Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025UTSA
Tai Leonard
DL • 6'3" • 260 lbs • Houston, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Tai Leonard shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
15
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · UTSA
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- UTSA
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Rice
Player Story
Tai Leonard built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Houston, TX wearing No. 99, spending time with UTSA. The clearest part of Tai Leonard's career was his defensive production: 36...
Read the storyTai Leonard, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · UTSA. Tai Leonard shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 36
- TFL
- 6
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 4
Quick Answers
Tai Leonard quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UTSA · DL
- Career Tackles
- 36
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 27 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · UTSA
- Top game
- Rice
- High school pipeline
- Sumner · 10 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 99 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 14 tackles · DL 527th (top 49%) · American Athletic 260th (top 41%) · National 2,553rd (top 42%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Postseason | UTSA | 8 | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 29.9 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UTSA | 8 | 8 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 29.9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UTSA | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 0 | 31.6 |
| 2024 Postseason | UTSA | 3 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UTSA | 3 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.8 |
| 2025 Postseason | UTSA | 8 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UTSA | 8 | 13 | 3.5 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 39 |
Related Context
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Tai Leonard played DL for UTSA. Across 4 tracked seasons, Tai Leonard recorded 36 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with UTSA.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
UTSA paired 4.5 primary output with 12.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 12.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Rice
Win 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 · UTSA
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
12.9
Usage
3.7
Consistency
12.5
Best Game by takeover score
Rice
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Florida International: 0. Temple: 0. Rice: 3. North Texas: 1. South Florida: 0.5. Charlotte: 0. East Carolina: 0. Army: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Florida International: 1 by 4.2. Temple: 2 by 8.3. Rice: 2 by 38.3. North Texas: 3 by 22.5. South Florida: 2 by 13.3. Charlotte: 1 by 4.2. East Carolina: 2 by 8.3. Army: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 4 · -0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Rice
Best efficiency game
38.3 vs Rice
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/27 | vs Florida International | W 57-20 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | vs Army | L 24-27 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs East Carolina | W 58-24 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Charlotte | W 28-7 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/7 | @ South Florida | L 23-55 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ North Texas | L 17-55 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs RiceSplash game | W 61-13 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Temple | L 21-27 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Tai Leonard story
Tai Leonard built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Houston, TX wearing No. 99, spending time with UTSA. The clearest part of Tai Leonard's career was his defensive production: 36 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, and 2 sacks across 27 career games in the available record. That gives Tai Leonard's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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UTSA
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Postseason | UTSA | 3.5 | 9.1 | 2.5 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | UTSA | 3.5 | 9.1 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UTSA | 4 | 10.2 | 2.3 | 0.5 |
| 2024 Postseason | UTSA | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | -4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UTSA | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | UTSA | 4.5 | 12.9 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UTSA | 4.5 | 12.9 | 3.7 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 120 Rice
Week 7 · W 61-13 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
67.5 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 67.5 takeover score.
#2
vs Rice
Week 11 · W 34-14 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
60.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 60.8 takeover score.
#3
@ Florida Atlantic
Week 8 · W 36-10 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
57 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 57 takeover score.
#4
vs Texas Southern
Week 4 · W 52-24
1.5
Havoc Plays
55 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 55 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 22 North Texas
Week 8 · L 17-55 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
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Havoc Plays
47.2 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · UTSA
4.5 primary output · 12.9 efficiency · 3.7 usage
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#2
2025 Regular Season · UTSA
39
4.5 primary · 12.9 efficiency · 3.7 usage
#3
2024 Postseason · UTSA
36.8
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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