Demetrius Taylor

Senior defensive lineman for App State. 2021: 7 sacks, 10.5 tackles for loss, 24 tackles.

DL · App State · Sr. · #9

6′1″ · 295 lb · Miami, FL

CFB Index 88 · #18 of 370 edge rushersLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamApp State 2021 alumnus

The story

4 defensive lineman for App State. 2021: 7 sacks, 10.5 tackles for loss, 24 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to App State in 2017.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

OLB recruit

No. 2917 nationally · Signed with App State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Five seasons at App State, 26 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20177 games

Signed with App State2-star out of Miami Northwestern

202010 games

All-Sun Beltfirst

202112 games

All-Sun Beltfirst

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2917 national

CFB

College

App State

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

6 honors · 1 category

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ALL-SUN BELT · 1ST TEAM

All-Sun Belt 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

3 coaches

2017–2018

Scott Satterfield

App State

2019

Eli Drinkwitz

App State

era →

2020–2021

Shawn Clark

App State

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Scott Satterfield, Eli Drinkwitz, and Shawn Clark. Multi-era developmental context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017App State9-4HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-heavy

2018App State11-2HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-heavy

2019App State13-1HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-heavy

2020App State9-3HC: Shawn Clark · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2021App State10-4HC: Shawn Clark · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

88All-Conference level #18 of 370?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (98th percentile). Strength: sacks (97th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#46 / 2743 · 98th pct

Sacks#60 / 2743 · 97th pct

7.0

Tackles for loss#130 / 2743 · 95th pct

10.5

Forced fumbles#9 / 673 · 95th pct

Passes defended#1085 / 2743 · 49th pct

Tackles#1695 / 2743 · 37th pct

Solo tackles#1705 / 2743 · 36th pct

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

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.0	1.1	0.6	0.1
Road5g	1.8	0.6	0.6	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.3	0.4	0.4	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.5	1.3	0.8	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dowell Loggains

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

88 · #18 of 370 edge rushers

Two-star recruit. Now #18 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	App State	24	13	10.5	7.0	1	--	1
2020	App State	40	21	13.0	6.0	4	--	--
2019	App State	44	19	13.0	7.0	4	1	--
2018	App State	16	7	4.0	3.5	1	--	--
2017	App State	13	8	5.5	3.0	--	--	--
Career		137	68	46.0	26.5	10	1	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2021

W 30–27

vs Coastal Carolina

3 TFL · 1 SACKS · 2 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With C. Brice — 347 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 91.4 · 34 rush yds (5 car) · M. Williams — 8 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 33-19vs East Carolina	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 23-25@ Miami	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 44-10vs Elon	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 31-30vs Marshall	2	0	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 5	W 45-16@ Georgia State	3	3	2.0	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Wk 7	L 13-41@ Louisiana	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 30-27vs Coastal Carolina	4	2	3.0	1.5	—	0	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 9	W 59-28vs UL Monroe	1	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 31-7vs South Alabama	3	2	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 45-7@ Troy	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 27-3vs Georgia Southern	3	1	1.5	1.0	—	1
Wk 14	L 16-24@ Louisiana	2	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Total		23	12	10.5	7.0	—	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Demetrius Taylor

20177 games

202010 games

202112 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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