Player Dossier

2021-2024

Stanford

Shield Taylor

TE • 6'3" • 248 lbs • Alexandria, LA, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Shield Taylor reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

0%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

0

Developing production for a tight end

lowelite

Reliability

0

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

12

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Stanford

21222324

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Stanford
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: California
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8815

Alexandria · Alexandria, LA

Committed To
Stanford
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Shield Taylor, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Stanford. Shield Taylor reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
24
Receptions
4

Quick Answers

Shield Taylor quick answers

Latest team and position
Stanford · TE
Career Receiving Yards
24
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 6 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Stanford
Top game
California
Recruit profile
3-star · Alexandria · Stanford
High school pipeline
Alexandria · 13 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 85 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonStanford0-00-
2022 Regular SeasonStanford5424042
2023 Regular SeasonStanford0-00-
2024 Regular SeasonStanford1-00100

Related Context

Shield Taylor played TE for Stanford. Across 4 tracked seasons, Shield Taylor recorded 2 rushing yards, 24 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Stanford.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Stanford paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with — efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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2024 Regular Season · Stanford

Games

1

Receiving Yards / G

0

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Notre Dame

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All Games0 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Notre Dame

Best efficiency game

— vs Notre Dame

Result
Sat 10/12@ Notre DameL 7-49

Career Arc

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    Stanford

    2021-2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2021202220232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonStanford0
2022 Regular SeasonStanford2432.24.624
2023 Regular SeasonStanford0-24
2024 Regular SeasonStanford00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ California

Week 12 · L 20-27 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

19

Receiving Yards

62.1 takeover

19 receiving yards with a 63.3 efficiency score.

#2

vs Washington State

Week 10 · L 14-52 · Conference game

4

Receiving Yards

20.4 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

4 receiving yards with a 26.7 efficiency score.

#3

vs Arizona State

Week 8 · W 15-14 · Conference game

1

Receiving Yards

7.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

1 receiving yards with a 6.7 efficiency score.

#4

vs BYU

Week 13 · L 26-35

0

Receiving Yards

takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

0 receiving yards with a — efficiency score.

#5

@ Utah

Week 11 · L 7-42 · Conference game

0

Receiving Yards

takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

0 receiving yards with a — efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Stanford

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2022 Regular Season · Stanford

42

24 primary · 32.2 efficiency · 4.6 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Stanford

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games