Leonard

Taylor III

#93

Leonard Taylor III

Height : 6' 3" · Weight : 305 lbs · Age : 24

NFL record

Year	Team	GP	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK
2025	2025 Totals	5	11	5	6	0
2025	New England Patriots	3	8	3	5	0
2025	New York Jets	2	3	2	1	0
2024	New York Jets	14	24	13	11	1.5

Contract

New England Patriots payroll →

2026 cap number: 1.08 M$
Average per year: 1.08 M$
Total value: 1.1 M$
Seasons left: 1 · through 2026

2026
1.08 M$
Not guaranteed

Cap number: the season's salary plus the share of the signing bonus spread over the contract. Total value and average per year cover the whole contract, from its signing.

Advanced stats, 2024 Interior defensive line

NFL stats →

2024 season. The percentile ranks the player among regular interior defensive line: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Tackles

4th percentile

Sacks

1.5

31th percentile

Pressures

11th percentile

QB hits

24th percentile

Tackles for loss

37th percentile

Forced fumbles

29th percentile

Passes defended

46th percentile

Missed tackle rate

11.1 %

17th percentile

Defensive snaps

261

0th percentile

Games

Regular season. Data: nflverse (play-by-play, snap counts), Next Gen Stats, Pro Football Reference. EPA: expected points added. CPOE: completion percentage over expected.

2025 projection

NFL trends →

Projected WAR

0.1

Games

WAR 2024

0.1

Games played

The pace of the last three seasons (WAR per game, 60/25/15), pulled toward the group average, over the games expected from his availability in the last two, adjusted for age.

Trend

→ Stable (0)

20240.1 WAR · 0.007 per game

The trend compares this season's WAR per game with last season's, weighted by games played.

Outlook, age included

+25 · 22 y.o. · usually still improving

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2024

All ratings →

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed over four seasons from data, never by hand, against regulars in the same position group. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

Established starter

PRS: Pass rush; 76
RDF: Run defense; 87
TCK: Tackling; 73
DUR: Durability; 65
EX: Experience; 0

Why these ratings?

PRS — Pass rush : Pressures, sacks and QB hits, per snap
RDF — Run defense : Run tackles and tackles for loss, per snap
TCK — Tackling : Tackles made and missed tackles
DUR — Durability : Games played out of his team's, over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the NFL

WAR and PAL Rating, 2024

How we rate →

WAR: the EPA (expected points added) of every play, above replacement level, shared among those who made it, then converted to wins (35.3 points = one win). PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same group (50 = median).

WAR

0.1

PAL Rating

73 / 100

PAL: dimensions

Pass rush57

Run defense90

Splash plays57

Tackling53

Where WAR comes from (in wins)

Splash plays+0.02

Half the EPA of his sacks, interceptions, passes defended, forced fumbles, tackles for loss and QB hits, against his position's average per snap.

Coverage0.00

Yards allowed per target against his position's average, 0.12 points per yard (measured).

Position share+0.04

Replacement level: the share of defense the league spends on his position (by payroll), prorated by snaps.

Team defense−0.01

How much better or worse than average his team's defense was (EPA allowed), minus what is already credited to players, prorated by snaps.

The individual part is splash plays and coverage. The rest is the position share and his team's defense, split by snaps played.