Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2016UTEP
Kent Taylor
TE • 6'6" • Tampa, FL, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Kent Taylor reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
8
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
21
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Kansas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Florida • Kansas • UTEP
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers
Player Story
Kent Taylor built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a tight end from Tampa, FL wearing No. 18, spending time with Florida, Kansas, and UTEP. The clearest part of Kent Taylor's career was his receiving...
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- Committed To
- Florida
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
Kent Taylor, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Kansas. Kent Taylor reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 234
- Receptions
- 25
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Kent Taylor quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UTEP · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 234
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 18 games
- Best season
- 2015 Regular Season · Kansas
- Top game
- Rutgers
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Land O' Lakes · Florida
- High school pipeline
- Land O' Lakes · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 18 · Class 2016
- 2016 Receiving yards rank
- 50 receiving yards · TE 169th (top 55%) · Conference USA 125th (top 62%) · National 1,197th (top 63%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Postseason | Florida | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 23.8 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Florida | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23.8 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Florida | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Kansas | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Kansas | 8 | 15 | 179 | 1 | 73.3 |
| 2016 Regular Season | UTEP | 8 | 8 | 50 | 0 | 36.9 |
Related Context
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Kent Taylor played TE for Florida, Kansas, and UTEP. Across 5 tracked seasons, Kent Taylor recorded 234 receiving yards and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Kansas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season
Kansas paired 179 primary output with 76.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 45 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2016 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Florida, Kansas, UTEP.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UTSA
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2016 Regular Season · UTEP
Games
8
Receiving Yards / G
6.3
Efficiency
45
Usage
6.2
Consistency
54.2
Best Game by takeover score
UTSA
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas: -8. Southern Miss: 0. Louisiana Tech: 7. Florida International: 10. UTSA: 19. Old Dominion: 10. Houston Christian: 11. North Texas: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas: 1 by 0. Southern Miss: 1 by 0. Louisiana Tech: 1 by 46.7. Florida International: 1 by 66.7. UTSA: 1 by 100. Old Dominion: 1 by 66.7. Houston Christian: 1 by 73.3. North Texas: 1 by 6.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins10.3 · Games = 3 · +6.5 vs Losses
Losses3.8 · Games = 5 · -6.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
UTSA
Best efficiency game
100 vs UTSA
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | vs North Texas | W 52-24 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sun 11/6 | vs Houston Christian | W 42-10 | — | 1 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Sun 10/30 | vs Old Dominion | L 21-31 | — | 1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 10/22 | @ UTSA | W 52-49 | — | 1 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 19 |
| Sun 10/9 | vs Florida International | L 21-35 | — | 1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Louisiana Tech | L 7-28 | — | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Sun 9/25 | vs Southern Miss | L 7-34 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 9/10 | @ Texas | L 7-41 | — | 1 | -8 | -8 | -8 | 0 | 0 |
Player Story
Kent Taylor story
Kent Taylor built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a tight end from Tampa, FL wearing No. 18, spending time with Florida, Kansas, and UTEP. The clearest part of Kent Taylor's career was his receiving role: 25 catches, 234 receiving yards, and 2 touchdowns across 18 career games in the available record. That gives Kent Taylor's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Florida
2012-2013
Opening stop
- 2
Kansas
2014-2015
Peak year stop
- 3
UTEP
2016
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201220122013201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Postseason | Florida | 5 | 16.7 | 7.7 | — |
| 2012 Regular Season | Florida | 5 | 16.7 | 7.7 | 0 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Florida | 0 | — | — | -5 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Kansas | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Kansas | 179 | 76.9 | 8.5 | 179 |
| 2016 Regular Season | UTEP | 50 | 45 | 6.2 | -129 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Rutgers
Week 4 · L 14-27
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
29
Receiving Yards
76.1 takeover
29 receiving yards with a 96.7 efficiency score.
#2
@ UTSA
Week 8 · W 52-49 · Conference game
19
Receiving Yards
73.7 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
19 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs West Virginia
Week 12 · L 0-49 · Conference game
27
Receiving Yards
72.9 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
27 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ Texas
Week 10 · L 20-59 · Conference game
28
Receiving Yards
70.5 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
28 receiving yards with a 62.2 efficiency score.
#5
vs South Dakota State
Week 1 · L 38-41
25
Receiving Yards
64.2 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
25 receiving yards with a 83.3 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2015 Regular Season · Kansas
179 primary output · 76.9 efficiency · 8.5 usage
73.3
#2
2016 Regular Season · UTEP
36.9
50 primary · 45 efficiency · 6.2 usage
#3
2012 Postseason · Florida
23.8
5 primary · 16.7 efficiency · 7.7 usage
Milestones
0
100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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