Player Dossier

2022-2025

Eastern Kentucky

Derek Taylor

DB • 6'3" • 206 lbs • Greenbrier, TN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Derek Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33 disruption score.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

33

Developing production for a defensive back

lowelite

Reliability

50

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

lowhigh

Star Power

58

Useful peak profile

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Eastern Kentucky

2225

Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Tennessee • Eastern Kentucky
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Marshall
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8156

Greenbrier · Greenbrier, TN

Committed To
Tennessee
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Derek Taylor, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Eastern Kentucky. Derek Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33 disruption score.

Quick Answers

Derek Taylor quick answers

Latest team and position
Eastern Kentucky · DB
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 2 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Eastern Kentucky
Top game
Marshall
Recruit profile
3-star · Greenbrier · Tennessee
High school pipeline
Greenbrier · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 10 · Junior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonTennessee00-0--0-
2025 Regular SeasonEastern Kentucky20-0--061

Related Context

Derek Taylor is listed as a DB for Tennessee and Eastern Kentucky. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Eastern Kentucky paired 2 primary output with 33 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 33 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 Tennessee, Eastern Kentucky.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Marshall

Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · Eastern Kentucky

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

33

Usage

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

Marshall

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Game-by-Game Trend

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12

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Louisville: 0. Marshall: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half0 · Games = 1 · -2 vs Second Half
Second Half2 · Games = 1 · +2 vs First Half

Game Log

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2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Marshall

Best efficiency game

36.7 vs Marshall

Result
Sat 9/13@ MarshallSplash game41002
Sat 8/30@ Louisville73000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Tennessee

    2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Eastern Kentucky

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20222025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonTennessee0
2025 Regular SeasonEastern Kentucky2332

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 86 Marshall

Week 3

Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

68.4 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.4 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 25 Louisville

Week 1 · Ranked opponent

0

Havoc Plays

14.6 takeover

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 14.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Eastern Kentucky

2 primary output · 33 efficiency · usage

61

#2

2022 Regular Season · Tennessee

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games