Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 56-9vs Abilene Christian | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 39-37@ Louisiana Tech | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Karl Taylor
Freshman defensive back on SMU's 2021 roster.
6′0″ · 180 lb · Midland, TX
SMU 2021 alumnus
Recruiting
3★
S recruit
No. 1278 nationally · Signed with Lee
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
1 defensive back on SMU's roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Lee in 2020.
Karl Taylor
Karl Taylor has played for two head coaches in two seasons at SMU. One game to point at: 2 tackles against Abilene Christian — Week 1, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Two seasons at SMU, 4 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
2020
- Recruited3-star out of Lee
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
SMU
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2020–2021
2 coaches2020
SMU
Coaching transition mid-career: Sonny Dykes → Jim Leavitt. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2021 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2020SMU7-3HC: Sonny Dykes · Balanced
2021SMU8-4HC: Jim Leavitt · Balanced
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rhett Lashlee
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2021
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Game log
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology