Anthone Taylor

Running back for Buffalo. 2015: 829 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 17 catches.

RB · Buffalo · #1

5′10″ · Huber Heights, OH

Buffalo 2015 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

RB recruit

No. 2233 nationally · Signed with Buffalo

Statement game36 car · 219 yds · 3 TDat Bowling Green (FBS) · L 35-36

Top 1% rushing yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2015 running back for Buffalo. 2015: 829 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 17 catches.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Buffalo in 2011.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Buffalo, 2,232 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

2011

Signed with Buffalo2-star out of Wayne

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2233 national

CFB

College

Buffalo

2014–2015

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2015

2 coaches

2014

Alex Wood

Buffalo

2015

Lance Leipold

Buffalo

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Alex Wood → Lance Leipold. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2015 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Buffalo5-6HC: Alex Wood · Run-leaning

2015Buffalo5-7HC: Lance Leipold · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: carries (83rd percentile). Concern: long run (22nd percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Carries#53 / 314 · 83rd pct

186

Rush yards#78 / 314 · 75th pct

829

Receptions#74 / 295 · 74th pct

Rec yards#119 / 295 · 59th pct

101

Yards / carry#197 / 314 · 35th pct

4.5

Rush TDs#186 / 314 · 35th pct

Long run#241 / 314 · 22nd pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2015 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home5g	76.6	4.4	0.6
Road6g	74.3	4.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	86.8	4.7	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	61.6	3.9	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pete Lembo

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

Awards

Player standing · 2015

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2015	Buffalo	186	829	4.5	3	--
2014	Buffalo	282	1,403	5.0	12	--
Career		468	2,232	4.8	15	--

Season	Team
2015	Buffalo	17	101	5.9	--
2014	Buffalo	16	108	6.8	--
Career		33	209	6.3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2015

W 51–14

vs UAlbany

104 rush yds (17 car) · 2 TD

Dominant 37-point win at home against UAlbany.

With J. Martinez — 4 rec · 35 yds · 1 TD · J. Licata — 246 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.8 · 9 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 51-14vs UAlbany	17	104	6.1	2	21
Wk 2	L 14-27@ Penn State	18	93	5.2	0	29
Wk 3	W 33-15@ Florida Atlantic	25	116	4.6	0	10	Season-high 116 yds
Wk 4	L 21-24vs Nevada	16	68	4.3	0	18
Wk 5	L 22-28vs Bowling Green	21	93	4.4	0	12
Wk 7	L 14-51@ Central Michigan	13	47	3.6	0	12
Wk 9	W 29-24@ Miami (OH)	10	28	2.8	0	12
Wk 10	W 18-17@ Kent State	16	64	4.0	0	9
Wk 11	L 30-41vs Northern Illinois	12	33	2.8	0	11
Wk 12	L 21-42@ Akron	18	98	5.4	0	21
Wk 13	L 26-31vs Massachusetts	20	85	4.3	1	11
Total		186	829	4.3	3	29

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