#26

Gabe Taylor

Former safety at Rice. 2024: 3 interceptions, 6 pass breakups, 45 tackles.

S · Rice · Sr. · #26

5′10″ · 190 lb · Miami, FL

CFB Index 84 · #24 of 537 safetiesMedium confidenceRice 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 688 nationally · Signed with Gulliver Prep

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former safety at Rice. 2024: 3 interceptions, 6 pass breakups, 45 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Gulliver Prep in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Rice, 207 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2020

Recruited3-star out of Gulliver Prep

202112 games

The role got bigger.

All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#688 national

CFB

College

Rice

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE USA

All-Conference USA mention (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

1 coach

2020–2024

Mike Bloomgren

Rice

Played his entire career under Mike Bloomgren.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Mike Bloomgren — 21-34 over that span.

2020Rice2-3HC: Mike Bloomgren · Run-heavy

2021Rice4-8HC: Mike Bloomgren · Run-leaning

2022Rice5-8HC: Mike Bloomgren · Run-leaning

2023Rice6-7HC: Mike Bloomgren · Balanced, slow tempo

2024Rice4-8HC: Mike Bloomgren · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

84All-Conference level #24 of 537?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (94th percentile). Strength: interceptions (89th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#141 / 2892 · 94th pct

Interceptions#52 / 862 · 89th pct

Sacks#309 / 2892 · 88th pct

3.0

Tackles for loss#361 / 2892 · 87th pct

6.5

Solo tackles#382 / 2892 · 86th pct

Tackles#748 / 2892 · 74th pct

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd 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	4.0	0.3	0.2	0.8
Road5g	4.2	0.9	0.4	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.0	0.6	0.2	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	4.2	0.6	0.3	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Abell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

84 · #24 of 537 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #24 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Rice	45	34	6.5	3.0	6	3	--
2023	Rice	46	31	1.0	1.0	8	2	--
2022	Rice	55	35	1.0	0.0	5	2	--
2021	Rice	56	44	1.0	0.0	5	3	1
2020	Rice	5	4	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		207	148	9.5	4.0	24	10	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 69–7

vs Texas Southern

1 TFL · 1 SACKS · 1 SOLO

Dominant 62-point win at home against Texas Southern.

With E. Warner — 189 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 66.7 · 8 rush yds (1 car) · D. Connors — 113 rush yds (9 car) · 3 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 14-34vs Sam Houston	5	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 69-7vs Texas Southern	2	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 7-33@ Houston	4	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 20-21vs Charlotte	4	3	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 29-27vs UTSA	5	3	0.5	0.0	—	2
Wk 8	L 10-24@ Tulane	5	4	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 10-17@ UConn	2	2	0.0	0.0	1	1
Wk 10	W 24-10vs Navy	6	5	0.0	0.0	1	1	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 11	L 20-27@ Memphis	6	5	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 14-40@ UAB	4	4	2.0	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Wk 14	W 35-28vs South Florida	2	2	0.0	0.0	1	2
Total		45	34	6.5	3.0	3	6

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