#11

Bryson Taylor

Senior cornerback on Utah State's 2026 roster.

CB · Utah State · Sr. · #11

6′1″ · 190 lb · Hoschton, GA

CFB Index 31 · #279 of 364 cornersLow confidenceReturning to Utah State for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 3:30 pm ETat UtahRice-Eccles StadiumUtah by 28

The story

4 cornerback on Utah State's 2025 roster.

Signed with New Mexico in 2022.
Transferred from New Mexico to Utah State in 2025.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

CB recruit

Signed with New Mexico

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How he projects

Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.

The full scouting read

Bryson Taylor

CB · Utah State · Sr · #11

Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. Two head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 7 tackles against Texas A&M — Week 2, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022New Mexico2-10HC: Danny Gonzales · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2023New Mexico4-8HC: Danny Gonzales · Run-leaning

2024New Mexico5-7HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Run-leaning

2025Utah State6-7HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

31Below cohort / limited sample #279 of 364?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (91st percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#218 / 2975 · 91st pct

Tackles#1250 / 2975 · 57th pct

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Solo tackles#1434 / 2975 · 50th pct

Tackles for loss#1424 / 2975 · 47th pct

2.0

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

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

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.0	0.3	0.0	0.8
Road5g	3.4	0.1	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.0	0.3	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	2.4	0.1	0.0	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bronco Mendenhall

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

31 · #279 of 364 corners

Unranked recruit. Now #279 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Pac-12

Based on 2025: #12 of 15 Mountain West CBs — his program moves to the Pac-12 for 2026

How the All-Pac-12 estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player. The base rate was measured on players who stayed in the same conference; this estimate is not adjusted for the move to the Pac-12.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Utah State	32	15	2.0	5	--	--
2024	New Mexico	56	27	1.5	10	--	--
2023	New Mexico	8	5	1.0	--	--	--
2022	New Mexico	2	1	0.5	--	--	--
Career		98	48	5.0	15	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 28-16vs UTEP	5	3	1.0	—	1
Wk 2	L 22-44@ Texas A&M	7	2	0.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 5	L 35-55@ Vanderbilt	3	1	0.5	—	0
Wk 7	L 26-44@ Hawai'i	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 30-25vs San José State	5	2	0.5	—	3
Wk 9	L 14-33@ New Mexico	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 51-14vs Nevada	0	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 26-29@ UNLV	4	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 14	L 24-25vs Boise State	1	1	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 21-34vs Washington State	4	2	0.0	—	0
Total		32	15	2.0	—	5

How he plays

Play style

Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

10 games

32Tackles

15Solo

2TFL

0Sacks

5Pass def.

0INT

32 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 TFL.

Week 11 PD
Week 83 PD
Week 121 PD

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.

2026 Outlook

Utah State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Cornerback · Utah State

Returning around him

Transfer portal: +10 net (29 in / 19 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Utah State · Last season: 6-7 · Talent rank #123 · 2026 recruiting class #97

DNA match

Player DNA

Cover Corner

Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Ben Osueke’s 2024 season.

Ben Osueke

90%match

Temple · 2024

Denzel Burke

Ohio State · 2022

NFL Rd 5

88%

Bryce Phillips

San Diego State · 2025

All-Mountain West

88%

Donte Harrison

Northern Illinois · 2025

87%

Kyu Blu Kelly

Stanford · 2022

All-Pac-12NFL Rd 5

86%

Matches Ben on

Weight

PD rate

Height

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Bryce Phillips's senior season at San Diego State (2025).

Bryce Phillips

97%match

San Diego State · 2025

All-Mountain West

O'Donnell Fortune

South Carolina · 2023

95%

Mishael Powell

Miami · 2024

All-ACC

89%

Damaje Yancey

Troy · 2024

88%

Daylen Everette

Georgia · 2025

All-SECNFL Rd 3 · Pk 21

88%

Matches Bryce on

Class year

Height

PD rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Bryson Taylor

Bryce Phillips

San Diego State · 2025

88%

Damaje Yancey

Troy · 2024

87%

Donte Harrison

Northern Illinois · 2025

87%

Jordan Hancock

Ohio State · 2024

84%

Jaquez White

Troy · 2025

83%

The secondary · Utah State

#4Brevin HamblinS · Jr.110 tackles · 2025
Ike LarsenS · Sr.56 tackles · 2025
#15D'Angelo MayesCB · Jr.40 tackles · 2025
#34Dylan TuckerCB · Sr.34 tackles · 2025
#11Bryson TaylorCB · Sr.32 tackles · 2025

24 more on the roster · Utah State team page

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

2022

202510 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Cover Corner

Players who play like Bryson Taylor

The secondary · Utah State