Taylor Young

Linebacker for Baylor. 2017: 60 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.

LB · Baylor · #1

5′9″ · 225 lb · DeSoto, TX

Baylor 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

ILB recruit

No. 2069 nationally · Signed with Baylor

Statement game17 tacklesat Iowa State (FBS) · W 45-42

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 linebacker for Baylor. 2017: 60 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Baylor in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Baylor, 153 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2013

Signed with Baylor2-star out of DeSoto

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2069 national

CFB

College

Baylor

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

3 coaches

2014

Art Briles

Baylor

2016

Jim Grobe

Baylor

era →

2017

Matt Rhule

Baylor

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Art Briles, Jim Grobe, and Matt Rhule. Multi-era developmental context.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Baylor11-2HC: Art Briles · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2016Baylor7-6HC: Jim Grobe · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2017Baylor1-11HC: Matt Rhule · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (89th percentile). Strength: sacks (87th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#276 / 2682 · 89th pct

8.0

Sacks#316 / 2682 · 87th pct

3.0

Solo tackles#368 / 2682 · 86th pct

Tackles#453 / 2682 · 83rd pct

QB hurries#441 / 2682 · 78th pct

Passes defended#1090 / 2682 · 49th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	6.3	0.8	0.3	0.2
Road4g	5.5	0.8	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.3	0.5	0.3	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	7.0	1.2	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dave Aranda

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Baylor	60	39	8.0	3.0	1	--	--
2016	Baylor	93	58	9.0	4.5	1	--	--
2014	Baylor	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
Career		153	97	17.0	7.5	2	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2017

W 38–9

at Kansas

10 TOT · 5 SOLO · 1 SACKS

Dominant 29-point win on the road against Kansas.

With C. Brewer — 315 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 89.4 · 22 rush yds (8 car) · C. Martin — 38 LONG · 50 PCT · 8 PTS

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 45-48vs Liberty	8	6	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 10-17vs UTSA	5	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 20-34@ Duke	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 41-49vs Oklahoma	7	5	2.0	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Wk 5	L 20-33@ Kansas State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 16-59@ Oklahoma State	7	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 36-38vs West Virginia	6	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 7-38vs Texas	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 38-9@ Kansas	10	5	3.0	1.0	—	0	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 11	L 24-38vs Texas Tech	9	7	1.0	0.0	—	1
Total		60	39	8.0	3.0	—	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2013

2017 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays