Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Oregon State
Nikko Taylor
LB • 6'5" • 264 lbs • Oceanside, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Nikko Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
66
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
54
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
77
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Oregon State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Oregon State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UNLV
Player Story
Nikko Taylor built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Oceanside, CA wearing No. 25, spending time with Oregon State. The clearest part of Nikko Taylor's career was his defensive...
Read the storyNikko Taylor, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Oregon State. Nikko Taylor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 78
- TFL
- 13
- Sacks
- 3.5
- QB hurries
- 14
- Passes defended
- 6
Quick Answers
Nikko Taylor quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Oregon State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 78
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Oregon State
- Top game
- UNLV
- Latest roster
- No. 25 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 30 tackles · LB 481st (top 38%) · Pac-12 15th (top 15%) · National 1,405th (top 23%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Oregon State | 3 | 2 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 8.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Oregon State | 12 | 46 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 67.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Oregon State | 11 | 30 | 5.5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 53.6 |
Related Context
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Nikko Taylor played LB for Oregon State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Nikko Taylor recorded 78 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Oregon State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Oregon State paired 20 primary output with 32.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 25.5 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: Washington State
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Oregon State
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
1.4
Efficiency
25.5
Usage
8.2
Consistency
43.2
Best Game by takeover score
Washington State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. California: 3. Fresno State: 1. Texas Tech: 0. Oregon: 1. Houston: 0. App State: 1.5. Wake Forest: 2. Washington State: 4. Sam Houston: 0. Tulsa: 1. Washington State: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. California: 2 by 38.3. Fresno State: 4 by 26.7. Texas Tech: 4 by 16.7. Oregon: 4 by 26.7. Houston: 3 by 12.5. App State: 3 by 27.5. Wake Forest: 1 by 24.2. Washington State: 2 by 48.3. Sam Houston: 3 by 12.5. Tulsa: 0 by 10. Washington State: 4 by 36.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins4 · Games = 1 · +2.9 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · Games = 10 · -2.9 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
Washington State
Best efficiency game
48.3 vs Washington State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ Washington StateSplash game | L 8-32 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Tulsa | L 14-31 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/9 | vs Sam Houston | L 17-21 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Washington StateSplash game | W 10-7 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Wake ForestSplash game | L 14-39 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ App State | L 23-27 | 3 | 0 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Houston | L 24-27 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Oregon | L 7-41 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Texas Tech | L 14-45 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Fresno State | L 27-36 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 8/31 | vs CaliforniaSplash game | L 15-34 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Nikko Taylor story
Nikko Taylor built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Oceanside, CA wearing No. 25, spending time with Oregon State. The clearest part of Nikko Taylor's career was his defensive production: 78 tackles, 13 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 6 passes defended across 26 career games in the available record. That gives Nikko Taylor's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Oregon State
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Oregon State | 1 | 6.1 | 1.3 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Oregon State | 20 | 32.6 | 13.4 | 19 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Oregon State | 15.5 | 25.5 | 8.2 | -4.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UNLV
Week 8 · L 25-33
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
85.3 takeover
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 85.3 takeover score.
#2
@ San Diego State
Week 2 · W 21-0
4
Havoc Plays
84.2 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.
#3
vs Idaho State
Week 1 · W 38-15
4
Havoc Plays
84.2 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 61 Washington State
Week 10 · W 10-7 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
75.5 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 75.5 takeover score.
#5
vs Purdue
Week 4 · W 38-21
3
Havoc Plays
73.9 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 73.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Oregon State
20 primary output · 32.6 efficiency · 13.4 usage
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#2
2025 Regular Season · Oregon State
53.6
15.5 primary · 25.5 efficiency · 8.2 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Oregon State
8.3
1 primary · 6.1 efficiency · 1.3 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
9
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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