Player Dossier

2013-2017

Baylor

Taion Sells

S • 5'8" • 185 lbs • Irving, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Taion Sells shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.9 disruption score.

Usage Score

6.1

Efficiency

18.9

Consistency

12.5

Season Value

11.9

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season · Baylor

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Baylor
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UL Monroe

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Taion Sells, S. Best season Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season · Baylor. Taion Sells shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.9 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season

Baylor paired 1 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 18.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Iowa State

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2017 Regular Season · Baylor

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

18.9

Usage

6.1

Consistency

12.5

Best Game by takeover score

TCU

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Oklahoma: 1. Kansas State: 0. Oklahoma State: 0. West Virginia: 1. Texas: 0. Texas Tech: 0. Iowa State: 1. TCU: 0

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. Oklahoma: 6 by 35. Kansas State: 3 by 12.5. Oklahoma State: 1 by 4.2. West Virginia: 0 by 10. Texas: 5 by 20.8. Texas Tech: 4 by 16.7. Iowa State: 5 by 30.8. TCU: 5 by 20.8

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Losses0.4 · Games = 8
First Half0.5 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Second Half
Second Half0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs First Half
All Games0.4 · Games = 8

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Iowa State

Best efficiency game

35 vs Oklahoma

Result
Fri 11/24@ TCUL 22-4554000
Sat 11/18vs Iowa StateL 13-2353100
Sat 11/11vs Texas TechL 24-3841000
Sat 10/28vs TexasL 7-3853000
Sun 10/22vs West VirginiaL 36-3800001
Sat 10/14@ Oklahoma StateL 16-5911000
Sat 9/30@ Kansas StateL 20-3331000
Sat 9/23vs OklahomaL 41-4965001

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Baylor

    2013-2017

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20132014201520162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonBaylor120
2014 Regular SeasonBaylor0-1
2015 Regular SeasonBaylor1201
2016 Regular SeasonBaylor0-1
2017 Regular SeasonBaylor318.96.13

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

UL Monroe

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

SMU

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

Iowa State

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.3 takeover score.

#4

Oklahoma

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.9 takeover score.

#5

West Virginia

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2013 Regular Season · Baylor

1 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

41.1

#2

2015 Regular Season · Baylor

41.1

1 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · Baylor

11.9

3 primary · 18.9 efficiency · 6.1 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2021 · Rating 0.813

Twinsburg · Twinsburg, OH

Committed To
Kent State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Career Facts

1

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

29

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 10 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Taion Sells quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
S
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
5
Career tackles
29