Player Dossier

2023-2024

Ball State

AJ Taylor

DB • 5'11" • 190 lbs • Saint Louis, MO, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

AJ Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

1%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

7

Developing production for a defensive back

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

15

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Ball State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Ball State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois

AJ Taylor, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Ball State. AJ Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
12
TFL
0.5
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

AJ Taylor quick answers

Latest team and position
Ball State · DB
Career Tackles
12
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 5 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Ball State
Top game
Northern Illinois
Latest roster
No. 16 · Junior
2024 Tackles rank
11 tackles · DB 564th (top 58%) · Mid-American 232nd (top 44%) · National 2,737th (top 45%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonBall State11-0--036.4
2024 Regular SeasonBall State4110.50-1045.3

Related Context

AJ Taylor played DB for Ball State. Across 2 tracked seasons, AJ Taylor recorded 12 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Ball State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Ball State paired 1.5 primary output with 15.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Southern

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Regular Season · Ball State

Games

1

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

4.2

Usage

0.6

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Georgia Southern

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All Games0 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Georgia Southern

Best efficiency game

4.2 vs Georgia Southern

Result
Sat 9/23vs Georgia SouthernL 3-4011000

Career Arc

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    Ball State

    2023-2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonBall State04.20.6
2024 Regular SeasonBall State1.515.23.21.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Northern Illinois

Week 9 · W 25-23 · Conference game

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5

Havoc Plays

40.8 takeover

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 40.8 takeover score.

#2

vs Missouri State

Week 2 · W 42-34

1

Havoc Plays

40.8 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.8 takeover score.

#3

@ Vanderbilt

Week 8 · L 14-24

0

Havoc Plays

20.3 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 20.3 takeover score.

#4

@ Central Michigan

Week 4 · L 34-37 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

4.2 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.2 takeover score.

#5

vs Georgia Southern

Week 4 · L 3-40

0

Havoc Plays

3.1 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Ball State

1.5 primary output · 15.2 efficiency · 3.2 usage

45.3

#2

2023 Regular Season · Ball State

36.4

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games