#12

Taivon Jacobs

Senior wide receiver for Maryland. 2018: 25 catches, 328 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Maryland · Sr. · #12

5′11″ · 170 lb · Camp Spring, MD

Maryland 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 593 nationally · Signed with Maryland

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Maryland. 2018: 25 catches, 328 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Maryland in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Maryland, 1,145 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

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

2013

Signed with Maryland3-star out of Suitland

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#593 national

CFB

College

Maryland

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

3 coaches

2015

Randy Edsall

Maryland

2016–2017

D.J. Durkin

Maryland

era →

2018

Matt Canada

Maryland

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Randy Edsall, D.J. Durkin, and Matt Canada. Multi-era developmental context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015Maryland3-9HC: Randy Edsall · Run-leaning

2016Maryland6-7HC: D.J. Durkin · Run-heavy

2017Maryland4-8HC: D.J. Durkin · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2018Maryland5-7HC: Matt Canada · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: long catch (17th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 223 · 80th pct

Rush yards#66 / 277 · 76th pct

Yards / catch#270 / 550 · 51st pct

13.1

Rec TDs#289 / 550 · 39th pct

Rec yards#337 / 550 · 39th pct

328

Rush TDs#64 / 277 · 39th pct

Receptions#335 / 550 · 38th pct

Long catch#453 / 550 · 17th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.7	38.3	15.1	0.3
Road5g	1.2	12.0	9.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.3	26.7	11.3	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	1.8	28.0	14.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Locksley

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Maryland	25	328	13.1	2	--
2017	Maryland	47	553	11.8	5	--
2016	Maryland	--	--	--	--	--
2015	Maryland	21	264	12.6	2	--
Career		93	1,145	12.3	9	--

Season	Team
2018	Maryland	12	38	16	30	--
2017	Maryland	2	6	165	--	--
2016	Maryland	--	--	--	--	--
2015	Maryland	--	--	95	--	--
Career		14	44	276	30	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2018

W 34–29

vs Texas

23 rush yds (6 car)

Edged out Texas at home in a shootout.

With W. Lees — 1 TOT · 37 AVG · 4 IN 20 · J. Jones — 20 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · 28 rush yds (1 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 34-29vs Texas	5	73	14.6	1	23	Season-high 73 yds
Wk 2	W 45-14@ Bowling Green	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 3	L 14-35vs Temple	2	7	3.5	0	7
Wk 4	W 42-13vs Minnesota	5	52	10.4	0	20
Wk 6	L 21-42@ Michigan	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 7	W 34-7vs Rutgers	1	23	23.0	1	23
Wk 8	L 0-23@ Iowa	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 9	W 63-33vs Illinois	3	54	18.0	0	26
Wk 10	L 3-24vs Michigan State	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 11	L 32-34@ Indiana	2	14	7.0	0	8
Wk 12	L 51-52vs Ohio State	2	45	22.5	0	30
Wk 13	L 3-38@ Penn State	2	30	15.0	0	17
Total		25	328	13.1	2	30

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