Donyai Taylor

Former linebacker at UTSA. 2024: 40 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

LB · UTSA · Sr. · #7

6′1″ · 210 lb · Shiner, TX

CFB Index 52 · #271 of 571 LBsHigh confidenceUTSA 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former linebacker at UTSA. 2024: 40 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to UTSA in 2020.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

ATH recruit

No. 3023 nationally · Signed with UTSA

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Five seasons at UTSA, 142 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20207 games

Signed with UTSA2-star out of Shiner

202313 games

All-AACsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3023 national

CFB

College

UTSA

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-AAC · 2ND TEAM

All-AAC 2nd team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

1 coach

2020–2024

Jeff Traylor

UTSA

Played his entire career under Jeff Traylor.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Jeff Traylor — 46-20 over that span.

2020UTSA7-5HC: Jeff Traylor · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021UTSA12-2HC: Jeff Traylor · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022UTSA11-3HC: Jeff Traylor · Balanced

2023UTSA9-4HC: Jeff Traylor · Run-leaning

2024UTSA7-6HC: Jeff Traylor · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

52Rotational starter #271 of 571?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (89th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (83rd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#255 / 2892 · 89th pct

Solo tackles#488 / 2892 · 83rd pct

Tackles for loss#484 / 2892 · 82nd pct

5.5

Sacks#502 / 2892 · 79th pct

2.0

Passes defended#504 / 2892 · 78th pct

Tackles#934 / 2892 · 67th 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

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.8	0.3	0.0	0.2
Road5g	4.6	0.7	0.4	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.8	0.7	0.2	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	3.5	0.3	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Traylor

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

our read surprisingly productive for a linebacker with no award recognition yet — top-4% passes broken up, top-1% solo-tackle rate.2024 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

52 · #271 of 571 LBs

Two-star recruit. Now #271 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	UTSA	40	31	5.5	2.0	3	--	--
2023	UTSA	47	32	7.0	2.0	2	1	--
2022	UTSA	28	17	2.5	1.0	--	--	--
2021	UTSA	17	6	1.5	0.0	--	--	--
2020	UTSA	10	3	0.0	0.0	--	1	--
Career		142	89	16.5	5.0	5	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2024

W 44–36

vs Memphis

6 TOT · 6 SOLO · 1 QB HUR

Edged out Memphis at home in a shootout.

With O. McCown — 280 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 66.8 · 28 rush yds (5 car) · C. Carpenter — 9 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 3	L 7-56@ Texas	3	2	1.5	1.0	—	1
Wk 4	W 45-7vs Houston Christian	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 20-30@ East Carolina	5	5	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 27-29@ Rice	5	4	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	W 38-24vs Florida Atlantic	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	L 45-46@ Tulsa	5	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 44-36vs Memphis	6	6	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 12	W 48-27vs North Texas	3	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 51-27vs Temple	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 24-29@ Army	5	4	1.0	1.0	—	0
Bowl	W 44-15vs Coastal Carolina	5	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Total		40	31	5.5	2.0	—	3

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