Davion Taylor: LB · Colorado · #20.
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Davion Taylor
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Played for two head coaches at Colorado: Kurt Roper and Mel Tucker. One game to point at: 11 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Washington State — Week 8, 2019.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
64 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 8 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 · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-31vs Colorado State | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-31vs No. 25 Nebraska | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | L 23-30vs Air Force | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-31@ No. 24 Arizona State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 30-35vs Arizona | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 3-45@ No. 13 Oregon | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-41@ Washington State | 11 | 10 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 31-35vs USC | 8 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-31@ UCLA | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 16-13vs Stanford | 8 | 8 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 20-14vs Washington | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 64 | 55 | 8.0 | 1.0 | — | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
64tackles this seasonTFL rate
12%8 TFLSack rate
2%1 sackPD rate
6%4 pass breakups64 tackles · 8 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
| Road4g | 6.5 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 7.8 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mel Tucker
Pass share
49.0%
410 pass / 427 run
Plays / game
69.8
12 games
Team sack rate
5.0%
443 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Colorado, 121 tackles — drafted at #103 overall by the Philadelphia Eagles.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike MacIntyre → Mel Tucker. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Philadelphia EaglesEntering 7th NFL season
Philadelphia EaglesEntering 7th NFL season
