Trent Taylor

Former wide receiver at Louisiana Tech. 2016: 136 catches, 1,803 receiving yards, 12 TD.

WR · Louisiana Tech · #5

5′8″ · Shreveport, LA

San Francisco — drafted 2017, Rd 5, Pick 34, #177 overall

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1751 nationally · Signed with Louisiana Tech

Statement game11 rec · 178 yds · 3 TDvs South Carolina State (FCS) · W 53-24

Top 1% catches game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Louisiana Tech. 2016: 136 catches, 1,803 receiving yards, 12 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Louisiana Tech in 2013.
Drafted round 5 by the San Francisco in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Louisiana Tech, 3,919 receiving yards — drafted at #177 overall by San Francisco.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 233 yds at Navy.Navy · W 48-452016

2013

Signed with Louisiana Tech3-star out of Evangel Christian Academy

2017

Drafted by San Franciscoround 5, pick 177

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1751 national

CFB

College

Louisiana Tech

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #177

San Francisco · 2017

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

Skip Holtz

Louisiana Tech

Played his entire career under Skip Holtz.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

San FranciscoEntering 10th NFL season

#177Rd 5 · Pick 34

San FranciscoEntering 10th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Skip Holtz — 27-14 over that span.

2014Louisiana Tech9-5HC: Skip Holtz · Balanced

2015Louisiana Tech9-4HC: Skip Holtz · Balanced

2016Louisiana Tech9-5HC: Skip Holtz · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (100th percentile). Strength: receptions (100th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (9th percentile).

Box-score rates (6)

Rec yards#1 / 524 · 100th pct

1803

Receptions#2 / 524 · 100th pct

136

Rec TDs#16 / 524 · 97th pct

Long catch#57 / 524 · 89th pct

Yards / catch#244 / 524 · 53rd pct

13.3

Fumbles lost#182 / 216 · 9th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	9.2	113	12.1	1.0
Road9g	10.0	138	13.8	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	10.9	152	14.5	1.2
Weeks 8+6g	8.2	97.2	11.4	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sonny Cumbie

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Louisiana Tech	136	1,803	13.3	12	--
2015	Louisiana Tech	99	1,282	12.9	9	--
2014	Louisiana Tech	64	834	13.0	9	--
Career		299	3,919	13.1	30	--

Season	Team
2016	Louisiana Tech	--	--	16	178	--
2015	Louisiana Tech	--	--	--	83	--
2014	Louisiana Tech	--	--	--	168	--
Career		--	--	16	429	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2016

W 55–52

vs Western Kentucky

13 rec · 108 yds

Edged out Western Kentucky at home in a shootout.

With R. Higgins — 454 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 94.8 · 31 rush yds (7 car) · C. Henderson — -1 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 20-21@ Arkansas	8	78	9.8	0	19	Season-high 233 yds
Wk 2	W 53-24vs South Carolina State	11	178	16.2	3	35	3 TD catches
Wk 3	L 45-59@ Texas Tech	7	166	23.7	2	76	2 TD catches
Wk 4	L 34-38@ Middle Tennessee	17	210	12.4	2	22	2 TD catches
Wk 5	W 28-7vs UTEP	10	121	12.1	1	37
Wk 6	W 55-52vs Western Kentucky	13	108	8.3	0	17
Wk 7	W 56-28@ Massachusetts	9	126	14.0	0	24
Wk 8	W 44-24@ Florida International	11	156	14.2	1	49	156-yard receiving day
Wk 9	W 61-16vs Rice	7	131	18.7	0	71	131-yard receiving day
Wk 10	W 45-24@ North Texas	5	44	8.8	0	14
Wk 11	W 63-35vs UTSA	5	25	5.0	1	8
Wk 13	L 24-39@ Southern Miss	10	119	11.9	0	40
Wk 14	L 44-58@ Western Kentucky	11	108	9.8	0	39
Bowl	W 48-45@ Navy	12	233	19.4	2	51
Total		136	1803	13.2	12	76

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