Jahlil Taylor: DT · Old Dominion · #5.
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Jahlil Taylor
Wins the gap play after play. Played for three head coaches at two programs in five seasons: Larry Fedora, Mack Brown and Ricky Rahne. One game to point at: 4 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Georgia State — Week 13, 2023.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
25 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Old Dominion | 25 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2021 | North Carolina | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2020 | North Carolina | 18 | 10 | 2.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2019 | North Carolina | 11 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2018 | North Carolina | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 60 | 26 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 38-31vs Louisiana | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 24-27vs Wake Forest | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 10-9vs East Texas A&M | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 35-41@ Marshall | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 17-13@ Southern Miss | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 28-21vs App State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-28vs Coastal Carolina | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 20-17@ Georgia Southern | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 25-24vs Georgia State | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
 Bowl | L 35-38vs Western Kentucky | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
6%2 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries25 tackles · 1.5 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ricky Rahne
Pass share
43.5%
360 pass / 467 run
Plays / game
63.6
13 games
Team sack rate
14.3%
421 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #271 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at North Carolina and Old Dominion, 60 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2023
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Larry Fedora, Mack Brown and Ricky Rahne.
