12.3 |
| 2020 Regular Season | North Carolina | 9 | 18 | 2.5 | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 48.4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | North Carolina | 4 | 3 | - | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 29.8 |
| 2022 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Postseason | Old Dominion | 10 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 17.1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Old Dominion | 10 | 21 | 1.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 17.1 |
Related Context
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Jahlil Taylor played DT for North Carolina and Old Dominion. Across 6 tracked seasons, Jahlil Taylor recorded 60 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Old Dominion.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
North Carolina paired 4.5 primary output with 13.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 11.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2023 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 North Carolina, Old Dominion.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Coastal Carolina
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Postseason · Old Dominion
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.1
Efficiency
11.9
Usage
2
Consistency
6.7
Best Game by takeover score
Coastal Carolina
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Western Kentucky: 0. Louisiana: 0. Wake Forest: 0. East Texas A&M: 0. Marshall: 0. Southern Miss: 0. App State: 0. Coastal Carolina: 1. Georgia Southern: 0. Georgia State: 0.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Western Kentucky: 4 by 16.7. Louisiana: 2 by 8.3. Wake Forest: 3 by 12.5. East Texas A&M: 2 by 8.3. Marshall: 2 by 8.3. Southern Miss: 2 by 8.3. App State: 3 by 12.5. Coastal Carolina: 1 by 14.2. Georgia Southern: 2 by 8.3. Georgia State: 4 by 21.7
Split Comparison
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Wins0.1 · Games = 6 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 4 · +0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Coastal Carolina
Best efficiency game
21.7 vs Georgia State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 12/18 | vs Western Kentucky | L 35-38 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/25 | vs Georgia State | W 25-24 | 4 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | @ Georgia Southern | W 20-17 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | vs Coastal Carolina | L 24-28 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs App State | W 28-21 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | @ Southern Miss | W 17-13 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Marshall | L 35-41 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs East Texas A&M | W 10-9 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Wake Forest | L 24-27 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Louisiana | W 38-31 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jahlil Taylor story
Jahlil Taylor built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a defensive tackle from Vienna, GA wearing No. 5, spending time with North Carolina and Old Dominion. The clearest part of Jahlil Taylor's career was his defensive production: 60 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, and 1 pass defended across 31 career games in the available record. That gives Jahlil Taylor's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
North Carolina
2018-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Old Dominion
2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20182019201920202021202220232023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | North Carolina | 2 | 16.3 | 3.1 | — |
| 2019 Postseason | North Carolina | 1 | 9.3 | 1.5 | -1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | North Carolina | 1 | 9.3 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | North Carolina | 4.5 | 13.4 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | North Carolina | 2 | 8.2 | 2 | -2.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | — | — | -2 |
| 2023 Postseason | Old Dominion | 1.5 | 11.9 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Old Dominion | 1.5 | 11.9 | 2 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Virginia Tech
Week 6 · W 56-45 · Conference game
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
63.1 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Wake Forest
Week 11 · W 59-53 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
56.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Western Carolina
Week 12 · W 49-26
2
Havoc Plays
55.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 55.3 takeover score.
#4
@ Duke
Week 10 · W 56-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
50.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Coastal Carolina
Week 10 · L 24-28 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
50 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 50 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · North Carolina
4.5 primary output · 13.4 efficiency · 3.2 usage
48.4
#2
2018 Regular Season · North Carolina
34.1
2 primary · 16.3 efficiency · 3.1 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · North Carolina
29.8
2 primary · 8.2 efficiency · 2 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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