#24

Taj-Amir Torres

Senior defensive back for Boston College. 2018: 3 interceptions, 12 pass breakups, 50 tackles.

DB · Boston College · Sr. · #24

5′9″ · 180 lb · Amherst, MA

Boston College 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

CB recruit

No. 2187 nationally · Signed with Boston College

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Boston College. 2018: 3 interceptions, 12 pass breakups, 50 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Boston College in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Boston College, 95 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2015

Signed with Boston College2-star out of Amherst Regional

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2187 national

CFB

College

Boston College

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

1 coach

2015–2018

Steve Addazio

Boston College

Played his entire career under Steve Addazio.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Steve Addazio — 24-26 over that span.

2015Boston College3-9HC: Steve Addazio · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2016Boston College7-6HC: Steve Addazio · Run-heavy

2017Boston College7-6HC: Steve Addazio · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2018Boston College7-5HC: Steve Addazio · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (99th percentile). Strength: interceptions (89th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Passes defended#20 / 2662 · 99th pct

Interceptions#53 / 805 · 89th pct

Solo tackles#505 / 2662 · 81st pct

Sacks#489 / 2662 · 78th pct

2.0

Tackles#624 / 2662 · 76th pct

QB hurries#730 / 2662 · 63rd pct

Forced fumbles#63 / 722 · 46th pct

Tackles for loss#1356 / 2662 · 45th pct

2.0

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

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.9	0.1	0.1	0.9
Road5g	4.6	0.2	0.2	1.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.4	0.1	0.1	1.0
Weeks 8+5g	3.8	0.2	0.2	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bill O'Brien

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Boston College	50	33	2.0	2.0	12	3	--
2017	Boston College	32	21	0.5	0.0	3	1	--
2016	Boston College	13	9	0.0	0.0	--	1	--
2015	Boston College	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Career		95	63	2.5	2.0	15	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2018

W 27–14

vs Miami

3 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 PD

With A. Brown — 152 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · 44 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · A. Dillon — 149 rush yds (32 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 55-21vs Massachusetts	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 2	W 62-14vs Holy Cross	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 41-34@ Wake Forest	7	5	0.0	0.0	—	3	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 4	L 13-30@ Purdue	3	2	1.0	1.0	—	1
Wk 5	W 45-35vs Temple	4	3	0.0	0.0	1	1
Wk 6	L 23-28@ NC State	5	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 38-20vs Louisville	6	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 27-14vs Miami	3	2	0.0	0.0	1	1
Wk 10	W 31-21@ Virginia Tech	5	2	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 11	L 7-27vs Clemson	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 21-22@ Florida State	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 21-42vs Syracuse	5	4	1.0	1.0	1	1
Total		50	33	2.0	2.0	3	12

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