Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2017Ole Miss
Tayler Polk
LB • 5'11" • 220 lbs • Magee, MS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Tayler Polk shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
51
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
33
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
71
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Ole Miss
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Ole Miss
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana
Player Story
Tayler Polk built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a linebacker from Magee, MS wearing No. 24, spending time with Ole Miss. The clearest part of Tayler Polk's career was his defensive production: 73...
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- Committed To
- Northern Arizona
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Tayler Polk, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Ole Miss. Tayler Polk shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 73
- TFL
- 1.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Tayler Polk quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Ole Miss · LB
- Career Tackles
- 73
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 18 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Ole Miss
- Top game
- Louisiana
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Saguaro · Northern Arizona
- High school pipeline
- Saguaro · 65 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 24 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 39 tackles · LB 363rd (top 33%) · SEC 110th (top 19%) · National 1,030th (top 18%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 9 | 34 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 19.4 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 9 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 42.4 |
Related Context
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Tayler Polk played LB for Ole Miss. Across 5 tracked seasons, Tayler Polk recorded 73 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Ole Miss.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Ole Miss paired 5 primary output with 23.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 23.6 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: Louisiana
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Ole Miss
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
23.6
Usage
3.7
Consistency
14.8
Best Game by takeover score
Louisiana
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Alabama: 0. Auburn: 0. Vanderbilt: 1. LSU: 0. Arkansas: 1. Kentucky: 0. Louisiana: 2. Texas A&M: 1. Mississippi State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Alabama: 1 by 4.2. Auburn: 3 by 12.5. Vanderbilt: 0 by 10. LSU: 5 by 20.8. Arkansas: 1 by 14.2. Kentucky: 3 by 12.5. Louisiana: 7 by 49.2. Texas A&M: 12 by 60. Mississippi State: 7 by 29.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.6 · Games = 5 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 4 · -0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Louisiana
Best efficiency game
60 vs Texas A&M
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/24 | @ Mississippi State | W 31-28 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/19 | vs Texas A&M10+ tackles | L 24-31 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | vs LouisianaSplash game | W 50-22 | 7 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Kentucky | W 37-34 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs Arkansas | L 37-38 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs LSU | L 24-40 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | vs Vanderbilt | W 57-35 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | @ Auburn | L 23-44 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs South Alabama | W 47-27 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Tayler Polk story
Tayler Polk built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a linebacker from Magee, MS wearing No. 24, spending time with Ole Miss. The clearest part of Tayler Polk's career was his defensive production: 73 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 3 passes defended across 18 career games in the available record. That gives Tayler Polk's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Ole Miss
2013-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20132014201520162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 1.5 | 17.4 | 2.7 | 1.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 5 | 23.6 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Louisiana
Week 11 · W 50-22
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
83.1 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Memphis
Week 5 · W 48-28
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Havoc Plays
55.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.6 takeover score.
#3
vs Texas A&M
Week 12 · L 24-31 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
55.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.3 takeover score.
#4
vs Wofford
Week 2 · W 38-13
0.5
Havoc Plays
35.6 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 35.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Arkansas
Week 9 · L 37-38 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
28.9 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 28.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Ole Miss
5 primary output · 23.6 efficiency · 3.7 usage
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#2
2016 Regular Season · Ole Miss
19.4
1.5 primary · 17.4 efficiency · 2.7 usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · Ole Miss
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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