Josiah Taylor
Played for two head coaches at Florida International: Mike MacIntyre and Willie Simmons. A game that shows it: 7 tackles against South Florida — Week 1, 2026.
28 tackles · 0 sacks
Play style
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
28 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interception. 1 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Florida International | 28 | 12 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 |
| 2025 | Florida International | 71 | 30 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2024 | Florida International | 4 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 103 | 42 | 7.5 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 |
Last game (Wk 9): 2 tackles.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 9-19@ South Florida | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 33-20vs Buffalo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-16@ Florida Atlantic | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 20-3vs Long Island University | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 22-3vs New Mexico State | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 24-27@ Jacksonville State | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 23-26vs Middle Tennessee | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-49@ Liberty | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 28 | 12 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.
Ratings of the games shown run from -15 to +8 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
28tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%1 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups28 tackles · 1 for loss · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Willie Simmons
Pass share
50.7%
272 pass / 265 run
Plays / game
67.1
8 games
Team sack rate
3.4%
296 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #322 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Conference USA
Based on 2025: #22 of 45 Conference USA LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
The No. 2,114 recruit in the country is starting at linebacker in the Conference USA.
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 24 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike MacIntyre → Willie Simmons. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
