Levonta Taylor

Senior defensive back for Florida State. 2019: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 37 tackles.

DB · Florida State · Sr. · #1

5′10″ · 190 lb · Virginia Beach, VA

Florida State 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

5★

CB recruit

No. 7 nationally · Signed with Florida State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Florida State. 2019: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 37 tackles.

Signed as a 5-star recruit to Florida State in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Florida State, 89 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20168 games

Signed with Florida State5-star out of Ocean Lakes

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★★

#7 national

CFB

College

Florida State

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Badges

Top-10 Recruit

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

3 coaches

2016

Jimbo Fisher

Florida State

2017

Odell Haggins

Florida State

era →

2018–2019

Willie Taggart

Florida State

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Jimbo Fisher, Odell Haggins, and Willie Taggart. Multi-era developmental context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Florida State10-3HC: Jimbo Fisher · Run-leaning

2017Florida State7-6HC: Odell Haggins · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2018Florida State5-7HC: Willie Taggart · Balanced

2019Florida State6-7HC: Willie Taggart · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#478 / 2688 · 77th pct

Passes defended#534 / 2688 · 76th pct

Solo tackles#906 / 2688 · 65th pct

Sacks#857 / 2688 · 61st pct

1.0

Tackles#1086 / 2688 · 59th pct

Tackles for loss#1233 / 2688 · 51st pct

2.5

Interceptions#301 / 779 · 31st pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	5.8	0.6	0.2	0.8
Road5g	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.6	0.5	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+4g	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Norvell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Florida State	37	25	2.5	1.0	3	1	--
2018	Florida State	18	14	0.0	0.0	3	1	--
2017	Florida State	18	11	1.0	0.0	3	2	1
2016	Florida State	16	14	1.0	0.0	1	--	--
Career		89	64	4.5	1.0	10	4	1

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 31-36vs Boise State	5	4	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 24-31@ Virginia	3	0	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 4	W 35-24vs Louisville	7	4	1.0	1.0	—	1	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 5	W 31-13vs NC State	6	4	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 20-22@ Wake Forest	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 10-27vs Miami	5	5	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 11	W 38-31@ Boston College	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 17-40@ Florida	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 14-20@ Arizona State	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		37	25	2.5	1.0	1	3

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

20168 games

2019 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Game log

How he plays