Defensive back, Wake Forest, 2017–⁠21

Ja’Sir Taylor

Number: No. 6
Height: 5′10″
Weight: 187 lb
Class (2021): Senior
Hometown: Asbury Park, NJ
Born: Jan 8, 1999

Ja’Sir Taylor played defensive back at Wake Forest (2017–⁠21). The Los Angeles Chargers took Taylor in round 6, No. 214 overall in the 2022 NFL Draft.

Best season: 60; Tackles, 2021 (Wake Forest, 11–⁠3)
Drafted: No. 214; Round 6, 2022 NFL Draft (Los Angeles Chargers)

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

8–⁠57–⁠68–⁠54–⁠511–⁠3AP 15

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD	Hur
2017	Wake Forest	27	24	0	0	0	5	0
2018	Wake Forest	26	22	1	0	0	6	0
2019	Wake Forest	30	26	2	1	2	2	1
2020	Wake Forest	42	34	1	0	2	6	0
2021	Wake Forest	60	47	4	0	2	5	0
Career		185	153	8	1	6	24	1

Returns

Season	Team	KR	Yds	TD	PR	Yds	TD
2019	Wake Forest	–	–	–	2	25	0
2021	Wake Forest	8	210	1	–	–	–
Career		8	210	1	2	25	0

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
2017	Wake Forest	6	DB	Yr 1
2018	Wake Forest	6	DB	Yr 2
2019	Wake Forest	6	DB	Yr 3
2020	Wake Forest	6	DB	Yr 4
2021	Wake Forest	6	DB	Sr. (Yr 5)	5′10″	187

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

2021 Wake Forest 14 games, 60 tackles, 2 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
Sep 3	vs.Old Dominion	W 42–⁠10	2	2	0	1	1
Sep 11	vs.Norfolk State	W 41–⁠16	4	3	0	0	0
Sep 18	vs.Florida State	W 35–⁠14	2	2	0	0	0
Sep 24	atVirginia	W 37–⁠17	5	5	0	0	0
Oct 2	vs.Louisville	W 37–⁠34	7	3	0	0	1
Oct 9	atSyracuse	W 40–⁠37	6	4	0	0	1
Oct 23	atArmy	W 70–⁠56	6	4	0	0	0
Oct 30	vs.Duke	W 45–⁠7	2	2	0	0	0
Nov 6	atNorth Carolina	L 55–⁠58	3	2	1	0	1
Nov 13	vs.NC State	W 45–⁠42	7	6	1	0	1
Nov 20	atClemson	L 27–⁠48	4	4	0	0	0
Nov 27	atBoston College	W 41–⁠10	2	1	0	1	0
Dec 4	vs.Pittsburgh	L 21–⁠45	4	4	0	0	0
Dec 31 ✦	vs.Rutgers	W 38–⁠10	6	5	2	0	0

2020 Wake Forest 9 games, 42 tackles, 2 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
Sep 12	vs.Clemson	L 13–⁠37	5	5	0	0	0
Sep 19	atNC State	L 42–⁠45	4	2	0	1	0
Oct 2	vs.Campbell	W 66–⁠14	5	4	0	0	0
Oct 17	vs.Virginia	W 40–⁠23	6	4	0	0	3
Oct 24	vs.Virginia Tech	W 23–⁠16	7	6	0	0	1
Oct 31	atSyracuse	W 38–⁠14	4	4	0	0	0
Nov 14	atNorth Carolina	L 53–⁠59	5	5	0	1	1
Dec 12	atLouisville	L 21–⁠45	4	2	1	0	1
Dec 30 ✦	vs.Wisconsin	L 28–⁠42	2	2	0	0	0

2019 Wake Forest 13 games, 30 tackles, 1 sack, 2 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Aug 30	vs.Utah State	W 38–⁠35	3	2	1	0	0	0
Sep 6	atRice	W 41–⁠21	2	1	0	0	0	0
Sep 13	vs.North Carolina	W 24–⁠18	2	2	0	0	0	0
Sep 21	vs.Elon	W 49–⁠7	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 28	atBoston College	W 27–⁠24	1	1	0	0	0	0
Oct 12	vs.Louisville	L 59–⁠62	1	1	0	0	0	0
Oct 19	vs.Florida State	W 22–⁠20	5	5	0	0	0	0
Nov 2	vs.NC State	W 44–⁠10	1	1	0	0	0	1
Nov 9	atVirginia Tech	L 17–⁠36	1	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 16	atClemson	L 3–⁠52	4	4	0	0	0	0
Nov 23	vs.Duke	W 39–⁠27	1	1	1	1	1	1
Nov 30	atSyracuse	L 30–⁠39	3	3	0	0	1	0
Dec 27 ✦	vs.Michigan State	L 21–⁠27	5	4	0	0	0	0

2018 Wake Forest 12 games, 26 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	PD
Aug 30	atTulane	W 23–⁠17	3	3	0	3
Sep 8	vs.Towson	W 51–⁠20	3	3	0	1
Sep 13	vs.Boston College	L 34–⁠41	2	1	1	0
Sep 22	vs.Notre Dame	L 27–⁠56	1	1	0	0
Sep 29	vs.Rice	W 56–⁠24	5	3	0	0
Oct 20	atFlorida State	L 17–⁠38	0	0	0	1
Oct 27	atLouisville	W 56–⁠35	3	3	0	0
Nov 3	vs.Syracuse	L 24–⁠41	1	1	0	0
Nov 8	atNC State	W 27–⁠23	3	2	0	1
Nov 17	vs.Pittsburgh	L 13–⁠34	1	1	0	0
Nov 24	atDuke	W 59–⁠7	3	3	0	0
Dec 22 ✦	vs.Memphis	W 37–⁠34	1	1	0	0

2017 Wake Forest 10 games, 27 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	PD
Aug 31	vs.Presbyterian	W 51–⁠7	2	2	0
Sep 9	atBoston College	W 34–⁠10	2	2	0
Sep 16	vs.Utah State	W 46–⁠10	1	1	0
Sep 23	atApp State	W 20–⁠19	5	3	2
Sep 30	vs.Florida State	L 19–⁠26	1	1	0
Oct 7	atClemson	L 14–⁠28	1	1	0
Nov 4	atNotre Dame	L 37–⁠48	4	4	1
Nov 11	atSyracuse	W 64–⁠43	5	4	1
Nov 18	vs.NC State	W 30–⁠24	5	5	1
Dec 29 ✦	vs.Texas A&M	W 55–⁠52	1	1	0

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

Before the draft

Drill	Pro day 2022
Height	5′10½″
Weight	186 lb
Arm length	30⅞″
Hand size	8⅝″
Wingspan	74⅜″
40-yard dash	4.47 s
10-yard split	1.54 s
Vertical jump	37″
Broad jump	10′5″
Bench press	12 reps
3-cone drill	6.84 s
20-yard shuttle	4.25 s

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

4 seasons, 48 games with a stat; latest team: Cincinnati Bengals.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Int
2022	Los Angeles Chargers	11	19	0
2023	Los Angeles Chargers	13	30	1
2024	Los Angeles Chargers	14	20	0
2025	New York Jets	10	21	0
NFL career		48	90	1

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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