Dadrion Taylor-Demerson: DB · Texas Tech · #1.
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Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Played for two head coaches in five seasons at Texas Tech. One game to point at: 12 tackles against Oregon — Week 2, 2023.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
72 tackles. 7 passes defended. 4 interceptions. 1.5 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.
Yahoo Sports Nov 3
On3 Oct 28
Heartland College Sports Oct 24Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Texas Tech | 72 | 53 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 7 | 4 | -- |
| 2022 | Texas Tech | 65 | 46 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 5 | 3 | -- |
| 2021 | Texas Tech | 62 | 42 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 10 | 3 | -- |
| 2020 | Texas Tech | 16 | 13 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Texas Tech | 15 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 230 | 165 | 9.0 | 2.0 | 22 | 10 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 33-35@ Wyoming | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 30-38vs No. 13 Oregon | 12 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 41-3vs Tarleton State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-20@ West Virginia | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 49-28vs Houston | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 39-14@ Baylor | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 21-38vs Kansas State | 9 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-27@ BYU | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-28vs TCU | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 16-13@ No. 19 Kansas | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-23vs UCF | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-57@ No. 7 Texas | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 34-14vs California | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 72 | 53 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 4 | 7 |
Week 11 · 2023
W 16-13
at Kansas
1 interception · 1 sack · 1 tackle for loss
A close one, won by 3 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
10%7 pass breakupsInterceptions
4interceptionsTackle volume
72tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%2 TFL72 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 1 sack · 7 pass breakups · 4 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 5.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 6.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joey McGuire
Pass share
50.3%
471 pass / 465 run
Plays / game
72.0
13 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
492 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2023
72 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #9 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Texas Tech, 230 tackles — drafted at #104 overall by the Arizona Cardinals.
A stat line in 49 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Matt Wells, Sonny Cumbie, and Joey McGuire. Multi-era developmental context.
Next stop · NFL
Arizona CardinalsEntering 3rd NFL season
Arizona CardinalsEntering 3rd NFL season
