Usage / Role
15%
Rotational defensive role
lowfeatured
Player Dossier
2021-2025Vanderbilt
Kolbey Taylor
CB • 6'3" • 190 lbs • Houston, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kolbey Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
14
Developing production for a corner
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: 2023 Regular Season · Wyoming
21222324242525
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Wyoming • Vanderbilt
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina
Player Story
Kolbey Taylor built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a cornerback from Houston, TX wearing No. 3, spending time with Vanderbilt and Wyoming. The clearest part of Kolbey Taylor's career was his defensive...
Read the story3★
- Committed To
- Vanderbilt
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Kolbey Taylor, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Wyoming. Kolbey Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 77
- TFL
- 2
- Passes defended
- 8
Quick Answers
Kolbey Taylor quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Vanderbilt · CB
- Career Tackles
- 77
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 30 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Wyoming
- Top game
- South Carolina
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Knoxville Catholic · Vanderbilt
- High school pipeline
- Knoxville Catholic · 22 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 25 tackles · CB 152nd (top 33%) · SEC 206th (top 28%) · National 1,715th (top 28%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Wyoming | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Wyoming | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Wyoming | 8 | 27 | - | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 46.2 |
| 2024 Postseason | Vanderbilt | 9 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 15.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 9 | 21 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 15.3 |
| 2025 Postseason | Vanderbilt | 12 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 12 | 23 | 1 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 37.1 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Kolbey Taylor
Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Wyoming to Vanderbilt | G5/FCS to P4 | 81.4 | Dec 4, 2023 |
Kolbey Taylor played CB for Wyoming and Vanderbilt. Across 5 tracked seasons, Kolbey Taylor recorded 77 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Wyoming.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Wyoming paired 5 primary output with 20.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 13.7 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 Wyoming, Vanderbilt.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Tennessee
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.
Season Explorer
Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.
2025 Postseason · Vanderbilt
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
13.7
Usage
2.5
Consistency
13.9
Best Game by takeover score
Tennessee
Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.
Active game
Hover over a point
Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.
Game-by-Game Trend
Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.
Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Iowa: 0. Virginia Tech: 1. South Carolina: 0. Georgia State: 1. Utah State: 0. Alabama: 1. LSU: 0. Missouri: 0. Texas: 0. Auburn: 0. Kentucky: 1. Tennessee: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
Low volumeHigh quality
High volumeHigh quality
Low volumeLower quality
High volumeLower quality
Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Iowa: 2 by 8.3. Virginia Tech: 3 by 22.5. South Carolina: 1 by 4.2. Georgia State: 0 by 10. Alabama: 2 by 18.3. LSU: 2 by 8.3. Missouri: 2 by 8.3. Texas: 3 by 12.5. Auburn: 3 by 12.5. Tennessee: 7 by 39.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.4 · Games = 9 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 3 · -0.1 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
Tennessee
Best efficiency game
39.2 vs Tennessee
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/31 | vs Iowa | L 27-34 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | @ Tennessee | W 45-24 | 7 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Kentucky | W 45-17 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Auburn | W 45-38 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Texas | L 31-34 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Missouri | W 17-10 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs LSU | W 31-24 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Alabama | L 14-30 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Utah State | W 55-35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Georgia State | W 70-21 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ South Carolina | W 31-7 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Virginia Tech | W 44-20 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Kolbey Taylor story
Kolbey Taylor built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a cornerback from Houston, TX wearing No. 3, spending time with Vanderbilt and Wyoming. The clearest part of Kolbey Taylor's career was his defensive production: 77 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 8 passes defended across 30 career games in the available record. That gives Kolbey 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
Wyoming
2021-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Vanderbilt
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2021202220232024202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Wyoming | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Wyoming | 0 | 8.3 | 1.6 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Wyoming | 5 | 20.3 | 2.5 | 5 |
| 2024 Postseason | Vanderbilt | 1 | 11.8 | 3.1 | -4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 1 | 11.8 | 3.1 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Vanderbilt | 5 | 13.7 | 2.5 | 4 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 5 | 13.7 | 2.5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs South Carolina
Week 11 · L 7-28 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
74.2 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 74.2 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 19 Tennessee
Week 14 · W 45-24 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
1
Havoc Plays
61.4 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.4 takeover score.
#3
vs New Mexico
Week 5 · W 35-26 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
56.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 20 Alabama
Week 6 · L 14-30 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
1
Havoc Plays
55.8 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.8 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 66 Kentucky
Week 13 · W 45-17 · Conference game
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.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Wyoming
5 primary output · 20.3 efficiency · 2.5 usage
46.2
#2
2022 Regular Season · Wyoming
40.5
0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.6 usage
#3
2025 Postseason · Vanderbilt
37.1
5 primary · 13.7 efficiency · 2.5 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Next best actions
Keep exploring Kolbey Taylor
Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.