Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 34-41@ Georgia Southern | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Bowl | W 17-13vs Troy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#9
Patrick Taylor
Senior safety on Jacksonville State's 2025 roster.
5′11″ · 179 lb · Johns Creek, GA
Returning to Jacksonville State for 2026
The story
4 safety on Jacksonville State's 2025 roster.
- Transferred from Georgia to Jacksonville State in 2024.
Patrick Taylor
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Patrick Taylor has played for three head coaches across three seasons and two programs. The receipt on tape: 1 tackles against Georgia Southern, Week 3, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
20248 games
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
2 coaches2023–2024
Jacksonville State
2025era →
Charles Kelly
Jacksonville State
Coaching transition mid-career: Rich Rodriguez → Charles Kelly. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2023Georgia13-1HC: Kirby Smart · Balanced
2024Jacksonville State9-5HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy
2025Jacksonville State9-5HC: Charles Kelly · Run-heavy
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Charles Kelly
Pass share
43.2%
79 pass / 104 run
Plays / game
61.0
3 games
Team sack rate
4.5%
88 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Awards
Player standing · 2024
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jacksonville State | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Jacksonville State | 34 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Georgia | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 39 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Jacksonville State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · Jacksonville State
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: +7 net (21 in / 14 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Jacksonville State · Last season: 9-5 · Talent rank #93 · 2026 recruiting class #86
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
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His 2024 production profile sits closest to Simion Hines’s 2023 season.
Matches Simion on
Height
Tackle volume
Class year
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Jason Chambers's sophomore season at App State (2024).
90%match
Matches Jason on
Class year
Height
Tackle volume
Player DNA
Players who play like Patrick Taylor
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology