Ja'Sir Taylor

Former defensive back at Wake Forest. 2021: 2 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 60 tackles.

DB · Wake Forest · Sr. · #6

5′10″ · 187 lb · Asbury Park, NJ

CFB Index 41 · #330 of 509 safetiesLow confidenceLos Angeles — drafted 2022, Rd 6, Pick 36, #214 overall

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 1874 nationally · Signed with Wake Forest

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at Wake Forest. 2021: 2 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 60 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Wake Forest in 2017.
Drafted round 6 by the Los Angeles in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Wake Forest, 185 tackles — drafted at #214 overall by Los Angeles.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

201710 games

Signed with Wake Forest3-star out of Brick Township

2022

Drafted by Los Angelesround 6, pick 214

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1874 national

CFB

College

Wake Forest

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #214

Los Angeles · 2022

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

1 coach

2017–2021

Dave Clawson

Wake Forest

Played his entire career under Dave Clawson.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Los AngelesEntering 5th NFL season

#214Rd 6 · Pick 36

Los AngelesEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Dave Clawson — 38-24 over that span.

2017Wake Forest8-5HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning

2018Wake Forest7-6HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2019Wake Forest8-5HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2020Wake Forest4-5HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Wake Forest11-3HC: Dave Clawson · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

41Rotational starter #330 of 509?

Medium confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (95th percentile). Strength: passes defended (91st percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Solo tackles#144 / 2743 · 95th pct

Passes defended#207 / 2743 · 91st pct

Tackles#407 / 2743 · 85th pct

Interceptions#126 / 824 · 73rd pct

Tackles for loss#794 / 2743 · 69th pct

4.0

Forced fumbles#59 / 673 · 46th pct

QB hurries#1413 / 2743 · 24th pct

Sacks#1435 / 2743 · 24th pct

0.0

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

2021 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.0	0.1	0.0	0.4
Road6g	4.3	0.2	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.3	0.0	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+7g	4.0	0.3	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jake Dickert

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

41 · #330 of 509 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #330 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Wake Forest	60	47	4.0	0.0	5	2	--
2020	Wake Forest	42	34	1.0	0.0	6	2	--
2019	Wake Forest	30	26	2.0	1.0	2	2	1
2018	Wake Forest	26	22	1.0	0.0	6	--	--
2017	Wake Forest	27	24	0.0	0.0	5	--	--
Career		185	153	8.0	1.0	24	6	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2021

W 45–42

vs NC State

1 PD · 1 TFL · 6 SOLO

Edged out NC State at home in a shootout.

With S. Hartman — 290 yds · 3 TD · 3 INT · QBR 72.9 · 43 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD · I. Mora — 47 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 51 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 42-10vs Old Dominion	2	2	0.0	1	1
Wk 2	W 41-16vs Norfolk State	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 35-14vs Florida State	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 37-17@ Virginia	5	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 37-34vs Louisville	7	3	0.0	—	1	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 6	W 40-37@ Syracuse	6	4	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	W 70-56@ Army	6	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 45-7vs Duke	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 55-58@ North Carolina	3	2	1.0	—	1
Wk 11	W 45-42vs NC State	7	6	1.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 27-48@ Clemson	4	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 41-10@ Boston College	2	1	0.0	1	0
Wk 14	L 21-45vs Pittsburgh	4	4	0.0	—	0
Total		54	42	2.0	2	5

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