Reese Taylor

Senior defensive back for Purdue. 2022: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 29 tackles.

DB · Purdue · Sr. · #1

5′11″ · 190 lb · Indianapolis, IN

CFB Index 39 · #213 of 322 cornersLow confidencePurdue 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 614 nationally · Signed with Indiana

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

5 defensive back for Purdue. 2022: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 29 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Indiana in 2018.
Transferred from Indiana to Purdue in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Purdue, 101 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201812 games

Signed with Indiana3-star out of Ben Davis

202211 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#614 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018–2022

Jeff Brohm

Purdue

Played his entire career under Jeff Brohm.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Indiana5-7HC: Tom Allen · Balanced, fast tempo

2019Indiana8-5HC: Tom Allen · Balanced

2020Indiana6-2HC: Tom Allen · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Indiana2-10HC: Tom Allen · Pass-heavy, slow tempo

2022Purdue8-6HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

39Below cohort / limited sample #213 of 322?

Low confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: forced fumbles (95th percentile). Strength: passes defended (85th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (18th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Forced fumbles#11 / 737 · 95th pct

Passes defended#354 / 2755 · 85th pct

Solo tackles#797 / 2755 · 70th pct

Tackles#1349 / 2755 · 50th pct

Interceptions#321 / 811 · 30th pct

QB hurries#1444 / 2755 · 24th pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

0.0

Tackles for loss#2143 / 2755 · 18th pct

0.5

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

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.2
Road6g	3.2	0.1	0.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.3	0.1	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+5g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Barry Odom

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

39 · #213 of 322 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #213 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Purdue	29	24	0.5	0.0	4	1	1
2021	Indiana	25	20	3.0	1.0	2	--	--
2020	Indiana	27	24	4.0	1.0	7	1	--
2019	Indiana	13	13	1.0	0.0	2	1	--
2018	Indiana	7	7	0.0	0.0	--	--	1
Career		101	88	8.5	2.0	15	3	2

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2022

W 20–10

at Minnesota

3 TOT · 2 SOLO · 0 TFL

With J. Ansell — 46 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 54 LONG · A. O'Connell — 199 yds · 0 TD · 2 INT · QBR 67.5 · 10 rush yds (4 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 31-35vs Penn State	2	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 2	W 56-0vs Indiana State	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 29-32@ Syracuse	5	5	0.0	—	1	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 5	W 20-10@ Minnesota	3	2	0.5	—	0
Wk 6	W 31-29@ Maryland	1	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	W 43-37vs Nebraska	2	2	0.0	1	0
Wk 8	L 24-35@ Wisconsin	3	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	L 3-24vs Iowa	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 31-24@ Illinois	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 17-9vs Northwestern	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 30-16@ Indiana	5	3	0.0	—	0
Total		29	24	0.5	1	4

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