Taylor Upshaw: LB · Arizona · #11.
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Taylor Upshaw
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Played for two head coaches across five seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 7 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Utah — Week 12, 2023.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 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
2023 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-3vs Northern Arizona | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 24-31@ Mississippi State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-10vs UTEP | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 21-20@ Stanford | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 5 | L 24-31vs No. 7 Washington | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 41-43@ No. 9 USC | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 44-6@ No. 19 Washington State | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 27-24vs No. 11 Oregon State | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 27-10vs No. 20 UCLA | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 34-31@ Colorado | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-18vs No. 16 Utah | 7 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 59-23@ Arizona State | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 38-24vs No. 12 Oklahoma | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 17 | 11.5 | 8.5 | — | 1 |
Week 12 · 2023
W 42-18
vs Utah
1 sack · 2 tackles for loss · 7 tackles
Dominant 24-point win at home against Utah.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
31tackles this seasonTFL rate
37%12 TFLSack rate
27%8 sacksPD rate
3%1 pass breakups31 tackles · 11.5 for loss · 8.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.0 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jedd Fisch
Pass share
54.5%
463 pass / 386 run
Plays / game
65.3
13 games
Team sack rate
5.5%
487 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #34 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Michigan and Arizona, 68 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2023
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Jim Harbaugh and Jedd Fisch.
