Tray Taylor

Senior wide receiver for Auburn. 2025: 31 catches, 513 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Auburn · Sr. · #8

5′8″ · 140 lb · Shreveport, LA · Loyola College Prep

CFB Index 51 · #212 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceTransferred Troy → Auburn for 2026

How he plays

Moves the chains on third down.

EPA / target: 97th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

513

receiving yards · 2025

31 catches · 3 TD · 16.5 per catch

Swing playSwung Troy from 68% to 92% to win.Troy at UL Monroe · 37-14

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Auburn. 2025: 31 catches, 513 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Coastal Carolina in 2024.
Transferred from Troy to Auburn in 2026.

The full story, with sources

Tray Taylor

WR · Troy · Sr · #8

Moves the chains on third down. Two head coaches in two seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 89 rec yds, 20 rush yds against UL Monroe — Week 8, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

2025Troy8-6HC: Gerad Parker · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

51Rotational starter #212 of 485?

High confidenceAscending13 metrics · season cumulative

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 this season. 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).

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%

Splits & context

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Alex Golesh

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

51 · #212 of 485 WRs

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

Career stats

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

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

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · UL Monroe · 3&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 · 3&15 · Q1 · EPA +4.17(02:06) Shotgun #10 T.Kilcrease pass complete deep middle to #8 T.Taylor caught at ASU45, for 43 yards to the ASU39 (#8 B.Barnes), 1ST DOWN
Week 2 · Clemson · 2&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 · 4&11 · Q4 · EPA +3.69Tucker Kilcrease pass complete to Tray Taylor for 31 yds to the TXST 10 for a 1ST down
Week 15 · James Madison · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +3.37(00:31) Shotgun #9 G.Crowder pass complete deep right to #8 T.Taylor caught at JMU40, for 30 yards to the JMU38 (#13 T.Brown), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 13 · Georgia State · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.12(11:12) Shotgun #9 G.Crowder pass complete short left to #8 T.Taylor caught at GSU37, for 17 yards to the GSU34 (#7 D.Walker), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 13 · Georgia State · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.92(14:49) Shotgun #9 G.Crowder pass complete short right to #8 T.Taylor caught at GSU45, for 14 yards to the GSU35, out of bounds at GSU35, 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Nicholls · 1&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 · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.52Tray Taylor run for 11 yds for a TD (Scott Taylor Renfroe KICK)
Week 6 · South Alabama · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.49Tucker Kilcrease pass complete to Tray Taylor for 48 yds to the USA 15 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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@ 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@ James Madison	3	35	11.7	0	30
Total		31	513	20.1	3	60

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

Tray Taylor

202410 games

202511 games

2026

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Possession Receiver