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 / Role

8%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for a quarterback

lowelite

Reliability

0

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

18

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

22232425

Snapshot

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

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.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
146
Passing yards
44
Rushing yards
102
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Walter Taylor III quick answers

Latest team and position
Ball State · QB
Career Total Offense
146
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 5 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
Top game
Ole Miss
High school pipeline
Jackson · 8 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 7 · Junior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonVanderbilt00000-
2023 Regular SeasonVanderbilt514644102147.8
2024 Regular SeasonColorado00000-
2025 Regular SeasonBall State00000-

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2025Colorado to Ball StateP4 to G5/FCS84Dec 26, 2024
2024Vanderbilt to ColoradoP4 to P486.8Dec 4, 2023

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.

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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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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

Week 9 · L 7-33 · Conference game

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

97

Total Offense

79.7 takeover

97 total offense with 39 efficiency.

#2

@ South Carolina

Week 11 · L 6-47 · Conference game

38

Total Offense

44.8 takeover

Loss with 38 yards of offense and 63.3 efficiency.

38 total offense with 63.3 efficiency.

#3

vs Alabama A&M

Week 1 · W 47-13

5

Total Offense

20.5 takeover

Win with 5 yards of offense and 50 efficiency.

5 total offense with 50 efficiency.

#4

vs Auburn

Week 10 · L 15-31 · Conference game

6

Total Offense

19.5 takeover

Loss with 6 yards of offense and 37.5 efficiency.

6 total offense with 37.5 efficiency.

#5

vs Missouri

Week 5 · L 21-38 · Conference game

0

Total Offense

3.7 takeover

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

47.8

#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