“Taylor Davis injury sucks. We're already thin at safety”
Taylor Davis
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Third year in the same secondary at Kansas. One game to point at: 8 tackles against Arizona State — Week 3, 2026.
35 tackles · 0 sacks
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
35 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Last game (Wk 9): 1 pass breakup, 4 tackles.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-6vs Long Island University | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 21-38vs No. 23 Missouri | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-24vs Arizona State | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 55-0vs Middle Tennessee | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-41@ No. 12 Utah | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 24-35@ Kansas State | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 25-24vs Baylor | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 16-22@ TCU | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 35 | 22 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 4 |
Oct. 31 · L 16-22 at TCU, play by play
4 tackles, including 1 pass broken up.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
His game this year: coverage — 4 passes defended in the 8 games with play by play.
How Kansas’s defense played that day
TCU’s 11 drives: 9 stopped · 2 scored. While the game was within a score they held 6 of 8. His pbu came with Kansas up 3.
4 tackles, including 1 pass broken up.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
6 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
6 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play: 5 of his 6, sacks included.
2 tackles, including 1 more for loss, 2 passes broken up, tied for 2nd-most passes broken up in FBS that week.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
8 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
3 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
2 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play: 1 of his 2, sacks included.
Week 8 · 2026
W 25-24
vs Baylor
4 tackles · 1 pass breakup · 3 solo tackles
A close one, won by 1 at home.
Ratings of the games shown run from -15 to +18 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
11%4 pass breakupsTackle volume
35tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%1 TFL35 tackles · 1 for loss · 4 pass breakups.
3 seasons under Lance Leipold, all run-leaning offenses — 13-19 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Road3g | 5.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Leipold
Pass share
41.7%
242 pass / 338 run
Plays / game
72.5
8 games
Team sack rate
4.4%
274 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2026
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #267 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #28 of 40 Big 12 Ss
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 28 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
1 coachPlayed every college season under Lance Leipold.
