#33

Taco Charlton

Former defensive end at Michigan. 2016: 9.5 sacks, 13 tackles for loss, 39 tackles.

DE · Michigan · #33

6′6″ · Pickerington, OH

Dallas — drafted 2017, Rd 1, Pick 28, #28 overall

Recruiting

4★

WDE recruit

No. 132 nationally · Signed with Michigan

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive end at Michigan. 2016: 9.5 sacks, 13 tackles for loss, 39 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Michigan in 2013.
Drafted round 1 by the Dallas in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Michigan, 10 sacks — drafted at #28 overall by Dallas.

His career

2013

Signed with Michigan4-star out of Pickerington Central

2017

Drafted by Dallasround 1, pick 28

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#132 national

CFB

College

Michigan

2016

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #28

Dallas · 2017

Where He Ended Up · NFL

DallasEntering 10th NFL season

#28Rd 1 · Pick 28

DallasEntering 10th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Michigan10-3HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (99th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (99th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#24 / 2668 · 99th pct

9.5

QB hurries#34 / 2668 · 99th pct

Tackles for loss#62 / 2668 · 97th pct

13.0

Passes defended#754 / 2668 · 65th pct

Tackles#1000 / 2668 · 62nd pct

Solo tackles#1155 / 2668 · 55th 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

2016 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.0	1.0	0.6	0.2
Road5g	4.8	1.6	1.3	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.6	1.3	1.0	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	5.2	1.3	0.9	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kyle Whittingham

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Michigan	39	20	13.0	9.5	2	--	--
Career		39	20	13.0	9.5	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2016

W 49–10

vs Penn State

3 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 SACKS

Dominant 39-point win at home against Penn State.

With W. Speight — 189 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 79.7 · 9 rush yds (2 car) · D. Smith — 107 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week