Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Louisville
Tayon Holloway
DB • 6'1" • 190 lbs • Virginia Beach, VA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Tayon Holloway shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
14
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
23
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Louisville
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- North Carolina • Louisville
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: SMU
Player Story
Tayon Holloway built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Virginia Beach, VA wearing No. 25, spending time with Louisville and North Carolina. The clearest part of Tayon Holloway's...
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- Committed To
- North Carolina
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Tayon Holloway, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Louisville. Tayon Holloway shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 77
- TFL
- 7
- Sacks
- 1.5
- Passes defended
- 10
Quick Answers
Tayon Holloway quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Louisville · DB
- Career Tackles
- 77
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 28 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Louisville
- Top game
- SMU
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Green Run · North Carolina
- High school pipeline
- Green Run · 20 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 25 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 42 tackles · DB 207th (top 22%) · ACC 115th (top 15%) · National 870th (top 15%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | North Carolina | 10 | 19 | 1.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 15.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Louisville | 6 | 16 | 2 | 1 | - | 5 | 0 | 53.1 |
| 2025 Postseason | Louisville | 12 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 55.1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Louisville | 12 | 40 | 3.5 | 0.5 | - | 4 | 0 | 55.1 |
Related Context
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Tayon Holloway played DB for North Carolina and Louisville. Across 4 tracked seasons, Tayon Holloway recorded 77 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Louisville.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Louisville paired 10 primary output with 22.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 22.9 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 North Carolina, Louisville.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: SMU
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Louisville
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
22.9
Usage
5.4
Consistency
52.8
Best Game by takeover score
SMU
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Toledo: 0. James Madison: 1. Bowling Green: 1. Pittsburgh: 1. Virginia: 1. Miami: 0. Boston College: 0. Virginia Tech: 0. California: 1. Clemson: 0. SMU: 3. Kentucky: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Toledo: 2 by 8.3. James Madison: 3 by 22.5. Bowling Green: 4 by 26.7. Pittsburgh: 7 by 39.2. Virginia: 4 by 26.7. Miami: 4 by 16.7. Boston College: 2 by 8.3. Virginia Tech: 4 by 16.7. California: 2 by 18.3. Clemson: 5 by 20.8. SMU: 4 by 46.7. Kentucky: 1 by 24.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.6 · Games = 8 · -0.6 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 4 · +0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
SMU
Best efficiency game
46.7 vs SMU
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 12/23 | vs Toledo | W 27-22 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | vs KentuckySplash game | W 41-0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ SMUSplash game | L 6-38 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Clemson | L 19-20 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/9 | vs California | L 26-29 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Virginia Tech | W 28-16 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Boston College | W 38-24 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/17 | @ Miami | W 24-21 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Virginia | L 27-30 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Pittsburgh | W 34-27 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Bowling Green | W 40-17 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/5 | vs James Madison | W 28-14 | 3 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Tayon Holloway story
Tayon Holloway built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Virginia Beach, VA wearing No. 25, spending time with Louisville and North Carolina. The clearest part of Tayon Holloway's career was his defensive production: 77 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 28 career games in the available record. That gives Tayon Holloway'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
North Carolina
2022-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Louisville
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20222023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | North Carolina | 2.5 | 10.4 | 1.9 | 2.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Louisville | 8 | 24.5 | 5.1 | 5.5 |
| 2025 Postseason | Louisville | 10 | 22.9 | 5.4 | 2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Louisville | 10 | 22.9 | 5.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs SMU
Week 6 · L 27-34 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
81.7 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 23 SMU
Week 13 · L 6-38 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
3
Havoc Plays
70.3 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 70.3 takeover score.
#3
@ Stanford
Week 12 · L 35-38 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
66.7 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.7 takeover score.
#4
vs South Carolina
Week 1 · W 31-17
1
Havoc Plays
55.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.6 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 113 Bowling Green
Week 4 · W 40-17
1
Havoc Plays
53.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Louisville
10 primary output · 22.9 efficiency · 5.4 usage
55.1
#2
2025 Regular Season · Louisville
55.1
10 primary · 22.9 efficiency · 5.4 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Louisville
53.1
8 primary · 24.5 efficiency · 5.1 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
6
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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