Linebacker, Bowling Green (from Wake Forest), 2016–22
D.J. Taylor
- Number
- No. 17
- Height
- 6′1″
- Weight
- 235 lb
- Class (2022)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Belvidere, TN
D.J. Taylor played linebacker at Wake Forest (2016–21) and Bowling Green (2022).
Career highs
11tackles, career hightwice; last at Ohio, 2022Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Wake Forest | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | Wake Forest | 50 | 23 | 5 | 1.5 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2020 | Wake Forest | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Wake Forest | 35 | 18 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | Bowling Green | 75 | 36 | 4 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Career | 172 | 85 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Wake Forest | 17 | LB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2017 | Wake Forest | 17 | LB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2018 | Wake Forest | 17 | LB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2019 | Wake Forest | 17 | LB | Yr 4 | ||
| 2020 | Wake Forest | 17 | LB | Yr 5 | ||
| 2021 | Wake Forest | 17 | LB | Yr 6 | ||
| 2022 | Bowling Green | 17 | LB | Sr. (Yr 7) | 6′1″ | 235 |
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
2022 Bowling Green 12 games, 75 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | at UCLA | L 17–45 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | vs. Eastern Kentucky | L 57–59 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Marshall | W 34–31 | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | at Mississippi State | L 14–45 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | at Akron | W 31–28 | 11 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | vs. Buffalo | L 7–38 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | vs. Miami (OH) | W 17–13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | at Central Michigan | W 34–18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2 | vs. Western Michigan | W 13–9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 9 | vs. Kent State | L 6–40 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 15 | at Toledo | W 42–35 | 8 | 4 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 22 | at Ohio | L 14–38 | 11 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 Wake Forest 12 games, 35 tackles, 1 sack
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. Old Dominion | W 42–10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11 | vs. Norfolk State | W 41–16 | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 18 | vs. Florida State | W 35–14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | at Virginia | W 37–17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2 | vs. Louisville | W 37–34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 9 | at Syracuse | W 40–37 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 30 | vs. Duke | W 45–7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 6 | at North Carolina | L 55–58 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 20 | at Clemson | L 27–48 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 27 | at Boston College | W 41–10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 4 | vs. Pittsburgh | L 21–45 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. Rutgers | W 38–10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 Wake Forest 4 games, 7 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12 | vs.Clemson | L 13–37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2 | vs. Campbell | W 66–14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 31 | atSyracuse | W 38–14 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 14 | atNorth Carolina | L 53–59 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 Wake Forest 9 games, 50 tackles, 1.5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | at Tulane | W 23–17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 8 | vs. Towson | W 51–20 | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 13 | vs.Boston College | L 34–41 | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 22 | vs. Notre Dame | L 27–56 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 29 | vs. Rice | W 56–24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 6 | vs.Clemson | L 3–63 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 17 | vs.Pittsburgh | L 13–34 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 24 | atDuke | W 59–7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dec 22 ✦ | vs. Memphis | W 37–34 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 Wake Forest 3 games, 5 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. Presbyterian | W 51–7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | atBoston College | W 34–10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | vs. Utah State | W 46–10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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