Darrell Taylor: LB · Tennessee · #19.
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Darrell Taylor
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. The four seasons at Tennessee span two head coaches: Butch Jones and Jeremy Pruitt. One game to point at: 8 tackles and 1 sack against BYU — Week 2, 2019.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
46 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 10 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 | L 30-38vs Georgia State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 26-29vs BYU | 8 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 45-0vs Chattanooga | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 4 | L 3-34@ No. 9 Florida | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-43vs No. 3 Georgia | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 20-10vs Mississippi State | 5 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 8 | L 13-35@ No. 1 Alabama | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-21vs South Carolina | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 2 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 10 | W 30-7vs UAB | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 17-13@ Kentucky | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-20@ Missouri | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 28-10vs Vanderbilt | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 23-22vs Indiana | 6 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 46 | 28 | 10.0 | 8.5 | — | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
46tackles this seasonTFL rate
22%10 TFLSack rate
18%8 sacksPD rate
9%4 pass breakups46 tackles · 10 for loss · 8.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 3.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeremy Pruitt
Pass share
44.4%
360 pass / 450 run
Plays / game
62.3
13 games
Team sack rate
5.3%
396 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Tennessee, 118 tackles — drafted at #48 overall by the Seattle Seahawks.
A stat line in 38 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Butch Jones → Jeremy Pruitt. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Seattle SeahawksEntering 7th NFL season
Seattle SeahawksEntering 7th NFL season
