Player Dossier

2011-2015

Illinois

Taylor Zalewski

PK • 6'3" • Orland Park, IL, USA

Impact contributor

Taylor Zalewski shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

Production sample still building

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

lowhigh

Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue

Player Story

Taylor Zalewski built his college career from 2011 through 2015 as a placekicker from Orland Park, IL wearing No. 17, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Taylor Zalewski's career was his special-teams...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8522

Parish Episcopal School · Dallas, TX

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Taylor Zalewski, PK. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Illinois. Taylor Zalewski shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Quick Answers

Taylor Zalewski quick answers

Latest team and position
Illinois · PK
Career Touchdowns
0
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 36 games
Best season
2012 Regular Season · Illinois
Top game
Purdue
Recruit profile
3-star · Parish Episcopal School
High school pipeline
Parish Episcopal School · 15 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 17 · Class 2015

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTDPrimaryOverall
2011 Regular SeasonIllinois000-
2012 Regular SeasonIllinois700100
2013 Regular SeasonIllinois1200100
2014 PostseasonIllinois600100
2014 Regular SeasonIllinois600100
2015 Regular SeasonIllinois1100100

Related Context

Taylor Zalewski is listed as a PK for Illinois. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season

Illinois paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2015 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with — efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2015 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern

Loss with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2015 Regular Season · Illinois

Games

11

Primary Metric / G

0

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Northwestern

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Kent State: 0. Western Illinois: 0. North Carolina: 0. Middle Tennessee: 0. Nebraska: 0. Iowa: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Purdue: 0. Ohio State: 0. Minnesota: 0. Northwestern: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Touchdowns

Top game by takeover score

Northwestern

Best efficiency game

— vs Northwestern

Result
Sat 11/28vs NorthwesternL 14-24
Sat 11/21@ MinnesotaL 23-32
Sat 11/14vs Ohio StateL 3-28
Sat 11/7@ PurdueW 48-14
Sat 10/24vs WisconsinL 13-24
Sat 10/10@ IowaL 20-29
Sat 10/3vs NebraskaW 14-13
Sat 9/26vs Middle TennesseeW 27-25
Sat 9/19@ North CarolinaL 14-48
Sat 9/12vs Western IllinoisW 44-0
Sat 9/5vs Kent StateW 52-3

Player Story

Taylor Zalewski story

Taylor Zalewski built his college career from 2011 through 2015 as a placekicker from Orland Park, IL wearing No. 17, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Taylor Zalewski's career was his special-teams scoring: 203 kicking points, 35 made field goals on 55 attempts, and 98 extra points across 36 career games in the available record. That gives Taylor Zalewski's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Illinois

    2011-2015

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2011 Regular SeasonIllinois0
2012 Regular SeasonIllinois00
2013 Regular SeasonIllinois00
2014 PostseasonIllinois00
2014 Regular SeasonIllinois00
2015 Regular SeasonIllinois00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Purdue

Week 12 · L 17-20 · Conference game

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

0 primary-metric impact.

#2

vs Indiana

Week 9 · L 17-31 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#3

@ Michigan

Week 7 · L 0-45 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#4

@ Wisconsin

Week 6 · L 14-31 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#5

vs Penn State

Week 5 · L 7-35 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2012 Regular Season · Illinois

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2013 Regular Season · Illinois

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2014 Postseason · Illinois

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games