#99

Tayland Humphrey

Senior defensive lineman on Louisiana's 2021 roster.

DL · Louisiana · Sr. · #99

6′5″ · 333 lb · Houston, TX

CFB Index 64 · #82 of 274 interior linemenLow confidenceAll-ConferenceLouisiana 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

DT recruit

No. 9 nationally · Joined Florida International

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman on Louisiana's roster.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Florida International in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Louisiana, 0 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

20188 games

Signed with Florida International4-star out of Hutchinson C.C.

202112 games

All-Sun Beltthird

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#9 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-SUN BELT

All-Sun Belt mention (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

1 coach

2018

Billy Napier

Louisiana

2020–2021

Billy Napier

Louisiana

Played his entire career under Billy Napier.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Florida International9-4HC: Butch Davis · Run-leaning

2020Louisiana10-1HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning

2021Louisiana13-1HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

64Quality starter #82 of 274?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#481 / 2743 · 78th pct

QB hurries#827 / 2743 · 59th pct

Tackles#1334 / 2743 · 51st pct

Solo tackles#1505 / 2743 · 44th pct

Tackles for loss#1640 / 2743 · 37th pct

1.5

Sacks#1435 / 2743 · 24th pct

0.0

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

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road6g	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.4
Weeks 8+7g	2.7	0.2	0.0	0.1

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Michael Desormeaux

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

64 · #82 of 274 interior linemen

Former four-star. Now #82 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Louisiana	31	15	1.5	0.0	3	--	--
2020	Louisiana	32	16	2.0	0.0	--	--	--
2018	Florida International	14	6	0.5	0.5	--	--	--
Career		77	37	4.0	0.5	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2021

W 27–24

vs Nicholls

1 SOLO · 2 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With L. Lewis — 304 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 51.6 · 7 rush yds (5 car) · R. Byrns — 44 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 54 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 18-38@ Texas	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 27-24vs Nicholls	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 49-14vs Ohio	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 28-20@ Georgia Southern	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 20-18@ South Alabama	1	1	0.0	—	2
Wk 8	W 28-27@ Arkansas State	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 45-0vs Texas State	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 21-17vs Georgia State	6	3	0.0	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 11	W 35-21@ Troy	2	1	1.5	—	1
Wk 12	W 42-14@ Liberty	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 21-16vs UL Monroe	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 24-16vs App State	3	1	0.0	—	0
Total		31	15	1.5	—	3

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