Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025Ole Miss
Damien Taylor
RB • 5'10" • 220 lbs • Northport, AL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Damien Taylor leans balanced backfield option traits and 50.2 efficiency.
Impact Production
2
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
11
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Troy
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Troy • Ole Miss
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Coastal Carolina
Player Story
Damien Taylor built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a running back from Northport, AL wearing No. 12, spending time with Ole Miss and Troy. The clearest part of Damien Taylor's career was his backfield...
Read the storyDamien Taylor, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Troy. Damien Taylor leans balanced backfield option traits and 50.2 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,541
- Rushing yards
- 1,516
- Receiving yards
- 25
- Touchdowns
- 13
Quick Answers
Damien Taylor quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Ole Miss · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,541
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 33 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Troy
- Top game
- Coastal Carolina
- High school pipeline
- Tuscaloosa County · 8 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 12 · Senior
- 2025 Scrimmage yards rank
- 127 scrimmage yards · RB 435th (top 60%) · SEC 163rd (top 47%) · National 1,309th (top 48%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Troy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Troy | 3 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 31.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | Troy | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 38.6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Troy | 12 | 352 | 343 | 9 | 2 | 38.6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Troy | 12 | 1,029 | 1,010 | 19 | 8 | 74.3 |
| 2025 Postseason | Ole Miss | 6 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 38.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 6 | 102 | 105 | -3 | 2 | 38.9 |
Related Context
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Damien Taylor played RB for Troy and Ole Miss. Across 5 tracked seasons, Damien Taylor recorded 1,516 rushing yards, 25 receiving yards, and 4 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Troy.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Troy paired 1,029 primary output with 56.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 46.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 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 Troy, Ole Miss.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Army
Win with 82 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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2023 Postseason · Troy
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
29.6
Efficiency
46.1
Usage
10.4
Consistency
44.2
Best Game by takeover score
Army
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Duke: 3. Stephen F. Austin: 0. Western Kentucky: 32. Georgia State: 73. Arkansas State: 63. Army: 82. Texas State: 5. South Alabama: 0. UL Monroe: 16. Louisiana: 26. Southern Miss: 19. App State: 36
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Duke: 1 by 31.3. Stephen F. Austin: 1 by 0. Western Kentucky: 9 by 36.7. Georgia State: 10 by 78.3. Arkansas State: 13 by 50.5. Army: 10 by 84.2. Texas State: 5 by 10.4. South Alabama: 5 by 0. UL Monroe: 6 by 29.9. Louisiana: 4 by 67.7. Southern Miss: 2 by 89.6. App State: 5 by 75
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins32 · Games = 11 · +29 vs Losses
Losses3 · Games = 1 · -29 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Army
Best efficiency game
89.6 vs Southern Miss
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/23 | @ Duke | L 10-17 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 |
| Sat 12/2 | vs App State | W 49-23 | 5 | 36 | 7.20 | 0 | — | — | 7.2 |
| Sat 11/25 | @ Southern Miss | W 35-17 | 2 | 19 | 9.50 | 0 | — | — | 9.5 |
| Sat 11/18 | vs Louisiana | W 31-24 | 4 | 26 | 6.50 | 0 | — | — | 6.5 |
| Sat 11/11 | @ UL Monroe | W 45-14 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.7 |
| Thu 11/2 | vs South Alabama | W 28-10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| Sat 10/28 | @ Texas State | W 31-13 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 |
| Sat 10/14 | @ Army | W 19-0 | 10 | 82 | 8.20 | 0 | — | — | 8.2 |
| Sat 10/7 | vs Arkansas State | W 37-3 | 13 | 63 | 4.80 | 0 | — | — | 4.8 |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Georgia State | W 28-7 | 9 | 69 | 7.70 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7.3 |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Western Kentucky | W 27-24 | 8 | 28 | 3.50 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3.6 |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Stephen F. Austin | W 48-30 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Player Story
Damien Taylor story
Damien Taylor built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a running back from Northport, AL wearing No. 12, spending time with Ole Miss and Troy. The clearest part of Damien Taylor's career was his backfield work: 1,516 rushing yards, 276 carries, 11 rushing touchdowns, and 25 receiving yards across 33 career games in the available record. His career also includes 25 receiving yards, 4 tackles, and 12 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Damien 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
Troy
2021-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Ole Miss
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Troy | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Troy | 30 | 37.4 | 4.8 | 30 |
| 2023 Postseason | Troy | 355 | 46.1 | 10.4 | 325 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Troy | 355 | 46.1 | 10.4 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Troy | 1,029 | 56.9 | 26.5 | 674 |
| 2025 Postseason | Ole Miss | 127 | 50.2 | 7.5 | -902 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 127 | 50.2 | 7.5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Coastal Carolina
Week 10 · W 38-24 · Conference game
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
190
Scrimmage Yards
90.2 takeover
190 scrimmage yards and 44.4 usage.
#2
vs Southern Miss
Week 14 · W 52-20 · Conference game
169
Scrimmage Yards
88.5 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
169 scrimmage yards and 41.1 usage.
#3
@ Army
Week 7 · W 19-0
82
Scrimmage Yards
80.8 takeover
Win with 82 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
82 scrimmage yards and 20.4 usage.
#4
vs Florida A&M
Week 4 · W 34-12
116
Scrimmage Yards
75.5 takeover
Win with 116 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
116 scrimmage yards and 31.4 usage.
#5
@ Georgia State
Week 5 · W 28-7 · Conference game
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Scrimmage Yards
72.1 takeover
Win with 73 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
73 scrimmage yards and 17.2 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Troy
1,029 primary output · 56.9 efficiency · 26.5 usage
74.3
#2
2025 Postseason · Ole Miss
38.9
127 primary · 50.2 efficiency · 7.5 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Ole Miss
38.9
127 primary · 50.2 efficiency · 7.5 usage
Milestones
4
100+ rush yards
2
150+ scrimmage yards
2
2+ TD games
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