Donyai Taylor: LB · UTSA · #7.
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Donyai Taylor
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Arrived as a two-star recruit; five seasons of production at UTSA since. The first career honor came in 2023: All-AAC. On tape: 6 tackles against Memphis, Week 10, 2024.
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
40 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 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
2024 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 7-56@ No. 2 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@ No. 25 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 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
40tackles this seasonTFL rate
14%6 TFLSack rate
5%2 sacksPD rate
8%3 pass breakups40 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 2 sacks.
5 seasons under Jeff Traylor — 46-20 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 11 games
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
Head Coach
Jeff Traylor
Pass share
51.5%
508 pass / 478 run
Plays / game
75.8
13 games
Team sack rate
4.7%
509 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Surprisingly productive for a linebacker with no award recognition yet — top-4% passes broken up, top-1% solo-tackle rate.2024 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #271 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at UTSA, 142 tackles — the college career is complete.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AAC · 2ND TEAM
All-AAC 2nd team (2023)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
1 coachPlayed every college season under Jeff Traylor.
