Kyle Taylor is a linebacker who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Arkansas State.
Taylor is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Arrived at Arkansas State from Tarleton State. One game to point at: 14 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against South Alabama — Week 8, 2025.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
84 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 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 | Arkansas State | 84 | 28 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2024 | Arkansas State | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 90 | 29 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-24vs Southeast Missouri State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 16-24vs No. 14 Iowa State | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-28@ Kennesaw State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-30vs Texas State | 12 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 15-14@ South Alabama | 14 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 34-24vs Georgia Southern | 9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 23-10@ Troy | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-27vs Southern Miss | 11 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 30-34vs Louisiana | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 30-29@ App State | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 34-28vs Missouri State | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 84 | 28 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Week 6 · 2025
W 31-30
vs Texas State
12 tackles · 4 solo tackles
Edged out Texas State at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
84tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%1 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
1%1 pass breakups84 tackles · 1 for loss.
2 seasons under Butch Jones, all balanced offenses — 15-11 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 7.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 7.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 5.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 9.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Butch Jones
Pass share
53.7%
506 pass / 437 run
Plays / game
72.5
13 games
Team sack rate
5.3%
530 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
84 tackles in 11 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Sun Belt
Based on 2025: #35 of 63 Sun Belt 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%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
