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 Score

Efficiency

33

Consistency

50

Season Value

61

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Eastern Kentucky

2225

Snapshot

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

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.

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

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.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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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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Active game

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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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All Games1 · Games = 2

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@ Marshall41002
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 Progression

20222025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonTennessee0
2025 Regular SeasonEastern Kentucky2332

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Marshall

Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.4 takeover score.

#2

Louisville

0

Primary metric

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 14.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

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

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8156

Greenbrier · Greenbrier, TN

Committed To
Tennessee
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Career Facts

2

Career teams

2

Seasons tracked

0

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 2 tracked seasons, 2 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.