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Michael Taaffe
177
Texas
SPROJECTED ROUND 6

MICHAEL TAAFFE

Texas • SEC

5-11.875190 LBS
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GRIDIRON INSIGHT: PRODUCTION OUTLIER

0.30 yards allowed per coverage snap on 339 cover snaps

Late-round film-elite Ss become starters at a 30% rate (avg 1.8 AV/yr)

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GRIDIRON INSIGHT: PRODUCTION OUTLIER

Production score 89 despite #177 consensus rank

Late-round high-production Ss become starters at a 30% rate (avg 1.8 AV/yr)

GRIDIRON GRADE

PRODATHEXPOVR
73

STARTER

PRODUCTION
89
ATHLETICISM
71
EXPERIENCE
50

Grade reflects composite data model.

GRIDIRON

73
vs

ESPN

52
+21

ABOVE ESPN

#15

ESPN POS RANK

SCOUTING REPORT

C+

OVERALL COMPOSITE

68 / 100

S · POOL: 142

The higher the percentile, the better. Percentiles are relative to other prospects at the same position in the same draft class.

STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES

STRENGTHS6
PD/Game
1399
Tackles/Game
19399
TFL/Game
999
Missed Tackle Rate
394
Tackling
8585
Coverage
8181
WEAKNESSES2
Forced Incompletions
02
Pass Breakups
04

MEASURABLES

HEIGHT

5-11.875

WEIGHT

190 LBS

EXPERIENCE

3

SEASONS

LIMITED EXPERIENCE — 0 CAREER STARTS

POSITION CLASS

2026 S CLASS

Ranked #10 of 25 by Gridiron Grade

1Dillon Thieneman86
2Treydan Stukes83
3Caleb Downs80
4Bud Clark79
5Emmanuel McNeil-Warren77
···
10Michael Taaffe73

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