Blaise Taylor: DB · Arkansas State · #1.
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Blaise Taylor
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Four seasons in the Arkansas State secondary to date. The first one came in 2017: All-Sun Belt. On tape: 7 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Nebraska, Week 1, 2017.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
32 tackles. 14 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 5 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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| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Arkansas State | 32 | 21 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 14 | 2 | 4 |
| 2016 | Arkansas State | 35 | 24 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 3 | -- |
| 2015 | Arkansas State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2014 | Arkansas State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 67 | 45 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 23 | 6 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 36-43@ Nebraska | 7 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | W 48-3vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-44@ SMU | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 6 | W 43-25@ Georgia Southern | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 51-17vs Coastal Carolina | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 47-3vs Louisiana | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | W 37-21@ New Mexico State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 11 | L 19-24@ South Alabama | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 30-12vs Texas State | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 13 | W 67-50@ UL Monroe | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 25-32vs Troy | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 30-35vs Middle Tennessee | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 32 | 21 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 14 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
44%14 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
32tackles this seasonTFL rate
16%5 TFL32 tackles · 5 for loss · 14 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
4 seasons under Blake Anderson — 31-20 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.4 |
| Road6g | 3.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Anderson
Pass share
52.9%
511 pass / 455 run
Plays / game
80.5
12 games
Team sack rate
6.1%
556 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2017
First team in his league at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Arkansas State, 67 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2017) — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 45 games over four seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT · 1ST TEAM
All-Sun Belt 1st team (2017)
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Blake Anderson.
