Former defensive back at Ball State. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
5′11″ · 190 lb · Saint Louis, MO
The story
Former defensive back at Ball State. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
AJ Taylor
He has spent two seasons in the Ball State secondary. One game to point at: 6 tackles against Vanderbilt — Week 8, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Ball State, 12 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Mike Neu — 7-17 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (4th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road2g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 4.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Uremovich
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ball State | 11 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Ball State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 12 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024
W 42–34
1 PD · 1 SOLO · 1 TOT
Edged out Missouri State at home in a shootout.
With K. Semonza — 262 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 43.1 · 16 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · M. Gillie — 5 rec · 63 yds · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 42-34vs Missouri State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 34-37@ Central Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-24@ Vanderbilt | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 25-23vs Northern Illinois | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |