Taylor Heflin: LB · Navy · #54.
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Taylor Heflin
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Third year in the Navy linebacker corps. One game to point at: 14 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss against Army — Week 15, 2018.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
107 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 11.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 41-59@ Hawai'i | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 22-21vs Memphis | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 51-21vs Lehigh | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 30-31@ SMU | 12 | 6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-35@ Air Force | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-24vs Temple | 11 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 36-49vs Houston | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 22-44vs No. 3 Notre Dame | 13 | 8 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 0-42@ Cincinnati | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 24-35@ No. 11 UCF | 14 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 37-29vs Tulsa | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 28-29@ Tulane | 9 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | L 10-17vs No. 22 Army | 14 | 4 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Total | 107 | 56 | 11.5 | 3.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
107tackles this seasonTFL rate
11%12 TFLSack rate
3%3 sacksPD rate
1%1 pass breakups107 tackles · 11.5 for loss · 3 sacks.
3 seasons under Ken Niumatalolo, all run-heavy offenses — 19-21 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 6.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 7.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 9.6 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ken Niumatalolo
Pass share
15.0%
128 pass / 725 run
Plays / game
65.6
13 games
Team sack rate
13.9%
151 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
107 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Navy, 157 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Ken Niumatalolo.
