Taylor Comfort: DL · Washington State · #56.
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Taylor Comfort
Wins the gap play after play. Second year in the Washington State defensive front. A game that shows it: 4 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Utah — Week 5, 2018.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
20 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 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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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Washington State | 20 | 6 | 3.5 | 2.0 |
| 2017 | Washington State | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 21 | 6 | 3.5 | 2.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 41-19@ Wyoming | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-0vs San José State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-24vs Utah | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 56-37@ Oregon State | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-20vs No. 12 Oregon | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-38@ No. 24 Stanford | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-7@ Colorado | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 15-28vs No. 16 Washington | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 6 | 3.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Week 6 · 2018
W 56-37
at Oregon State
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 3 tackles
Edged out Oregon State on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
18%4 TFLSack rate
10%2 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries20 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 2 sacks.
2 seasons under Mike Leach — 20-6 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Leach
Pass share
71.6%
677 pass / 268 run
Plays / game
72.7
13 games
Team sack rate
1.9%
697 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Washington State, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Mike Leach.
