Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2016Illinois
D.J. Taylor
WR • 6'0" • Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
D.J. Taylor reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
16
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
10
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
22
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Penn State
Player Story
D.J. Taylor built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a wide receiver from Ft. Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 4, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of D.J. Taylor's career was his receiving role: 30...
Read the storyD.J. Taylor, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Illinois. D.J. Taylor reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 286
- Receptions
- 30
Quick Answers
D.J. Taylor quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 286
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 14 games
- Best season
- 2015 Regular Season · Illinois
- Top game
- Penn State
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Class 2016
- 2016 Receiving yards rank
- 65 receiving yards · WR 701st (top 72%) · Big Ten 114th (top 55%) · National 1,102nd (top 58%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Illinois | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 37.5 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Illinois | 8 | 22 | 216 | 0 | 62.8 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Illinois | 5 | 7 | 65 | 0 | 44.6 |
Related Context
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D.J. Taylor played WR for Illinois. Across 4 tracked seasons, D.J. Taylor recorded 286 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season
Illinois paired 216 primary output with 63.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 57.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2016 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Illinois
Games
5
Receiving Yards / G
13
Efficiency
57.5
Usage
8.4
Consistency
62.8
Best Game by takeover score
Western Michigan
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Western Michigan: 24. Purdue: 0. Minnesota: 19. Iowa: 18. Northwestern: 4
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. Western Michigan: 2 by 80. Minnesota: 2 by 63.3. Iowa: 2 by 60. Northwestern: 1 by 26.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half14.3 · Games = 3 · +3.3 vs Second Half
Second Half11 · Games = 2 · -3.3 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
5 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Western Michigan
Best efficiency game
80 vs Western Michigan
Player Story
D.J. Taylor story
D.J. Taylor built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a wide receiver from Ft. Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 4, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of D.J. Taylor's career was his receiving role: 30 catches and 286 receiving yards across 14 career games in the available record. That gives D.J. Taylor's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Illinois
2013-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2013201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Illinois | 5 | 33.3 | 4.3 | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | -5 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Illinois | 216 | 63.6 | 11.3 | 216 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Illinois | 65 | 57.5 | 8.4 | -151 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Penn State
Week 9 · L 0-39 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
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Receiving Yards
83.7 takeover
45 receiving yards with a 75 efficiency score.
#2
vs Wisconsin
Week 8 · L 13-24 · Conference game
46
Receiving Yards
81.8 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
46 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs Western Illinois
Week 2 · W 44-0
46
Receiving Yards
68.4 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
46 receiving yards with a 61.3 efficiency score.
#4
vs Western Michigan
Week 3 · L 10-34
24
Receiving Yards
67.7 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
24 receiving yards with a 80 efficiency score.
#5
vs Minnesota
Week 9 · L 17-40 · Conference game
19
Receiving Yards
61.4 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
19 receiving yards with a 63.3 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2015 Regular Season · Illinois
216 primary output · 63.6 efficiency · 11.3 usage
62.8
#2
2016 Regular Season · Illinois
44.6
65 primary · 57.5 efficiency · 8.4 usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · Illinois
37.5
5 primary · 33.3 efficiency · 4.3 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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