Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 9 | L 24-31vs Purdue | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-41vs Minnesota | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | — | — | — | — | — | — |
#9
Coran Taylor
Sophomore defensive back on Illinois's 2021 roster.
6′2″ · 200 lb · Peoria, IL
Illinois 2020 alumnus
Recruiting
3★
DUAL recruit
No. 870 nationally · Signed with Illinois
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 defensive back on Illinois's roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Illinois in 2018.
- Transferred from Illinois to Alabama A&M in 2022.
Coran Taylor
Coran Taylor has been at Illinois through two head coaches in two seasons.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
How it ended
Two seasons at Illinois — his college career is complete.
His career
2018
- Signed with Illinois3-star out of Peoria
2022
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Illinois
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2019–2020
2 coaches2019
Illinois
2020era →
Rod Smith
Illinois
Coaching transition mid-career: Lovie Smith → Rod Smith. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2020 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2019Illinois6-7HC: Lovie Smith · Run-leaning
2020Illinois2-6HC: Rod Smith · Run-heavy
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: forced fumbles (100th percentile).
Box-score production
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 splits
Not enough tracked stats yet to summarize this season.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bret Bielema
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2020
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Game log
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology