Kolbey Taylor is a cornerback who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Vanderbilt.
Taylor jams receivers off their route at the line. Played for two head coaches at two programs in four seasons: Craig Bohl and Clark Lea. One game to point at: 7 tackles against Tennessee — Week 14, 2025.
Play style
Long and physical; jams receivers off their route at the line.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
25 tackles. 3 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.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Vanderbilt | 25 | 23 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | Vanderbilt | 23 | 17 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Wyoming | 27 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | -- |
| 2022 | Wyoming | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 77 | 63 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 44-20@ Virginia Tech | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-7@ No. 11 South Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 70-21vs Georgia State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 55-35vs Utah State | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-30@ No. 10 Alabama | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-24vs No. 10 LSU | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 17-10vs No. 15 Missouri | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 31-34@ No. 20 Texas | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 45-38vs Auburn | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-17vs Kentucky | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Wk 14 | W 45-24@ No. 18 Tennessee | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 7 tackles |
 Bowl | L 27-34vs Iowa | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 23 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |
Week 14 · 2025
W 45-24
at Tennessee
7 tackles · 1 pass breakup · 7 solo tackles
Dominant 21-point win on the road against Tennessee.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
12%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
25tackles this season25 tackles · 1 for loss · 3 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clark Lea
Pass share
50.4%
400 pass / 394 run
Plays / game
61.1
13 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
395 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #209 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #11 of 22 SEC CBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
The No. 2,062 recruit in the country is starting in the secondary in the SEC as a senior.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Craig Bohl and Clark Lea.
