Derek Taylor

#10 · DB · Jr. · Eastern Kentucky6′3″ · 206 lb · Greenbrier, TN

Last gameL 24–28at Tarleton State · Oct 31
58 tackles in 9 games; their best was 13 at Tarleton State.
Game 1: at Western Carolina, loss 21-45, 10 tackles, FCS opponent10LWCU@FCSGame 2: at Jacksonville State, loss 7-49, 10 tackles, tackle for loss 110LJXST@Game 3: against Chattanooga, win 22-17, 4 tackles, FCS opponent4WUTCFCSGame 4: against Dayton, loss 14-17, 5 tackles, FCS opponent5LDAYFCSGame 5: against North Alabama, loss 16-20, 5 tackles, FCS opponent5LUNAFCSGame 6: against West Georgia, win 30-20, 1 tackle, FCS opponent1WWGAFCSGame 7: at Tennessee Tech, loss 20-49, 4 tackles, FCS opponent4LTNTC@FCSGame 8: against West Florida, win 16-13, 6 tackles, tackle for loss 1, FCS opponent6WWESFCSGame 9: at Tarleton State, loss 24-28, 13 tackles, FCS opponent13LTAR@FCSSeason high,in a loss
Game 1: at Western Carolina, loss 21-45, 10 tackles, FCS opponentLWCU@FCSGame 2: at Jacksonville State, loss 7-49, 10 tackles, tackle for loss 1LJXST@Game 3: against Chattanooga, win 22-17, 4 tackles, FCS opponentWUTCFCSGame 4: against Dayton, loss 14-17, 5 tackles, FCS opponentLDAYFCSGame 5: against North Alabama, loss 16-20, 5 tackles, FCS opponentLUNAFCSGame 6: against West Georgia, win 30-20, 1 tackle, FCS opponentWWGAFCSGame 7: at Tennessee Tech, loss 20-49, 4 tackles, FCS opponentLTNTC@FCSGame 8: against West Florida, win 16-13, 6 tackles, tackle for loss 1, FCS opponentWWESFCSGame 9: at Tarleton State, loss 24-28, 13 tackles, FCS opponent13LTAR@FCSSeason high,in a loss

Tarleton State · L 24-28 · FCS

13 tackles

The other 8 games average 6 tackles. This one was 7 above.

Derek Taylor

DB · Eastern Kentucky

One game to point at: 13 tackles against Tarleton State — Week 9, 2026.

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Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

9 games
58Tackles
30Solo
2TFL
0Sacks
1Pass def.
0INT

58 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 2 TFL.

  • Week 31 PD

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.

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