Running back, Colorado (from Incarnate Word), 2022–⁠26

Dekalon Taylor

Number
No. 20
Height
5′9″
Weight
165 lb
Class (2026)
Senior
Hometown
Longview, TX

Dekalon Taylor plays running back for Colorado, after Incarnate Word (2022–⁠24). Last time out, against Utah: 3 carries, 22 yards, 1 TD; 2 catches, 21 yards.

2026 so far

9 returns, 128 yards

Last game: 3 carries, 22 yards, 1 TD; 2 catches, 21 yards vs. Utah, L 24–⁠27

Next game: at Oklahoma State, Oct 24

Game by game this season, rushing yards
  1. 22@GT
  2. 34@NU
  3. 5@BAY
  4. 2TTU
  5. 22UTAH

Filled bars: wins; outlined: losses.

Career highs

184rushing yards, career highvs. Northern Arizona, 20242rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Northern Arizona, 2024

Team titles: Southland champions, 2022 and 2024

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record

* The season in progress, so far.

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2022Incarnate Word5193.8014
2023Incarnate Word221255.7019
2024Incarnate Word1529096.0997
2025Colorado19834.4023
2026Colorado17855.0118
Career2151,2215.71097

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2022Incarnate Word1019305340
2023Incarnate Word183410212070
2024Incarnate Word–––182861
2025Colorado12301110
2026Colorado71270210
Career366840475391

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2022Incarnate Word3−2−0.707
2023Incarnate Word9738.1124
2024Incarnate Word221637.4020
2025Colorado1010610.6222
2026Colorado9899.9017
Career534298.1324

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

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2022Incarnate Word20RBYr 1
2023Incarnate Word20RBYr 2
2024Incarnate Word20RBYr 3
2025Colorado20RBYr 4
2026Colorado20RBSr. (Yr 5)5′9″165

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/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2022Incarnate Word (FCS)80.00––0.0–
2023Incarnate Word (FCS)320.193rd (n=681)0.806.010%
2024Incarnate Word (FCS)1500.262nd (n=581)0.9238.220%
2025Colorado310.11––3.513%
2026Colorado270.19––5.08%

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). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2026 Colorado 6 games, 9 returns, 128 yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Sep 3atGeorgia TechW 14–⁠134220112–
Sep 12vs.Weber StateW 52–⁠21–––367–
Sep 19atNorthwesternL 7–⁠4173402371
Sep 26atBaylorL 13–⁠23250111–
Oct 3vs.Texas TechL 7–⁠29120–––
Oct 17vs.UtahL 24–⁠273221––1
2025 Colorado 4 games, 10 catches, 106 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Aug 29vs.Georgia TechL 20–⁠27120––1
Sep 6vs.DelawareW 31–⁠77480–––
Sep 12atHoustonL 20–⁠362110123–
Sep 20vs.WyomingW 37–⁠209220–––
2024 Incarnate Word 11 games, 909 rushing yards, 9 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Aug 31vs.Northern ColoradoW 28–⁠714792–––
Sep 7atSouth Dakota StateL 24–⁠458140–––
Sep 14atSouthern IllinoisL 28–⁠358320–––
Sep 21vs.Northern ArizonaW 38–⁠14171842––1
Oct 5vs.Prairie View A&MW 56–⁠2817841––3
Oct 12vs.NichollsW 55–⁠106310––4
Oct 19vs.McNeeseW 30–⁠17251031––2
Oct 26atSE LouisianaW 34–⁠3116821–––
Nov 2vs.Houston ChristianW 45–⁠20141281––3
Nov 9vs.LamarW 41–⁠2015980––3
Nov 16atStephen F. AustinW 27–⁠2012741––2
2023 Incarnate Word 10 games, 125 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Sep 2atUTEPL 14–⁠281003672
Sep 9atNorthern ColoradoW 42–⁠7–––––4
Sep 16atAbilene ChristianW 27–⁠20–––––2
Sep 23vs.North AmericanW 63–⁠3–––1185
Oct 7vs.SE LouisianaW 33–⁠26–––488–
Oct 14vs.East Texas A&MW 28–⁠11–––18–
Oct 21atMcNeeseW 35–⁠24–––––2
Oct 28atLamarW 17–⁠7128302343
Nov 4vs.NichollsL 32–⁠45526061261
Nov 18atHouston ChristianW 45–⁠244160102

No box score in the source for Nov 11 vs. Northwestern State, so that game is not listed.

2022 Incarnate Word 9 games, 15 returns, 227 yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Sep 3vs.Southern IllinoisW 64–⁠29–––131–
Sep 17atPrairie View A&MW 31–⁠14–––236–
Sep 24atSE LouisianaL 35–⁠41–––––2
Oct 1vs.McNeeseW 48–⁠20–––230–
Oct 8vs.LamarW 56–⁠1731901141
Oct 15atNichollsW 49–⁠14–––––2
Oct 29atEast Texas A&MW 35–⁠7–––235–
Nov 5vs.Houston ChristianW 73–⁠20200126–
Dec 3vs.FurmanW 41–⁠38–––121–

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

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