Garrett Taylor: S · Penn State · #17.
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Garrett Taylor
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Fourth year in the same secondary at Penn State. One game to point at: 13 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Ohio State — Week 13, 2019.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
84 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interception. 4.5 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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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Penn State | 84 | 47 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2018 | Penn State | 71 | 45 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 7 | 3 |
| 2017 | Penn State | 12 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2016 | Penn State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 169 | 99 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 11 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 79-7vs Idaho | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-13vs Buffalo | 8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 17-10vs Pittsburgh | 7 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 59-0@ Maryland | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 35-7vs Purdue | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 17-12@ No. 17 Iowa | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 28-21vs No. 16 Michigan | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 28-7@ Michigan State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 26-31@ No. 13 Minnesota | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-27vs No. 24 Indiana | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-28@ No. 2 Ohio State | 13 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 14 | W 27-6vs Rutgers | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 53-39vs No. 15 Memphis | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 84 | 47 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
2%2 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
84tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%4 TFL84 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 1 sack · 2 pass breakups · 1 interception.
4 seasons under James Franklin — 42-11 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 7.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 8.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
James Franklin
Pass share
42.3%
367 pass / 501 run
Plays / game
66.8
13 games
Team sack rate
7.5%
401 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
84 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Penn State, 169 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed every college season under James Franklin.
