#87

Kole Taylor

Former tight end at West Virginia. 2024: 43 catches, 448 receiving yards, 3 TD.

TE · West Virginia · Sr. · #87

6′7″ · 255 lb · Grand Junction, CO

CFB Index 60 · #25 of 135 TEsMedium-low confidenceWest Virginia 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

TE recruit

No. 420 nationally · Signed with LSU

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former tight end at West Virginia. 2024: 43 catches, 448 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to LSU in 2020.
Transferred from LSU to West Virginia in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at West Virginia, 1,051 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 64 yds at Baylor.Baylor · W 34-312023

20203 games

Signed with LSU3-star out of Central

202313 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal
All-Big 12

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#420 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020–2023

Neal Brown

West Virginia

2024

Chad Scott

West Virginia

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Neal Brown → Chad Scott. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020LSU5-5HC: Ed Orgeron · Balanced, fast tempo

2021LSU6-7HC: Ed Orgeron · Balanced

2022LSU10-4HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

2023West Virginia9-4HC: Neal Brown · Run-heavy

2024West Virginia6-7HC: Chad Scott · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

60Quality starter #25 of 135?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (91st percentile). Strength: receptions (89th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#1 / 610 · 91st pct

100.0%

Explosive rate#229 / 610 · 62nd pct

16.7%

EPA / target#238 / 610 · 61st pct

0.96

TD rate#259 / 610 · 57th pct

7.1%

Yards / catch#418 / 610 · 32nd pct

10.6

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#18 / 168 · 89th pct

Rec yards#25 / 168 · 85th pct

448

Long catch#54 / 168 · 67th pct

Rec TDs#47 / 168 · 65th pct

Yards / catch#98 / 168 · 40th pct

10.4

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

33rd → 61st percentile

Explosive rate

52nd → 62nd percentile

Catch rate

53rd → 91st percentile

TD rate

69th → 57th percentile

Yards / catch

53rd → 32nd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	3.5	39.2	11.1	0.4
Road5g	3.0	26.8	9.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.1	36.7	11.8	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	3.5	31.8	8.8	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rich Rodriguez

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

60 · #25 of 135 TEs

Three-star recruit. Now #25 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	West Virginia	43	448	10.4	3	--
2023	West Virginia	35	444	12.7	4	--
2022	LSU	5	55	11.0	0	--
2021	LSU	6	68	11.3	1	--
2020	LSU	6	36	6.0	0	--
Career		95	1,051	11.1	8	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 49–14

vs UAlbany

3 rec · 47 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 35-point win at home against UAlbany.

With G. Greene — 236 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.2 · 68 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · C. Donaldson — 125 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · Baylor · 4&2 · Q3 · EPA -4.00Garrett Greene pass complete to Kole Taylor for no gain to the BAY 9
Week 2 · UAlbany · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.95Garrett Greene pass complete to Kole Taylor for 39 yds for a TD (Michael Hayes II KICK)
Week 12 · Baylor · 4&11 · Q4 · EPA +3.64Garrett Greene pass complete to Kole Taylor for 11 yds for a TD (Michael Hayes II KICK)
Week 7 · Iowa State · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +3.14Garrett Greene pass complete to Kole Taylor for 24 yds to the ISU 45 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Kansas State · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.12Garrett Greene pass complete to Kole Taylor for 14 yds to the KSU 44 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Kansas · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +2.90Garrett Greene pass complete to Kole Taylor for 8 yds for a TD (Traylon Ray pass to Kole Taylor for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 8 · Kansas State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.83Garrett Greene pass complete to Kole Taylor for 34 yds to the KSU 47 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Texas Tech · 4&4 · Q3 · EPA +2.34Garrett Greene pass complete to Kole Taylor for 8 yds to the WVU 41 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Penn State · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.18Garrett Greene pass complete to Kole Taylor for 25 yds to the PSU 24 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Baylor · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.15Garrett Greene pass complete to Kole Taylor for 30 yds to the BAY 33 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 12-34vs Penn State	2	25	12.5	0	25
Wk 2	W 49-14vs UAlbany	3	47	15.7	1	39
Wk 3	L 34-38@ Pittsburgh	4	43	10.8	0	17
Wk 4	W 32-28vs Kansas	2	18	9.0	1	10
Wk 6	W 38-14@ Oklahoma State	2	25	12.5	0	21
Wk 7	L 16-28vs Iowa State	5	55	11.0	0	24
Wk 8	L 18-45vs Kansas State	4	61	15.3	0	34	Season-high 61 yds
Wk 9	W 31-26@ Arizona	3	28	9.3	0	15
Wk 11	W 31-24@ Cincinnati	5	30	6.0	0	14
Wk 12	L 35-49vs Baylor	5	56	11.2	1	30
Wk 13	W 31-21vs UCF	3	8	2.7	0	9
Wk 14	L 15-52@ Texas Tech	1	8	8.0	0	8
Bowl	L 37-42vs Memphis	4	44	11.0	0	23
Total		43	448	10.4	3	39

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