Senior tight end for Cincinnati. 2022: 18 catches, 170 receiving yards, 2 TD.
6′5″ · 255 lb · Springfield, OH
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
TE recruit
No. 299 nationally · Signed with Cincinnati
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 tight end for Cincinnati. 2022: 18 catches, 170 receiving yards, 2 TD.
Leonard Taylor
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. He has spent five seasons in the Cincinnati receiving corps. One game to point at: 26 rec yds, 2 receptions against Indiana — Week 4, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Cincinnati, 697 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Luke Fickell.
Season context · Team result + system
5 seasons under Luke Fickell — 53-11 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: long catch (9th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.6 | 16.2 | 10.2 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 2.0 | 17.8 | 11.1 | 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
Head Coach
Scott Satterfield
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Former four-star. Now #102 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Cincinnati | 18 | 170 | 9.4 | 2 | -- |
| 2021 | Cincinnati | 28 | 268 | 9.6 | 4 | -- |
| 2020 | Cincinnati | 16 | 191 | 11.9 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | Cincinnati | 4 | 37 | 9.2 | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | Cincinnati | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 69 | 697 | 10.1 | 8 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2022
W 63–10
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 10 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-31@ Arkansas | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 1 | 15 | |
| Wk 2 | W 63-10vs Kennesaw State | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 1 | 11 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-17@ 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 Tulane | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Total | 18 | 170 | 10.7 | 2 | 21 |
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Terrance Ferguson’s 2021 season.
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Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Erick All’s path through Iowa.
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As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Ben Sims's graduate season at Baylor (2022).
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Player DNA