Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2013-2017Baylor
Taylor Young
LB • 5'9" • 225 lbs • DeSoto, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Taylor Young shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
65
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Baylor
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Baylor
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kansas
Player Story
Taylor Young built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a linebacker from DeSoto, TX wearing No. 1, spending time with Baylor. The clearest part of Taylor Young's career was his defensive production: 153...
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- Committed To
- Baylor
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Taylor Young, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Baylor. Taylor Young shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 153
- TFL
- 17
- Sacks
- 7.5
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Taylor Young quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Baylor · LB
- Career Tackles
- 153
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2016 Postseason · Baylor
- Top game
- Kansas
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · DeSoto · Baylor
- High school pipeline
- DeSoto · 90 FBS recruits · 10 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 60 tackles · LB 234th (top 22%) · Big 12 38th (top 10%) · National 485th (top 9%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Baylor | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Postseason | Baylor | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.9 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Baylor | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | Baylor | 10 | 17 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.5 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Baylor | 10 | 76 | 9 | 4.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 73.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Baylor | 10 | 60 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 63.8 |
Related Context
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Taylor Young played LB for Baylor. Across 5 tracked seasons, Taylor Young recorded 153 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Baylor.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason
Baylor paired 17.5 primary output with 50.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 39 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2017 Regular Season fell back from 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.
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2017 Regular Season · Baylor
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
1.4
Efficiency
39
Usage
11.9
Consistency
37.1
Best Game by takeover score
Kansas
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Liberty: 1. UTSA: 0. Duke: 0. Oklahoma: 4. Kansas State: 0. Oklahoma State: 0. West Virginia: 1. Texas: 2. Kansas: 4. Texas Tech: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Liberty: 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 32.5. Kansas: 10 by 81.7. Texas Tech: 9 by 57.5
Split Comparison
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Wins4 · Games = 1 · +2.9 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · Games = 9 · -2.9 vs Wins
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 11/11 | vs Texas TechSplash game | L 24-38 | 9 | 7 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Kansas10+ tackles · Splash game | W 38-9 | 10 | 5 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs TexasSplash game | L 7-38 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/22 | vs West Virginia | L 36-38 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | @ Oklahoma State | L 16-59 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Kansas State | L 20-33 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Oklahoma2+ sacks · Splash game | L 41-49 | 7 | 5 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | @ Duke | L 20-34 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/10 | vs UTSA | L 10-17 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Liberty | L 45-48 | 8 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Taylor Young story
Taylor Young built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a linebacker from DeSoto, TX wearing No. 1, spending time with Baylor. The clearest part of Taylor Young's career was his defensive production: 153 tackles, 17 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 21 career games in the available record. That gives Taylor Young's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Baylor
2013-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Baylor | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Postseason | Baylor | 1 | 20 | — | 1 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Baylor | 0 | — | — | -1 |
| 2016 Postseason | Baylor | 17.5 | 50.8 | 11.3 | 17.5 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Baylor | 17.5 | 50.8 | 11.3 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Baylor | 14 | 39 | 11.9 | -3.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Kansas
Week 10 · W 38-9 · Conference game
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
93.9 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 93.9 takeover score.
#2
vs Northwestern State
Week 1 · W 55-7
4.5
Havoc Plays
90 takeover
Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90 takeover score.
#3
vs Oklahoma
Week 4 · L 41-49 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
89.7 takeover
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 89.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Kansas
Week 7 · W 49-7 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
84.6 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Oklahoma State
Week 4 · W 35-24 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
69.4 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 69.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Postseason · Baylor
17.5 primary output · 50.8 efficiency · 11.3 usage
73.5
#2
2016 Regular Season · Baylor
73.5
17.5 primary · 50.8 efficiency · 11.3 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · Baylor
63.8
14 primary · 39 efficiency · 11.9 usage
Milestones
10
Impact games
9
Splash games
5
10+ tackle games
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