Alontae Taylor: DB · Tennessee · #2.
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Alontae Taylor
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches at Tennessee: Jeremy Pruitt and Josh Heupel. The first career honor came in 2021: All-SEC. A game that shows it: 10 tackles against Georgia — Week 11, 2021.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
60 tackles. 6 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 1 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-6vs Bowling Green | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 34-41vs Pittsburgh | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 56-0vs Tennessee Tech | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-38@ No. 11 Florida | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 62-24@ Missouri | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 45-20vs South Carolina | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 7 | L 26-31vs No. 13 Ole Miss | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-52@ No. 4 Alabama | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-42@ No. 18 Kentucky | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-41vs No. 1 Georgia | 10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 60-14vs South Alabama | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-21vs Vanderbilt | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 60 | 41 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 |
Week 10 · 2021
W 45-42
at Kentucky
1 interception · 4 tackles · 2 solo tackles
Edged out Kentucky on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
10%6 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
60tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFL60 tackles · 1 for loss · 6 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 5.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Road4g | 4.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 6.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Josh Heupel
Pass share
39.5%
374 pass / 572 run
Plays / game
78.8
12 games
Team sack rate
10.0%
430 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
60 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #61 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Tennessee, 162 tackles — drafted at #49 overall by the New Orleans Saints.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jeremy Pruitt → Josh Heupel. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
New Orleans SaintsEntering 5th NFL season
New Orleans SaintsEntering 5th NFL season
