Anthony J. Taylor

Senior cornerback for Texas State. 2019: 1 interception, 12 pass breakups, 32 tackles.

CB · Texas State · Sr. · #6

5′8″ · 185 lb · Tyler, TX

Texas State 2019 alumnus

The story

4 cornerback for Texas State. 2019: 1 interception, 12 pass breakups, 32 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Texas State, 132 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Texas State

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

3 coaches

2016–2017

Everett Withers

Texas State

2018

Chris Woods

Texas State

era →

2019

Jake Spavital

Texas State

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Everett Withers, Chris Woods, and Jake Spavital. Multi-era developmental context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Texas State2-10HC: Everett Withers · Balanced

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

2018Texas State3-9HC: Chris Woods · Run-leaning

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

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (99th percentile). Concern: sacks (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#17 / 2688 · 99th pct

Solo tackles#1066 / 2688 · 60th pct

Tackles#1295 / 2688 · 51st pct

Interceptions#301 / 779 · 31st pct

Tackles for loss#1809 / 2688 · 27th pct

1.0

QB hurries#1337 / 2688 · 25th pct

Sacks#1426 / 2688 · 23rd pct

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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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.7	0.0	0.0	1.7
Road5g	2.0	0.2	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.3
Weeks 8+5g	2.8	0.2	0.0	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

G.J. Kinne

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	Texas State	32	22	1.0	12	1	--
2018	Texas State	37	27	1.5	4	1	--
2017	Texas State	36	22	0.0	5	--	--
2016	Texas State	27	23	2.5	--	--	--
Career		132	94	5.0	21	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2019

W 24–3

vs Nicholls

4 TOT · 3 SOLO · 2 PD

Dominant 21-point win at home against Nicholls.

With G. Jensen — 253 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 81.5 · 1 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD · S. O'Kelly — 38 AVG · 44 LONG · 4 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 7-41@ Texas A&M	1	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 2	L 14-23vs Wyoming	3	1	0.0	1	1
Wk 3	L 17-47@ SMU	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 37-34vs Georgia State	2	1	0.0	—	2
Wk 5	W 24-3vs Nicholls	4	3	0.0	—	2
Wk 7	L 14-24vs UL Monroe	4	3	0.0	—	2
Wk 9	L 14-38@ Arkansas State	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 30-28vs South Alabama	2	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 27-63vs Troy	7	6	0.0	—	2	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 13	L 13-35@ App State	2	1	1.0	—	1
Wk 14	L 21-24@ Coastal Carolina	2	1	0.0	—	0
Total		32	22	1.0	1	12

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

2019 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays