Safety, Vanderbilt, 2021–24
C.J. Taylor
- Number
- No. 1
- Height
- 6′1″
- Weight
- 201 lb
- Class (2024)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Mcminnville, TN
C.J. Taylor played safety at Vanderbilt (2021–24).
Career highs
10tackles, career hightwice; last at Wake Forest, 20232sacks, career highat Wake Forest, 2023Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Vanderbilt | 59 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 2023 | Vanderbilt | 55 | 29 | 7.5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | Vanderbilt | 64 | 44 | 2.5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Career | 181 | 107 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Vanderbilt | 1 | S | Fr. | ||
| 2022 | Vanderbilt | 1 | S | So. | ||
| 2023 | Vanderbilt | 1 | S | Jr. | ||
| 2024 | Vanderbilt | 1 | S | Sr. | 6′1″ | 201 |
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.
Game by game
2024 Vanderbilt 13 games, 64 tackles, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. Virginia Tech | W 34–27 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | vs. Alcorn State | W 55–0 | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 14 | at Georgia State | L 32–36 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | at Missouri | L 27–30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 5 | vs. Alabama | W 40–35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 12 | at Kentucky | W 20–13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | vs. Ball State | W 24–14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 26 | vs. Texas | L 24–27 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2 | at Auburn | W 17–7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | vs. South Carolina | L 7–28 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 23 | at LSU | L 17–24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 30 | vs. Tennessee | L 23–36 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 27 ✦ | vs. Georgia Tech | W 35–27 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2023 Vanderbilt 9 games, 55 tackles, 3 sacks, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26 | vs. Hawai’i | W 35–28 | 9 | 4 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 2 | vs. Alabama A&M | W 47–13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 9 | at Wake Forest | L 20–36 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | at UNLV | L 37–40 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | vs.Kentucky | L 28–45 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | vs.Missouri | L 21–38 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | at Florida | L 14–38 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | vs. Georgia | L 20–37 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nov 25 | atTennessee | L 24–48 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 Vanderbilt 12 games, 59 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27 | atHawai’i | W 63–10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 3 | vs. Elon | W 42–31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | vs.Wake Forest | L 25–45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 17 | at Northern Illinois | W 38–28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | atAlabama | L 3–55 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 8 | vs. Ole Miss | L 28–52 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | atGeorgia | L 0–55 | 9 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 22 | atMissouri | L 14–17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | vs.South Carolina | L 27–38 | 9 | 6 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | atKentucky | W 24–21 | 6 | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Nov 19 | vs.Florida | W 31–24 | 10 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 26 | vs.Tennessee | L 0–56 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 Vanderbilt 3 games, 3 tackles
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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