Noah Taylor: LB · Virginia · #7.
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Noah Taylor
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Three seasons in the Virginia linebacker corps to date. A game that shows it: 12 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against North Carolina — Week 3, 2021.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
69 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 8 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 43-0vs William & Mary | 6 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-14vs Illinois | 7 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 1 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 3 | L 39-59@ No. 21 North Carolina | 12 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 17-37vs Wake Forest | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 30-28@ Miami | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 34-33@ Louisville | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 48-0vs Duke | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 48-40vs Georgia Tech | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 49-66@ No. 25 BYU | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 3-28vs No. 7 Notre Dame | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 38-48@ No. 20 Pittsburgh | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-29vs Virginia Tech | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 69 | 28 | 8.0 | 3.5 | — | 4 |
Week 2 · 2021
W 42-14
vs Illinois
2 sacks · 2 tackles for loss · 7 tackles
Dominant 28-point win at home against Illinois.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
69tackles this seasonTFL rate
12%8 TFLSack rate
5%4 sacksPD rate
6%4 pass breakups69 tackles · 8 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
3 seasons under Bronco Mendenhall — 20-16 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 6.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 7.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bronco Mendenhall
Pass share
62.3%
551 pass / 334 run
Plays / game
73.8
12 games
Team sack rate
6.1%
604 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-heavy.
Player standing · 2021
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #50 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Virginia, 169 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 35 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Bronco Mendenhall.
