A.J. Taylor

Senior wide receiver for Wisconsin. 2019: 23 catches, 267 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Wisconsin · Sr. · #4

5′11″ · 200 lb · Kansas City, MO

Wisconsin 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

ATH recruit

No. 335 nationally · Signed with Wisconsin

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Wisconsin. 2019: 23 catches, 267 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Wisconsin in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Wisconsin, 1,316 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20165 games

Signed with Wisconsin4-star out of Rockhurst

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#335 national

CFB

College

Wisconsin

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Paul Chryst

Wisconsin

Played his entire career under Paul Chryst.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Paul Chryst, all run-heavy offenses — 42-13 over that span.

2016Wisconsin11-3HC: Paul Chryst · Run-heavy

2017Wisconsin13-1HC: Paul Chryst · Run-heavy

2018Wisconsin8-5HC: Paul Chryst · Run-heavy

2019Wisconsin10-4HC: Paul Chryst · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rec yards (27th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#88 / 283 · 69th pct

Long catch#204 / 556 · 62nd pct

Fumbles lost#80 / 223 · 40th pct

Rush TDs#60 / 283 · 40th pct

Rec TDs#293 / 556 · 39th pct

Receptions#363 / 556 · 34th pct

Yards / catch#370 / 556 · 33rd pct

11.6

Rec yards#409 / 556 · 27th pct

267

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.1	20.6	9.2	0.0
Road5g	1.6	24.6	14.2	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.5	24.7	9.8	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	1.3	19.8	13.4	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Luke Fickell

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Wisconsin	23	267	11.6	2	--
2018	Wisconsin	32	521	16.3	3	--
2017	Wisconsin	31	475	15.3	5	--
2016	Wisconsin	3	53	17.7	0	--
Career		89	1,316	14.8	10	--

Season	Team
2019	Wisconsin	6	34	--	--	--
2018	Wisconsin	--	--	--	--	--
2017	Wisconsin	6	26	329	--	--
2016	Wisconsin	4	19	--	--	--
Career		16	79	329	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2019

W 35–14

vs Michigan

11 rush yds (1 car)

Dominant 21-point win at home against Michigan.

With J. Taylor — 203 rush yds (23 car) · 2 TD · A. Lotti — 46 AVG · 53 LONG · 4 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 49-0@ South Florida	1	9	9.0	0	9
Wk 2	W 61-0vs Central Michigan	7	78	11.1	0	18	Season-high 78 yds
Wk 4	W 35-14vs Michigan	3	13	4.3	0	8
Wk 5	W 24-15vs Northwestern	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 6	W 48-0vs Kent State	2	27	13.5	0	21
Wk 7	W 38-0vs Michigan State	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 8	L 23-24@ Illinois	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 9	L 7-38@ Ohio State	2	29	14.5	1	26
Wk 11	W 24-22vs Iowa	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 12	W 37-21@ Nebraska	2	65	32.5	1	55
Wk 13	W 45-24vs Purdue	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 14	W 38-17@ Minnesota	2	10	5.0	0	6
Total		23	267	11.4	2	55

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology