Player Dossier

2022-2025

Ball State

Walter Taylor III

QB • 6'5" • 236 lbs • Jackson, AL, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Walter Taylor III is a balanced quarterback profile with variable involvement in the latest tracked season.

Usage Score

14.9

Efficiency

38

Consistency

20.2

Season Value

43.3

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Vanderbilt • Colorado • Ball State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ole Miss

Scouting Read

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Walter Taylor III, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Vanderbilt. Walter Taylor III is a balanced quarterback profile with variable involvement in the latest tracked season.

Walter Taylor III played QB for Vanderbilt, Colorado, and Ball State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Walter Taylor III recorded 44 passing yards, 102 rushing yards, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Vanderbilt.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Vanderbilt paired 146 primary output with 38 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 38 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 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Vanderbilt, Colorado, Ball State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Ole Miss

Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2023 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

Games

5

Primary Metric / G

29.2

Efficiency

38

Usage

14.9

Consistency

20.2

Best Game by takeover score

Ole Miss

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Active game

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Alabama A&M: 5. Missouri: 0. Ole Miss: 97. Auburn: 6. South Carolina: 38

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.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alabama A&M: 1 by 50. Missouri: 1 by 0. Ole Miss: 32 by 39. Auburn: 5 by 37.5. South Carolina: 6 by 63.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins5 · Games = 1 · -30.3 vs Losses
Losses35.3 · Games = 4 · +30.3 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

5 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Ole Miss

Best efficiency game

63.3 vs South Carolina

Result
Sat 11/11@ South CarolinaL 6-4763.36386.30013
Sat 11/4vs AuburnL 15-3113633.30037.520000
Sat 10/28@ Ole MissDual-threatL 7-334123833.3013920593118
Sat 9/30vs MissouriL 21-38010000
Sat 9/2vs Alabama A&MW 47-135015505

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Vanderbilt

    2022-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Colorado

    2024

    Transition stop

  3. 3

    Ball State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonVanderbilt0
2023 Regular SeasonVanderbilt1463814.9146
2024 Regular SeasonColorado0-146
2025 Regular SeasonBall State00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Ole Miss

Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.

97

Primary metric

97 total offense with 39 efficiency.

#2

South Carolina

38

Primary metric

Loss with 38 yards of offense and 63.3 efficiency.

38 total offense with 63.3 efficiency.

#3

Alabama A&M

5

Primary metric

Win with 5 yards of offense and 50 efficiency.

5 total offense with 50 efficiency.

#4

Auburn

6

Primary metric

Loss with 6 yards of offense and 37.5 efficiency.

6 total offense with 37.5 efficiency.

#5

Missouri

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 yards of offense and 0 efficiency.

0 total offense with 0 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

146 primary output · 38 efficiency · 14.9 usage

43.3

#2

2022 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Colorado

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

250+ passing yards

0

300+ total offense

0

3+ TD games

1

Above avg efficiency

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8381

Jackson · Jackson, AL

Committed To
Vanderbilt
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Career Facts

3

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

146

Career Total Offense

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 5 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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