Kamario Taylor, 2026
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Quarterback, Mississippi State, 2025–⁠26

Kamario Taylor

Lettered 2025 (school media guide)

Number
No. 1
Height
6′4″
Weight
230 lb
Class (2026)
Sophomore
Hometown
Macon, MS
Born
Feb 2, 2007

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Kamario Taylor plays quarterback for Mississippi State. Taylor is No. 9 in FBS in passing touchdowns this season. Last time out, against Alabama: 19 of 34, 258 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT; 6 carries, −26 yards. Since the Alabama game, the news has been about Taylor’s injury; his status for the next game isn’t on file.

2026 so far

1,450 passing yards, 17 TD

No. 9 in FBS in passing touchdowns

In the news: LSU Catches Massive Break With Latest Kamario Taylor Injury Update, Yahoo Sports

Last game: 19 of 34, 258 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT; 6 carries, −26 yards vs. Alabama, L 23–⁠56; injury news since (status not on file)

Next game: vs. Oklahoma, Oct 24

Game by game this season, passing yards
  1. 354ULM
  2. 227@MINN
  3. 251@SC
  4. 360MIZ
  5. 258ALA

Filled bars: wins; outlined: losses.

At a glance

Best season
1,450
Passing yards, 2026 (Mississippi State, 4–⁠2)
National rank
No. 9
In FBS in passing touchdowns, 2026

Career highs

360passing yards, career highvs. Missouri, 20264touchdown passes, career hightwice; last at South Carolina, 2026173rushing yards, career highvs. Ole Miss, 20253rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Georgia, 2025

Passing

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

* The season in progress, so far.

SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2025Mississippi State437755.86298.251
2026Mississippi State10215466.21,4509.4174
Career14523162.82,0799.0225

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2025Mississippi State824585.6839
2026Mississippi State431593.7126
Career1256174.9939

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2025Mississippi State1QBFr.
2026Mississippi State1QBSo.6′4″230

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. passAdj. rush
2025Mississippi State1580.4189th (n=314)0.2464.319%0.170.56
2026Mississippi State1950.3886th (n=273)0.2174.954%0.300.26

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.

Passing detail

SeasonTeamSuccessDepthAfter catchDeep throwsDeep completed
2025Mississippi State39%11.4 yds6.0 yds14 of 7121%
2026Mississippi State53%8.9 yds6.5 yds22 of 14950%

Success: passes that kept the offense on schedule. Depth: how far downfield his passes traveled in the air, on average. After catch: yards his receivers gained after the catch, per completion. Deep throws: the play-by-play gives depth and direction for about half of a passer’s throws; this is how many of those went deep, and how many of the deep ones were caught. From CollegeFootballData, FBS games, 2025 on.

Rushing detail

SeasonTeamSuccessLine yardsSecond levelOpen fieldStuffed
2025Mississippi State58%3.701.702.0014%
2026Mississippi State72%4.302.002.1014%

Where his yards came from, per carry: line yards are the ones credited to the blockers (the first few, and losses), second level the yards 5 to 10 past the line, open field those beyond 10. Success: carries that kept the offense on schedule. Stuffed: carries stopped at or behind the line. From CollegeFootballData, FBS games, 2025 on.

Game by game

2026 Mississippi State 5 games, 1,450 passing yards, 17 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 5vs.UL MonroeW 62–⁠1322343544059
Sep 12atMinnesotaW 38–⁠1316222273086
Sep 19atSouth CarolinaW 41–⁠3418262514133
Sep 26vs.MissouriW 31–⁠242738360317
Oct 3vs.AlabamaL 23–⁠56193425832−26
2025 Mississippi State 11 games, 629 passing yards, 5 TD; 458 rushing yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 30atSouthern MissW 34–⁠17–––––3
Sep 13vs.Alcorn StateW 63–⁠023461040
Sep 20vs.Northern IllinoisW 38–⁠10–––––26
Sep 27vs.TennesseeL 34–⁠41–––––10
Oct 18atFloridaL 21–⁠23–––––13
Oct 25vs.TexasL 38–⁠45111100
Nov 1atArkansasW 38–⁠3525401055
Nov 8vs.GeorgiaL 21–⁠41610870053
Nov 15atMissouriL 27–⁠4945361022
Nov 28vs.Ole MissL 19–⁠38153117801173
Jan 2 ✦vs.Wake ForestL 29–⁠4313222411063

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

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