Player Dossier

2023-2025

North Texas

Taylor Starling

CB • 5'9" • 180 lbs • Dallas, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Taylor Starling shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage / Role

5%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for a corner

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · North Texas

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
North Texas
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Army

Player Story

Taylor Starling built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a cornerback from Dallas, TX wearing No. 17, spending time with North Texas. The clearest part of Taylor Starling's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8697

South Oak Cliff · Dallas, TX

Committed To
North Texas
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Taylor Starling, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · North Texas. Taylor Starling shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
21
TFL
2.5
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Taylor Starling quick answers

Latest team and position
North Texas · CB
Career Tackles
21
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 12 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · North Texas
Top game
Army
Recruit profile
3-star · South Oak Cliff · North Texas
High school pipeline
South Oak Cliff · 60 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 17 · Sophomore

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonNorth Texas1110--044.5
2024 PostseasonNorth Texas111-0--046.5
2024 Regular SeasonNorth Texas11191.50-4046.5
2025 Regular SeasonNorth Texas00-0--0-

Related Context

Taylor Starling played CB for North Texas. Across 3 tracked seasons, Taylor Starling recorded 21 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with North Texas.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

North Texas paired 5.5 primary output with 12.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 12.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Army

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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2024 Postseason · North Texas

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

12.6

Usage

2.4

Consistency

53.1

Best Game by takeover score

Army

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Texas State: 0. South Alabama: 0.5. Stephen F. Austin: 1. Texas Tech: 1. Wyoming: 1. Florida Atlantic: 0. Tulane: 0. Army: 1. UTSA: 0. East Carolina: 1. Temple: 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. Texas State: 1 by 4.2. South Alabama: 6 by 30. Stephen F. Austin: 0 by 10. Texas Tech: 1 by 14.2. Wyoming: 3 by 22.5. Florida Atlantic: 1 by 4.2. Tulane: 2 by 8.3. Army: 1 by 14.2. UTSA: 1 by 4.2. East Carolina: 1 by 14.2. Temple: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

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Wins0.5 · Games = 5 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 6 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Army

Best efficiency game

30 vs South Alabama

Result
Fri 1/3@ Texas StateL 28-3011000
Sat 11/30@ TempleW 24-1732000
Sat 11/23vs East CarolinaL 28-4010001
Sat 11/16@ UTSAL 27-4811000
Sat 11/9vs ArmyL 3-1411100
Sat 10/26vs TulaneL 37-4521000
Sat 10/12@ Florida AtlanticW 41-3711000
Sat 9/21vs WyomingW 44-1732001
Sat 9/14@ Texas TechL 21-6611001
Sat 9/7vs Stephen F. AustinW 35-2000001
Sat 8/31@ South AlabamaW 52-38630.5000

Player Story

Taylor Starling story

Taylor Starling built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a cornerback from Dallas, TX wearing No. 17, spending time with North Texas. The clearest part of Taylor Starling's career was his defensive production: 21 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, and 4 passes defended across 12 career games in the available record. That gives Taylor Starling's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    North Texas

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonNorth Texas114.25.5
2024 PostseasonNorth Texas5.512.62.44.5
2024 Regular SeasonNorth Texas5.512.62.40
2025 Regular SeasonNorth Texas0-5.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Army

Week 11 · L 3-14 · Conference game

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

67.8 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.

#2

vs UAB

Week 13 · W 45-42 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

53.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Wyoming

Week 4 · W 44-17

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Havoc Plays

48.1 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.1 takeover score.

#4

@ South Alabama

Week 1 · W 52-38

0.5

Havoc Plays

45.6 takeover

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 45.6 takeover score.

#5

@ Texas Tech

Week 3 · L 21-66

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Havoc Plays

40 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · North Texas

5.5 primary output · 12.6 efficiency · 2.4 usage

46.5

#2

2024 Regular Season · North Texas

46.5

5.5 primary · 12.6 efficiency · 2.4 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · North Texas

44.5

1 primary · 14.2 efficiency · 5.5 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games