Clinton Taylor

#5 · WR · Florida International5′10″ · Miami, FL · Northwestern

Clinton Taylor: WR · Florida International · #5.

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Clinton Taylor

WR · Florida International · #5

Moves the chains on third down. A two-star recruit with two seasons on the field at Florida International since. One game to point at: 126 receiving yards and 9 receptions against Charlotte — Week 10, 2015.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2015	Florida International	37	387	10.5	3	38
2014	Florida International	9	86	9.6	1	15
Career		46	473	10.3	4	38

Season	Team
2015	Florida International	1	4	113	23
2014	Florida International	2	7	--	73
Career		3	11	113	96

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 15-14@ UCF	3	20	6.7	0	8
Wk 2	L 22-36@ Indiana	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 3	W 39-14vs North Carolina Central	2	13	6.5	0	8
Wk 4	L 17-27@ Louisiana Tech	3	30	10.0	0	18
Wk 5	L 14-24@ Massachusetts	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 6	W 52-12vs UTEP	1	35	35.0	0	35
Wk 7	L 34-42@ Middle Tennessee	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 8	W 41-12vs Old Dominion	5	52	10.4	1	38
Wk 9	L 17-31@ Florida Atlantic	7	69	9.9	0	21
Wk 10	W 48-31vs Charlotte	9	126	14.0	2	36	Season-high 126 yds
Wk 11	L 0-52@ Marshall	3	7	2.3	0	6
Wk 12	L 7-63vs Western Kentucky	2	13	6.5	0	9
Total		37	387	10.5	3	38

Signature game

Week 10 · 2015

W 48-31

vs Charlotte

9 rec · 126 yds · 2 TD

Edged out Charlotte at home in a shootout.

With A. McGough — 284 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 83.0 · 19 rush yds (5 car) · C. Ayers — 36.5 yards per punt · 2 punts · 45 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 2 · Indiana · 4th and 3 · Q4 · EPA +3.20Trey Anderson pass complete to Clinton Taylor for 14 yds to the Ind 43 for a
Week 8 · Old Dominion · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.09Alex McGough pass complete to Clinton Taylor for 38 yds for a TD, (Austin Taylor KICK)
Week 10 · Charlotte · 3rd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +3.09Alex McGough pass complete to Clinton Taylor for 36 yds to the Charl 14 for a
Week 10 · Charlotte · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.68Alex McGough pass complete to Clinton Taylor for 24 yds for a TD, (Austin Taylor PAT MISSED)
Week 9 · Florida Atlantic · 3rd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +2.57Alex McGough pass complete to Clinton Taylor for 13 yds to the FlaIn 46 for a
Week 10 · Charlotte · 2nd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +2.54Alex McGough pass complete to Clinton Taylor for 15 yds for a TD, (Austin Taylor KICK)

4 more plays

Week 10 · Charlotte · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.33Alex McGough pass complete to Clinton Taylor for 17 yds to the FlaIn 44 for a
Week 8 · Old Dominion · 3rd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +2.04Alex McGough pass complete to Clinton Taylor for 6 yds to the ODU 48 for a
Week 7 · Middle Tennessee · 3rd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +2.04Alex McGough pass complete to Clinton Taylor for 8 yds to the FlaIn 46 for a
Week 9 · Florida Atlantic · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.89Alex McGough pass complete to Clinton Taylor for 21 yds to the FlaIn 46 for a

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Ron Turner — 9-15 over that span.

2014Florida International4-8HC: Ron Turner · Run-leaning

2015Florida International5-7HC: Ron Turner · Balanced

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2015 season

12 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: yards / catch (20th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#207 / 684 · 70th pct

6.1%

Catch rate#214 / 684 · 68th pct

71.4%

Explosive rate#378 / 684 · 45th pct

10.2%

EPA / target#414 / 684 · 40th pct

0.42

Yards / catch#458 / 684 · 33rd pct

10.7

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#206 / 521 · 59th pct

Rec TDs#203 / 521 · 54th pct

Rec yards#282 / 521 · 46th pct

387

Rush TDs#54 / 247 · 39th pct

Rush yards#172 / 247 · 28th pct

Long catch#373 / 521 · 28th pct

Yards / catch#411 / 521 · 20th pct

10.5

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2015. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2015 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.8	47.8	14.5	0.6
Road7g	2.6	21.1	8.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	1.6	17.1	13.4	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	5.2	53.4	8.6	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2015 season

Head Coach

Ron Turner

Pass share

53.9%

440 pass / 376 run

Plays / game

68.0

12 games

Team sack rate

5.5%

440 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

37 catches and 1 carry in 12 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Clinton Taylor

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Signature game

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Awards

37 catches and 1 carry in 12 games

Five seasons at Florida International

2011