Calvin Taylor Jr.: DE · Kentucky · #91.
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Calvin Taylor Jr.
Turns pressure into sacks — pressures become finishes. Fourth year in the Kentucky defensive front. On tape: 5 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Florida, Week 3, 2019.
Play style
Turns pressure into sacks — when he gets there, he finishes.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
36 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 9.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-24vs Toledo | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-17vs Eastern Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 21-29vs No. 9 Florida | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-28@ Mississippi State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-24@ South Carolina | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 24-20vs Arkansas | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | L 0-21@ No. 10 Georgia | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 29-7vs Missouri | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 11 | L 13-17vs Tennessee | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-14@ Vanderbilt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 50-7vs UT Martin | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 45-13vs Louisville | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 37-30vs Virginia Tech | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 36 | 21 | 9.5 | 8.5 | — | 4 |
Week 9 · 2019
W 29-7
vs Missouri
2 sacks · 2 tackles for loss · 3 tackles
Dominant 22-point win at home against Missouri.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
24%8 sacksTFL rate
26%10 TFLHurry rate
6%2 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
81%8 of 10 pressures36 tackles · 9.5 for loss · 8.5 sacks.
4 seasons under Mark Stoops — 32-20 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Stoops
Pass share
31.3%
257 pass / 564 run
Plays / game
63.2
13 games
Team sack rate
5.9%
288 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2019
36 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Kentucky, 10 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2019
1 coachPlayed every college season under Mark Stoops.
