Usage / Role
1%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2021SMU
Karl Taylor
DB • 6'0" • 180 lbs • Midland, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Karl Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
14
Developing production for a defensive back
lowelite
Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
21
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · SMU
2021
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- SMU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Abilene Christian
3★
- Committed To
- —
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2026
Karl Taylor, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · SMU. Karl Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 4
Quick Answers
Karl Taylor quick answers
- Latest team and position
- SMU · DB
- Career Tackles
- 4
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 3 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · SMU
- Top game
- Abilene Christian
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · DePaul Catholic
- High school pipeline
- DePaul Catholic · 12 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 22 · Freshman
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 2 tackles · DB 797th (top 87%) · American Athletic 363rd (top 73%) · National 4,377th (top 74%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | SMU | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40 |
| 2021 Regular Season | SMU | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.2 |
Related Context
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Karl Taylor played DB for SMU. Across 2 tracked seasons, Karl Taylor recorded 4 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with SMU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
SMU paired 0 primary output with 8.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Abilene Christian
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2021 Regular Season · SMU
Games
2
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
4.2
Usage
0.9
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Abilene Christian
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Abilene Christian: 0. Louisiana Tech: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.
Split Comparison
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First Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
2 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Abilene Christian
Best efficiency game
8.3 vs Abilene Christian
Career Arc
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- 1
SMU
2020-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | 8.3 | 1.4 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Abilene Christian
Week 1 · W 56-9
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0
Havoc Plays
7.8 takeover
0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.8 takeover score.
#2
@ Temple
Week 10 · W 47-23 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
6.7 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.7 takeover score.
#3
@ Louisiana Tech
Week 3 · W 39-37
0
Havoc Plays
0 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · SMU
0 primary output · 8.3 efficiency · 1.4 usage
40
#2
2021 Regular Season · SMU
37.2
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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