Bryson Taylor is a cornerback at Utah State who has not played in Utah State's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
Utah State lists 30 defensive backs this season.
Utah State is 3-5. Next: vs Fresno State, Sat Nov 7.
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. Played for two head coaches at two programs in four seasons: Danny Gonzales and Bronco Mendenhall. One game to point at: 7 tackles against Texas A&M — Week 2, 2025.
Play style
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
32 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Utah State | 32 | 15 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 5 |
| 2024 | New Mexico | 56 | 27 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 10 |
| 2023 | New Mexico | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2022 | New Mexico | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 98 | 48 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 15 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-16vs UTEP | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 22-44@ No. 19 Texas A&M | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 35-55@ No. 18 Vanderbilt | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 26-44@ Hawai'i | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 30-25vs San José State | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-33@ New Mexico | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 51-14vs Nevada | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 26-29@ UNLV | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 24-25vs Boise State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 21-34vs Washington State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 32 | 15 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
16%5 pass breakupsTackle volume
32tackles this season32 tackles · 2 for loss · 5 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| 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
Head Coach
Bronco Mendenhall
Pass share
47.9%
403 pass / 439 run
Plays / game
64.8
13 games
Team sack rate
9.8%
439 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
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
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%). It was measured on players who stayed in the same conference and is not adjusted for the move to the Pac-12.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Danny Gonzales and Bronco Mendenhall.
