Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2024Kansas
Caleb Taylor
DT • 6'4" • 315 lbs • Kansas City, MO, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Caleb Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18 disruption score.
Impact Production
29
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
20
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
47
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Kansas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Kansas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Iowa State
Player Story
Caleb Taylor built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive tackle from Kansas City, MO wearing No. 53, spending time with Kansas. The clearest part of Caleb Taylor's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Kansas
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Caleb Taylor, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Kansas. Caleb Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 50
- TFL
- 9
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Caleb Taylor quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kansas · DT
- Career Tackles
- 50
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 28 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Kansas
- Top game
- Iowa State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Staley · Kansas
- High school pipeline
- Staley · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 53 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 18 tackles · DT 98th (top 42%) · Big 12 240th (top 34%) · National 2,163rd (top 36%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Kansas | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kansas | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 23.7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kansas | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 15.1 |
| 2023 Postseason | Kansas | 3 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kansas | 3 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | - | 1 | 0 | 39 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kansas | 10 | 18 | 4.5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 52.5 |
Related Context
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Caleb Taylor played DT for Kansas. Across 5 tracked seasons, Caleb Taylor recorded 50 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Kansas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Kansas paired 10.5 primary output with 18 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 12.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: South Dakota
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · Kansas
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
12.6
Usage
5.3
Consistency
9.5
Best Game by takeover score
South Dakota
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Dakota: 2. Coastal Carolina: 0. Baylor: 0. Duke: 1. Oklahoma State: 0. Texas: 0. TCU: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Dakota: 2 by 28.3. Coastal Carolina: 3 by 12.5. Baylor: 2 by 8.3. Duke: 4 by 26.7. Oklahoma State: 1 by 4.2. Texas: 1 by 4.2. TCU: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 2 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 5 · -0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
South Dakota
Best efficiency game
28.3 vs South Dakota
Player Story
Caleb Taylor story
Caleb Taylor built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive tackle from Kansas City, MO wearing No. 53, spending time with Kansas. The clearest part of Caleb Taylor's career was his defensive production: 50 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 28 career games in the available record. That gives Caleb Taylor's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Kansas
2020-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202020212022202320232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Kansas | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kansas | 3 | 12.6 | 5.3 | 3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kansas | 1.5 | 10.5 | 2.7 | -1.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | Kansas | 3 | 18.3 | 5.7 | 1.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kansas | 3 | 18.3 | 5.7 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kansas | 10.5 | 18 | 4.8 | 7.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Iowa State
Week 11 · W 45-36 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
79.4 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.
#2
@ Kansas State
Week 9 · L 27-29 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
79.4 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.
#3
vs South Dakota
Week 1 · W 17-14
2
Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#4
@ Oklahoma State
Week 7 · L 32-39 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
66.1 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.1 takeover score.
#5
@ Duke
Week 4 · L 33-52
1
Havoc Plays
58.9 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Kansas
10.5 primary output · 18 efficiency · 4.8 usage
52.5
#2
2023 Postseason · Kansas
39
3 primary · 18.3 efficiency · 5.7 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Kansas
39
3 primary · 18.3 efficiency · 5.7 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
4
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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