Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2023Miami
Leonard Taylor III
DL • 6'3" • 305 lbs • Miami, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Leonard Taylor III shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
46
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
28
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
71
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Miami
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Miami
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Virginia
Player Story
Leonard Taylor III built his college career from 2021 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Miami, FL wearing No. 56, spending time with Miami. The clearest part of Leonard Taylor III's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Miami
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Leonard Taylor III, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Miami. Leonard Taylor III shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 65
- TFL
- 23.5
- Sacks
- 6
- QB hurries
- 7
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Leonard Taylor III quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Miami · DL
- Career Tackles
- 65
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 25 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Miami
- Top game
- Virginia
- Recruit profile
- 5-star · Miami Palmetto · Miami
- High school pipeline
- Miami Palmetto · 33 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 56 · Sophomore
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 20 tackles · DL 344th (top 35%) · ACC 208th (top 34%) · National 1,978th (top 33%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Miami | 6 | 21 | 9.5 | 2 | - | 1 | 0 | 63.7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Miami | 11 | 24 | 10.5 | 3 | 6 | - | 0 | 65.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Miami | 8 | 20 | 3.5 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 22.9 |
Related Context
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Leonard Taylor III played DL for Miami. Across 3 tracked seasons, Leonard Taylor III recorded 65 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Miami.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Miami paired 20.5 primary output with 27.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 17.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Temple
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Miami
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
17.3
Usage
4.7
Consistency
8.3
Best Game by takeover score
Temple
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas A&M: 0. Bethune-Cookman: 0. Temple: 3. North Carolina: 0. Clemson: 2. Virginia: 0. NC State: 0. Florida State: 0.5
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. Texas A&M: 1 by 4.2. Bethune-Cookman: 1 by 4.2. Temple: 2 by 38.3. North Carolina: 2 by 8.3. Clemson: 5 by 40.8. Virginia: 2 by 8.3. NC State: 3 by 12.5. Florida State: 4 by 21.7
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 5 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 3 · -0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Temple
Best efficiency game
40.8 vs Clemson
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/11 | @ Florida State | L 20-27 | 4 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/5 | @ NC State | L 6-20 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs Virginia | W 29-26 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/22 | vs ClemsonSplash game | W 28-20 | 5 | 3 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | @ North Carolina | L 31-41 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | @ TempleSplash game | W 41-7 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 9/14 | vs Bethune-Cookman | W 48-7 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Texas A&M | W 48-33 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Leonard Taylor III story
Leonard Taylor III built his college career from 2021 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Miami, FL wearing No. 56, spending time with Miami. The clearest part of Leonard Taylor III's career was his defensive production: 65 tackles, 23.5 tackles for loss, 6 sacks, and 1 interception across 25 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with Miami. 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 Leonard Taylor III's production has multiple signals. With 25 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Miami.
The arc is straightforward: Leonard Taylor III 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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Miami
2021-2023
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Miami | 12.5 | 35.4 | 10 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Miami | 20.5 | 27.3 | 13.5 | 8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Miami | 5.5 | 17.3 | 4.7 | -15 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Virginia
Week 9 · W 14-12 · Conference game
Win with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5.5
Havoc Plays
91.7 takeover
5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.
#2
vs Georgia Tech
Week 10 · W 33-30 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#3
@ Temple
Week 4 · W 41-7
3
Havoc Plays
79.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.
#4
@ Clemson
Week 12 · L 10-40 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
77.8 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 77.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Virginia
Week 5 · L 28-30 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
75.5 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Miami
20.5 primary output · 27.3 efficiency · 13.5 usage
65.7
#2
2021 Regular Season · Miami
63.7
12.5 primary · 35.4 efficiency · 10 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Miami
22.9
5.5 primary · 17.3 efficiency · 4.7 usage
Milestones
10
Impact games
11
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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