Leonard Taylor

#11 · TE · Sr. · Cincinnati6′5″ · 255 lb · Springfield, OH

Leonard Taylor: TE · Cincinnati · #11.

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Leonard Taylor

TE · Cincinnati · Sr · #11

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Five seasons in the Cincinnati receiving corps to date. One game to point at: 26 receiving yards and 2 receptions against Indiana — Week 4, 2022.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Cincinnati in the news

Cincinnati beats Texas Tech for first top-10 win since 2021Yahoo Sports Oct 24
$1M Sorsby lawsuit pendingFront Office Sports Oct 22

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2022	Cincinnati	18	170	9.4	2	21
2021	Cincinnati	28	268	9.6	4	44
2020	Cincinnati	16	191	11.9	1	25
2019	Cincinnati	4	37	9.2	1	20
2018	Cincinnati	3	31	10.3	0	20
Career		69	697	10.1	8	44

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 24-31@ No. 19 Arkansas	3	20	6.7	1	15
Wk 2	W 63-10vs Kennesaw State	2	20	10.0	1	11
Wk 3	W 38-17vs Miami (OH)	1	16	16.0	0	16
Wk 4	W 45-24vs Indiana	2	26	13.0	0	20	Season-high 26 yds
Wk 5	W 31-21@ Tulsa	3	24	8.0	0	16
Wk 8	W 29-27@ SMU	2	8	4.0	0	6
Wk 9	L 21-25@ UCF	1	21	21.0	0	21
Wk 10	W 20-10vs Navy	2	14	7.0	0	13
Wk 11	W 27-25vs East Carolina	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 13	L 24-27vs No. 19 Tulane	1	10	10.0	0	10
Total		18	170	9.4	2	21

Signature game

Week 1 · 2022

L 24-31

at Arkansas

3 rec · 20 yds · 1 TD

With B. Bryant — 325 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 56.6 · T. Tucker — 4 rec · 66 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Arkansas · 3rd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +3.18Ben Bryant pass complete to Leonard Taylor for 15 yds for a TD, (Ryan Coe KICK)
Week 2 · Kennesaw State · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +2.97Ben Bryant pass complete to Leonard Taylor for 9 yds for a TD
Week 2 · Kennesaw State · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +2.97Bryant to Taylor: a 9-yard touchdown pass.
Week 11 · East Carolina · 3rd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +2.24Ben Bryant pass complete to Leonard Taylor for 11 yds to the Cincy 40 for a
Week 5 · Tulsa · 3rd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +2.20Ben Bryant pass complete to Leonard Taylor for 16 yds to the Cincy 39 for a
Week 4 · Indiana · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +2.14Ben Bryant pass complete to Leonard Taylor for 20 yds to the Ind 32 for a

4 more plays

Week 13 · Tulane · 3rd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +1.93Evan Prater pass complete to Leonard Taylor for 10 yds to the Cincy 36 for a
Week 10 · Navy · 2nd and 12 · Q4 · EPA +1.75Ben Bryant pass complete to Leonard Taylor for 13 yds to the Cincy 35 for a
Week 4 · Indiana · 3rd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +1.59Ben Bryant pass complete to Leonard Taylor for 6 yds to the Cincy 36 for a
Week 9 · UCF · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.51Ben Bryant pass complete to Leonard Taylor for 21 yds to the UCF 37 for a

Teams and coaches

5 seasons under Luke Fickell — 53-11 over that span.

2018Cincinnati11-2HC: Luke Fickell · Run-heavy

2019Cincinnati11-3HC: Luke Fickell · Run-heavy

2020Cincinnati9-1HC: Luke Fickell · Run-leaning

2021Cincinnati13-1HC: Luke Fickell · Run-leaning

2022Cincinnati9-4HC: Luke Fickell · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 38 (#102 of 132). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles · 2022 season

38Below cohort / limited sample #102 of 132 · 2022?

7 metrics · season cumulative

2022 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Concern: long catch (9th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Rush yards#9 / 35 · 74th pct

Rec TDs#73 / 158 · 44th pct

Rush TDs#7 / 35 · 41st pct

Receptions#105 / 158 · 32nd pct

Yards / catch#118 / 158 · 25th pct

9.4

Rec yards#119 / 158 · 25th pct

170

Long catch#142 / 158 · 9th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2022, based on box-score rates.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	1.6	16.2	10.2	0.2
Road4g	2.2	18.2	9.9	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.2	21.2	10.7	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	1.4	12.8	10.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2022 season

Head Coach

Luke Fickell

Pass share

50.2%

416 pass / 413 run

Plays / game

63.8

13 games

Team sack rate

8.2%

451 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

18 catches and 1 carry in 10 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS tight ends who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

38 · #102 of 132 TEs · 2022

Former four-star. Now #102 at the position.

Leonard Taylor

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Style of play

Fans

Cincinnati in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

18 catches and 1 carry in 10 games

Five seasons at Cincinnati

2018 3 games