Player Dossier

2013-2017

Baylor

Taylor Young

LB • 5'9" • 225 lbs • DeSoto, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Taylor Young shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37 disruption score.

Usage Score

11.8

Efficiency

37

Consistency

30.6

Season Value

23.8

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2014 Postseason · Baylor

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
Baylor
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Kansas

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.

Taylor Young, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2014 Postseason · Baylor. Taylor Young shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2014 Postseason

Baylor paired 1 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 37 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kansas

Win with 4 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

10

Havoc Plays / G

1.2

Efficiency

37

Usage

11.8

Consistency

30.6

Best Game by takeover score

Texas Tech

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 1. UTSA: 0. Duke: 0. Oklahoma: 4. Kansas State: 0. Oklahoma State: 0. West Virginia: 1. Texas: 0. Kansas: 4. Texas Tech: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 8 by 43.3. UTSA: 5 by 20.8. Duke: 3 by 12.5. Oklahoma: 7 by 69.2. Kansas State: 2 by 8.3. Oklahoma State: 7 by 29.2. West Virginia: 6 by 35. Texas: 3 by 12.5. Kansas: 10 by 81.7. Texas Tech: 9 by 57.5

Split Comparison

Losses0.9 · n=8
First Half1 · n=5 · -0.4 vs Second Half
Second Half1.4 · n=5 · +0.4 vs First Half
All Games1.2 · n=10

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Kansas

Best efficiency game

81.7 vs Kansas

Result
Sat 11/11vs Texas TechL 24-3897101
Sat 11/4@ Kansas10+ tackles · Splash gameW 38-9105310
Sat 10/28vs TexasL 7-3831000
Sun 10/22vs West VirginiaL 36-3863100
Sat 10/14@ Oklahoma StateL 16-5975000
Sat 9/30@ Kansas StateL 20-3321000
Sat 9/23vs Oklahoma2+ sacks · Splash gameL 41-4975220
Sat 9/16@ DukeL 20-3432000
Sun 9/10vs UTSAL 10-1754000
Sat 9/2vs Unknown86100

Career Arc

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

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    Baylor

    2013-2017

    Opening stop

Season Progression

201320142015201620162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonBaylor0
2014 PostseasonBaylor1201
2015 Regular SeasonBaylor0-1
2016 PostseasonBaylor14.547.811.114.5
2016 Regular SeasonBaylor14.547.811.10
2017 Regular SeasonBaylor123711.8-2.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Kansas

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Primary metric

4 disruption/tackle impact with 69.8 takeover score.

#2

Oklahoma

4

Primary metric

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 69.7 takeover score.

#3

Unknown

4.5

Primary metric

Game with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 62.8 takeover score.

#4

Michigan State

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#5

Kansas

4

Primary metric

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 57.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2014 Postseason · Baylor

1 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

40.4

#2

2016 Postseason · Baylor

27.1

14.5 primary · 47.8 efficiency · 11.1 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Baylor

27.1

14.5 primary · 47.8 efficiency · 11.1 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

4

Splash games

5

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

2★

Class 2013 · Rating 0.7893

DeSoto · DeSoto, TX

Committed To
Baylor
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2013

Career Facts

1

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

153

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 21 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Taylor Young quick answers

Recruiting profile

2-star recruit

Position
LB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
6
Career tackles
153