Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Wyoming
Justin Taylor
S • 6'0" • 200 lbs • Chicago, IL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Justin Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
27
Developing production for a safety
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Reliability
20
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
44
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Wyoming
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Wisconsin • Wyoming
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: San Diego State
Player Story
Justin Taylor built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a safety from Chicago, IL wearing No. 4, spending time with Wisconsin and Wyoming. The clearest part of Justin Taylor's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Wisconsin
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Justin Taylor, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Wyoming. Justin Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 18
- TFL
- 0.5
- QB hurries
- 1
Quick Answers
Justin Taylor quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Wyoming · S
- Career Tackles
- 18
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 10 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Wyoming
- Top game
- San Diego State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Nazareth Academy · Wisconsin
- High school pipeline
- Nazareth Academy · 17 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 17 tackles · S 278th (top 50%) · Mountain West 194th (top 37%) · National 2,279th (top 37%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2025 Regular Season | Wyoming | 9 | 17 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 43.4 |
Related Context
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Wyoming to Central Michigan | G5/FCS to G5/FCS | 75.2 | Jan 10, 2026 |
| 2025 | Wisconsin to Wyoming | P4 to G5/FCS | 16.4 | Dec 18, 2024 |
Justin Taylor played S for Wisconsin and Wyoming. Across 3 tracked seasons, Justin Taylor recorded 18 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Wyoming.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Wyoming paired 2.5 primary output with 11.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 11.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Wisconsin, Wyoming.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: San Diego State
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2025 Regular Season · Wyoming
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
11.8
Usage
6.1
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
San Diego State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Akron: 1. Northern Iowa: 0. Colorado: 0. UNLV: 0. San José State: 0.5. Colorado State: 0. San Diego State: 1. Fresno State: 0. Nevada: 0
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. Akron: 0 by 10. Northern Iowa: 1 by 4.2. Colorado: 3 by 12.5. UNLV: 4 by 16.7. San José State: 6 by 30. Colorado State: 1 by 4.2. Fresno State: 1 by 4.2. Nevada: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.4 · Games = 4 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 5 · -0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
San Diego State
Best efficiency game
30 vs San José State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/22 | vs Nevada | L 7-13 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/16 | @ Fresno State | L 3-24 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ San Diego State | L 7-24 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Colorado State | W 28-0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs San José State | W 35-28 | 6 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs UNLV | L 17-31 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/21 | @ Colorado | L 20-37 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Northern Iowa | W 31-7 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 8/28 | @ Akron | W 10-0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Justin Taylor story
Justin Taylor built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a safety from Chicago, IL wearing No. 4, spending time with Wisconsin and Wyoming. The clearest part of Justin Taylor's career was his defensive production: 18 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, and 1 interception across 10 career games in the available record. That gives Justin 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
Wisconsin
2023-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Wyoming
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Wyoming | 2.5 | 11.8 | 6.1 | 2.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 43 San Diego State
Week 10 · L 7-24 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
73.3 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 117 Akron
Week 1 · W 10-0
1
Havoc Plays
52.2 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.2 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 118 San José State
Week 7 · W 35-28 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
43.6 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 43.6 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 57 UNLV
Week 6 · L 17-31 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
14.7 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 14.7 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 96 Colorado
Week 4 · L 20-37
0
Havoc Plays
12.8 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 12.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Wyoming
2.5 primary output · 11.8 efficiency · 6.1 usage
43.4
#2
2023 Regular Season · Wisconsin
37
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Wisconsin
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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