Taylor Barton: DB · Illinois · #3.
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Taylor Barton
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Played for three head coaches at Illinois: Tim Beckman, Bill Cubit and Lovie Smith. One game to point at: 7 tackles against Iowa — Week 12, 2016.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
40 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 3 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-3vs Murray State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 23-48vs North Carolina | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-34vs Western Michigan | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 16-31@ No. 15 Nebraska | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 31-34vs Purdue | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-7@ Rutgers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-40vs Minnesota | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 0-28vs Iowa | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 21-42@ Northwestern | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 40 | 13 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
2%1 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
40tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%3 TFL40 tackles · 3 for loss · 1 pass breakup · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 3.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 4.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lovie Smith
Pass share
50.8%
358 pass / 347 run
Plays / game
58.8
12 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
387 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2016
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Illinois, 40 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Tim Beckman, Bill Cubit, and Lovie Smith. Multi-era developmental context.
