Anthony D. Taylor

#25 · RB · Sr. · Texas State5′10″ · 205 lb · Denton, TX · Allen

Anthony D. Taylor: RB · Texas State · #25.

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Anthony D. Taylor

RB · Texas State · Sr · #25

Wins in space out of the backfield. The four seasons at Texas State span three head coaches: Everett Withers, Chris Woods and Jake Spavital. One game to point at: 54 rushing yards and 3 receiving yards against Georgia State — Week 4, 2019.

Style of play

Play style

Deployed as a receiver as much as a runner. Value is in space, not between the tackles.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

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Career stats

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Season	Team
2019	Texas State	74	223	3.0	2	20
2018	Texas State	60	193	3.2	2	21
2017	Texas State	108	436	4.0	2	55
2016	Texas State	11	21	1.9	1	10
Career		253	873	3.5	7	55

Season	Team
2019	Texas State	20	110	5.5	1	23
2018	Texas State	5	42	8.4	0	16
2017	Texas State	15	159	10.6	3	47
2016	Texas State	3	20	6.7	0	13
Career		43	331	7.7	4	47

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 7-41@ No. 12 Texas A&M	7	19	2.7	0	8
Wk 2	L 14-23vs Wyoming	6	24	4.0	0	16
Wk 3	L 17-47@ SMU	8	18	2.3	0	6
Wk 4	W 37-34vs Georgia State	17	54	3.2	2	20	Season-high 54 yds
Wk 9	L 14-38@ Arkansas State	4	11	2.8	0	7
Wk 10	L 3-31@ Louisiana	6	8	1.3	0	4
Wk 11	W 30-28vs South Alabama	11	27	2.5	0	6
Wk 12	L 27-63vs Troy	13	47	3.6	0	14
Wk 13	L 13-35@ No. 23 App State	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 14	L 21-24@ Coastal Carolina	1	13	13.0	0	13
Total		74	223	3.0	2	20

Signature game

Week 4 · 2019

W 37-34

vs Georgia State

54 rush yds (17 car) · 2 TD

Edged out Georgia State at home in a shootout.

With G. Jensen — 129 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 61.7 · 30 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · S. O'Kelly — 34 yards per punt · 4 punts · 44 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 10 · Louisiana · 3rd and 2 · Q2 · EPA +2.61Anthony D. Taylor run for 4 yds to the LaLaf 42 for a LOUISIANA Penalty, personal foul (Lorenzo McCaskill) to the LaLaf 43 for a
Week 3 · SMU · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.51Gresch Jensen pass complete to Anthony D. Taylor for 10 yds for a TD, (Joshua Rowland KICK)
Week 3 · SMU · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.22Anthony D. Taylor run for 2 yds to the TexSt 27 for a SMU Penalty, face mask (15 yards) (Brian Holloway) to the TexSt 42 for a
Week 14 · Coastal Carolina · 3rd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.09Anthony D. Taylor run for 13 yds to the CCaro 24 for a
Week 1 · Texas A&M · 3rd and 4 · Q1 · EPA +1.86Tyler Vitt pass complete to Anthony D. Taylor for 9 yds to the TexSt 40 for a
Week 1 · Texas A&M · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA −1.46Gresch Jensen pass complete to Anthony D. Taylor for a loss of 2 yards to the TexSt 37

4 more plays

Week 12 · Troy · 3rd and 4 · Q1 · EPA +1.38Anthony D. Taylor run for 6 yds to the Troy 35 for a
Week 2 · Wyoming · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.32Gresch Jensen pass complete to Anthony D. Taylor for 18 yds to the Wyom 12 for a WYOMING Penalty, personal foul (Tyler Hall) to the Wyom 6 for a
Week 12 · Troy · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.27Anthony D. Taylor run for 14 yds to the TexSt 41 for a
Week 1 · Texas A&M · 2nd and 3 · Q1 · EPA −1.14Anthony D. Taylor run for a loss of 1 yard to the TexSt 31

Teams and coaches

2016Texas State2-10HC: Everett Withers · Balanced

2017Texas State2-10HC: Everett Withers · Run-leaning

2018Texas State3-9HC: Everett Withers · Run-leaning

2019Texas State3-9HC: Jake Spavital · Pass-leaning

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Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2019 season

12 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: yards / carry (1st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / carry#420 / 448 · 6th pct

-0.11

Explosive rate#432 / 448 · 4th pct

1.8%

Success rate#437 / 448 · 3rd pct

29.8%

TD rate#427 / 448 · 2nd pct

0.0%

Yards / carry#443 / 448 · 1st pct

3.0

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#65 / 314 · 79th pct

Rec yards#115 / 314 · 63rd pct

110

Carries#217 / 326 · 33rd pct

Rush TDs#245 / 326 · 19th pct

Rush yards#296 / 326 · 9th pct

223

Long run#301 / 326 · 7th pct

Yards / carry#324 / 326 · 1st pct

3.0

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

1st → 6th percentile

Success rate

7th → 3rd percentile

Explosive rate

28th → 4th percentile

Yards / carry

2nd → 1st percentile

TD rate

30th → 2nd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2019. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home4g	38.0	3.3	0.5
Road6g	11.8	4.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	28.8	3.0	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	18.0	4.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2019 season

Head Coach

Jake Spavital

Pass share

57.9%

441 pass / 321 run

Plays / game

63.5

12 games

Team sack rate

7.0%

456 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

74 carries and 20 catches in 10 games

About as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.

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Anthony D. Taylor

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Signature game

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Awards

74 carries and 20 catches in 10 games

Four seasons at Texas State

2016 7 games