Running back, Buffalo, 2011–⁠15

Anthone Taylor

Number
No. 1
Height
5′10″
Hometown
Huber Heights, OH

Anthone Taylor played running back at Buffalo (2011–⁠15).

At a glance

Best season
1,403
Rushing yards, 2014 (Buffalo, 5–⁠6)
Best game
222 yards
Vs. Miami (OH), week 5, 2014: No. 1 rushing game in FBS that week

Career highs

237rushing yards, career highat Massachusetts, 20143rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last at Bowling Green, 2014

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2011Buffalo4205.0016
2013Buffalo823994.9332
2014Buffalo2821,4035.01276
2015Buffalo1868294.5329
Career5542,6514.81876

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2011Buffalo2136.5016
2013Buffalo7456.4011
2014Buffalo161086.8026
2015Buffalo171015.9015
Career422676.4026

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTD
2011Buffalo190
2013Buffalo2100
2015Buffalo2130
Career5320

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTkl
2013N9101
2014E8 of 11112
2015E9 of 12437

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played); E, ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011Buffalo1RB
2012Buffalo1RB
2013Buffalo1RB
2014Buffalo1RB
2015Buffalo1RB5′10″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. rush
2013Buffalo850.1680th (n=226)0.0713.513%0.07
2014Buffalo3060.1043rd (n=253)0.1231.237%0.21
2015Buffalo1900.1043rd (n=268)0.1218.526%0.10

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2015 Buffalo 11 games, 829 rushing yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 5vs.UAlbanyW 51–⁠1417104221––
Sep 12atPenn StateL 14–⁠27189302927
Sep 19atFlorida AtlanticW 33–⁠15251160101−3
Sep 26vs.NevadaL 21–⁠24166801815
Oct 3vs.Bowling GreenL 22–⁠282193012326
Oct 17atCentral MichiganL 14–⁠511347012213
Oct 29atMiami (OH)W 29–⁠241028012113
Nov 5atKent StateW 18–⁠1716640922
Nov 11vs.Northern IllinoisL 30–⁠411233011221
Nov 21atAkronL 21–⁠42189802126
Nov 27vs.MassachusettsL 26–⁠312085111111
2014 Buffalo 11 games, 1,403 rushing yards, 12 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 30vs.DuquesneW 38–⁠283011521716
Sep 6atArmyL 39–⁠471679018330
Sep 12vs.BaylorL 21–⁠6313471411−4
Sep 20vs.Norfolk StateW 36–⁠72811601119
Sep 27vs.Miami (OH)W 35–⁠2736222325––
Oct 4atBowling GreenL 35–⁠3636219326––
Oct 11atEastern MichiganL 27–⁠372412804117
Oct 25vs.Central MichiganL 14–⁠20142506421
Nov 5atOhioL 14–⁠3717370914
Nov 11vs.AkronW 55–⁠243217815714
Nov 28atMassachusettsW 41–⁠2136237276331
2013 Buffalo 9 games, 399 rushing yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 31atOhio StateL 20–⁠403805––
Sep 7atBaylorL 13–⁠70193901124
Sep 14vs.Stony BrookW 26–⁠232411823217
Oct 12atWestern MichiganW 33–⁠0526016––
Oct 26atKent StateW 41–⁠21624010––
Nov 5vs.OhioW 30–⁠31000––
Nov 12atToledoL 41–⁠51216113434
Nov 19atMiami (OH)W 44–⁠717154023––
Dec 21 ✦vs.San Diego StateL 24–⁠4951406––
2011 Buffalo 2 games, 20 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 10vs.Stony BrookW 35–⁠7420016213
Nov 12atEastern MichiganL 17–⁠30––––––

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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