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CJ Taylor

Vanderbilt · Safety · 2021-24

TKL
181
INT
5
PD
11

Career totals · 4 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

From 2021 to 2024, Taylor recorded 181 tackles and 17 tackles for loss. From 2022 to 2024, Taylor also had 5 interceptions.

In 17-0 that career earns a 67 overall, the 5th-highest safety rating at Vanderbilt since 1990 and No. 173 among all safeties of the 2020-2024 era.

Season by Season

CJ Taylor season-by-season statistics at Vanderbilt
SeasonTklTFLPDInt
20213000
202259751
2023557.532
2024642.532
Total18117115

Seasons with tracked stats at Vanderbilt. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Vanderbilt Teammates

  1. 91Diego Pavia2024-25QB
  2. 90Eli Stowers2024-25TE
  3. 72Dayo Odeyingbo2017-20EDGE
  4. 70Will Sheppard2020-23WR
  5. 69Bryan Longwell2023-25LB
  6. 69Ray Davis2022RB
  7. 67Anfernee Orji2019-22LB
  8. 66Jaylen Mahoney2019-23CB
  9. 66Langston Patterson2022-25LB
  10. 66Ken Seals2020-23QB

Full Vanderbilt all-time roster

Top Safeties of the 2020-2024 Era

  1. 91Xavier WattsNotre Dame · 2021-24S
  2. 91Caleb DownsOhio State · 2024-25S
  3. 90Chris Smith IIGeorgia · 2018-22S
  4. 90Dillon ThienemanPurdue · 2023-24S
  5. 88Dalton JohnsonArizona · 2021-25S
  6. 88Jason Taylor IIOklahoma State · 2019-22S
  7. 88Verone McKinley IIIOregon · 2018-21S
  8. 88Kyle HamiltonNotre Dame · 2019-21S

Best college safeties since 1990Best SEC players

Sources: Wikipedia and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.