Player Dossier

2023-2025

Wisconsin

Justin Taylor

S • 6'0" • 200 lbs • Chicago, IL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Justin Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.7 disruption score.

Usage Score

12.9

Efficiency

10.7

Consistency

7.4

Season Value

9.8

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Wisconsin

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
3
Program Path
Wisconsin • Wyoming
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: San Diego State

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Justin Taylor, S. Best season Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Wisconsin. Justin Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.7 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Wisconsin paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 10.7 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

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 Regular Season · Wyoming

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

10.7

Usage

12.9

Consistency

7.4

Best Game by takeover score

Nevada

Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.

Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Akron: 0. Unknown: 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

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Akron: 0 by 0. Unknown: 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

Wins0.2 · n=3 · -0.0 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · n=5 · +0.0 vs Wins
First Half0.1 · n=5 · -0.1 vs Second Half
Second Half0.3 · n=4 · +0.1 vs First Half

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 11/22vs NevadaL 7-1311000
Sun 11/16@ Fresno StateL 3-2411000
Sat 11/1@ San Diego StateL 7-241
Sat 10/25vs Colorado StateW 28-011000
Sat 10/11vs San José StateW 35-28620.5000
Sat 10/4vs UNLVL 17-3143000
Sun 9/21@ ColoradoL 20-3732000
Sat 9/6vs Unknown11000
Thu 8/28@ AkronW 10-000000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Wisconsin

    2023-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Wyoming

    2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonWisconsin04.20.8
2024 Regular SeasonWisconsin00
2025 Regular SeasonWyoming1.510.712.91.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

San Diego State

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.

#2

San José State

0.5

Primary metric

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 28.9 takeover score.

#3

UNLV

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.7 takeover score.

#4

Colorado

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 5.2 takeover score.

#5

Northwestern

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2023 Regular Season · Wisconsin

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

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#2

2025 Regular Season · Wyoming

9.8

1.5 primary · 10.7 efficiency · 12.9 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Wisconsin

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8661

Nazareth Academy · La Grange Park, IL

Committed To
Wisconsin
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

2

Career teams

3

Seasons tracked

18

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 10 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Justin Taylor quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
S
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
3
Career tackles
18