3 seasons since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | INT | PD | Havoc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | UTEP#137 · 1-6 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — |
| 2025 | UTEP#128 · 2-10 | 7 | 15% | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | UTEP#128 · 3-9 | 4 | 8% | 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Ekow Taylor's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Ekow Taylor's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
| Defense | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Hur | PD | INT | TD |
| 1 | @ | L 16–28 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 2 | W 42–17 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||
| 3 | @ | L 10–27 | 4.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 4 | L 25–31 | 4.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | |
| 5 | L 11–30 | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | · | · | |
| 7 | L 8–19 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||
| 8 | @ | W 35–17 | 7.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 10 | @ | L 20–33 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 11 | L 27–30 | 7.0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | · | · | |
| 12 | @ | L 24–38 | 9.8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | · | 1 |
| 13 | L 31–34 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||
| 14 | @ | L 31–61 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | · | · |
| 2025 · 7 games | 6.7 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | · | 1 | ||
FBS rank among qualifying players
21 DLs on the UTEP roster, ordered by tkl
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elijah Fields | DL | SR | 19 | 3.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 |
| 3 | Shakaun Bowser | DL | SR | 17 | 4.5 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 90 | Ashton Coker | DT | JR | 17 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 19 | Sterling Miles | DE | SR | 10 | 3.5 | 3.5 | — | 0 |
| Royce Wilson | DE | 10 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | ||
| 11 | Derek Burns | DL | JR | 9 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 |
| 9 | Oryend Fisher | DL | JR | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 |
| 21 | Dycin Davis | DE | FR | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 55 | Leander Parrish | DL | FR | 5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 |
| 93 | Jerrell Brasher | DL | JR | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 94 | Jimmy Leon | DL | FR | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 98 | Preston Hickey | DL | SR | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 31 | Joshua Shaw | DE | FR | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 35 | Kofi Taylor-Barrocks | DE | JR | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 6 | Ekow Taylor | DE | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 40 | Jaxon Smith | DE | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 88 | Truth Holmes | DL | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 92 | Justin Roberts | DL | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 95 | DAdrian Tinney-Anderson | DL | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 96 | Caynan James | DL | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 97 | Shaun McDowell | DL | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes —+ plays per team game. UTEP depth chart →