Tray Taylor

#8 · WR · Sr. · Auburn5′8″ · 140 lb · Shreveport, LA · Loyola College Prep

Tray Taylor is a wide receiver who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Troy.

Taylor moves the chains on third down. Played for two head coaches at two programs in two seasons: Tim Beck and Gerad Parker. One game to point at: 89 receiving yards and 20 rushing yards against UL Monroe — Week 8, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

DJ ChisolmMiddle Tennessee · 2020 · 73% season match
Phillip Brooks IIIKansas State · 2023 · 57% season match
Silas BoldenOregon State · 2023 · 57% season match
Victor SnowBuffalo · 2024 · 55% season match
Nykeim JohnsonKent State · 2021 · 54% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Troy	31	513	16.5	3	60
2024	Coastal Carolina	18	262	14.6	1	59
Career		49	775	15.8	4	60

Season	Team
2025	Troy	10	52	--	--
2024	Coastal Carolina	6	58	169	81
Career		16	110	169	81

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 38-20vs Nicholls	1	28	28.0	1	28
Wk 2	L 16-27@ No. 8 Clemson	4	69	17.3	1	44
Wk 4	W 21-17@ Buffalo	4	20	5.0	0	9
Wk 6	W 31-24vs South Alabama	2	74	37.0	0	48
Wk 7	W 48-41@ Texas State	2	50	25.0	0	31
Wk 8	W 37-14@ UL Monroe	2	89	44.5	1	60	Season-high 89 yds
Wk 9	W 35-23vs Louisiana	3	16	5.3	0	9
Wk 10	L 10-23vs Arkansas State	2	56	28.0	0	43
Wk 13	W 31-19vs Georgia State	6	57	9.5	0	17
Wk 14	W 28-18@ Southern Miss	2	19	9.5	0	14
Wk 15	L 14-31@ No. 19 James Madison	3	35	11.7	0	30
Total		31	513	16.5	3	60

Signature game

Week 2 · 2025

L 16-27

at Clemson

4 rec · 69 yds · 1 TD

With W. Crowder — 223 yds · 1 TD · 3 INT · QBR 54.4 · 10 rush yds (10 car) · E. Crenshaw — -12 rush yds (1 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 8 · UL Monroe · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +6.20Tucker Kilcrease pass complete to Tray Taylor for 60 yds for a TD (Scott Taylor Renfroe KICK)
Week 10 · Arkansas State · 3rd and 15 · Q1 · EPA +4.17Kilcrease to Taylor: a 43-yard pass.
Week 2 · Clemson · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +3.97Goose Crowder pass complete to Tray Taylor for 44 yds for a TD (Scott Taylor Renfroe KICK)
Week 7 · Texas State · 4th and 11 · Q4 · EPA +3.69Tucker Kilcrease pass complete to Tray Taylor for 31 yds to the TXST 10 for a
Week 15 · James Madison · 3rd and 3 · Q1 · EPA +3.37Crowder to Taylor: a 30-yard pass.
Week 13 · Georgia State · 3rd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.12Crowder to Taylor: a 17-yard pass.

4 more plays

Week 13 · Georgia State · 3rd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.92Crowder to Taylor: a 14-yard pass.
Week 1 · Nicholls · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.76Goose Crowder pass complete to Tray Taylor for 28 yds for a TD (Scott Taylor Renfroe KICK)
Week 8 · UL Monroe · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.52Tray Taylor run for 11 yds for a TD (Scott Taylor Renfroe KICK)
Week 6 · South Alabama · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.49Tucker Kilcrease pass complete to Tray Taylor for 48 yds to the USA 15 for a

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

31 rec · 513 yds · 3 TD

30 of 31 receptions matched to play-by-play

20 of 45 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

4512% of team targets

Catch rate

67%30 of 45 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

30% of targets (6)

100%catch rate

Air -2.8 · YAC 6.7 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

30% of targets (6)

100%catch rate

Air 4.0 · YAC 5.3 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

20% of targets (4)

50%catch rate

Air 15.0 · YAC 2.5 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

20% of targets (4)

50%catch rate

Air 28.0 · YAC 4.0 avg

67% catch rate on 45 targets · 12% of the team's targets.

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

33%14 of his 43 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Teams and coaches

2024Coastal Carolina6-7HC: Tim Beck · Run-leaning

2025Troy8-6HC: Gerad Parker · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 51 (#212 of 485). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

51Rotational starter #212 of 485 · 2025, at Troy?

Ascending13 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score, at Troy: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: epa / target (97th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (96th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#23 / 798 · 97th pct

0.95

Explosive rate#36 / 798 · 96th pct

20.9%

Yards / catch#43 / 798 · 95th pct

16.9

TD rate#74 / 798 · 91st pct

7.0%

Catch rate#342 / 798 · 57th pct

69.8%

Box-score rates (8)

Yards / catch#71 / 558 · 87th pct

16.5

Rush TDs#19 / 287 · 85th pct

Rush yards#52 / 287 · 82nd pct

Long catch#156 / 558 · 72nd pct

Rec yards#210 / 558 · 62nd pct

513

Rec TDs#205 / 558 · 57th pct

Receptions#268 / 558 · 51st pct

Fumbles lost#86 / 218 · 36th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2025. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.8	46.2	21.6	0.2
Road6g	2.8	47.0	18.8	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.6	48.2	22.5	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	3.0	45.3	18.1	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Gerad Parker

Pass share

47.1%

431 pass / 484 run

Plays / game

65.4

14 games

Team sack rate

12.5%

465 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

31 catches and 10 carries in 11 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

51 · #212 of 485 WRs · 2025, at Troy

Three-star recruit. Now #212 at the position.