Player
Alontae Taylor
CB · Saints
Alontae Taylor: facts drawn from the play-by-play.
From 2nd-round flyer to four-year Saints starter — 205 solo tackles, 6 INTs across 64 games.
TrendTaylor by season (regular season)
| Season | G | TK | AST | TFL | PD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| 2023 | 17 | 50 | 19 | 6 | 14 | 2 |
| 2024 | 17 | 60 | 28 | 7 | 16 | 1 |
| 2025 | 17 | 58 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 2 |
Taylor was a 2022 2nd-round pick out of Tennessee and stepped straight into nickel work as a rookie. His TFL count has climbed every year (1 → 6 → 7 → 7), an unusual trend line for a corner — most CBs lock in to coverage volume by year 2. Taylor instead became a do-everything piece in Dennis Allen's and Joe Woods' looks: slot, outside, occasional blitz.
64 games, 205 solos, 78 assists, 52 PDs, 6 INTs across four seasons.
Pass deflections per season
| Season | PD |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 11 |
| 2023 | 14 |
| 2024 | 16 |
| 2025 | 11 |
16 pass deflections in 2024 — tied for 10th among all CBs.
Rare2024 CB pass deflection leaders
| Player | PD |
|---|---|
| Derek Stingley Jr. | 23 |
| Denzel Ward | 19 |
| Darius Slay | 18 |
| Zyon McCollum | 18 |
| Mike Sainristil | 18 |
| Mike Jackson | 16 |
| Trent McDuffie | 16 |
| Cam Taylor-Britt | 16 |
| Jack Jones | 16 |
| Alontae Taylor | 16 |
On a 2024 Saints defense that finished middle-of-the-pack, Taylor cracked the top 10 in pass deflections among all corners — sitting next to McDuffie, Slay, and Stingley. The 16 PDs paired with 7 TFLs is a profile you typically only see in dime safeties, not boundary corners.
42 PDs across 2023-2024-2025 — only 6 INTs to show for it.
SplitTaylor: targeted but not finishing
| Span | PD | INT | PD-to-INT ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 14 | 2 | 7.0 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1 | 16.0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 | 5.5 |
| Total | 41 | 5 | 8.2 |
The flip side of the volume profile: 41 PDs vs. 5 INTs across his last three seasons is a high ratio. League average for CBs is closer to 5:1 PD-to-INT; Taylor sits at 8:1. He's at the catch point a lot, but the takeaways haven't followed at the rate his coverage activity suggests they should.
The 2025 line (11 PDs, 2 INTs) brought the ratio back closer to normal.
4 TFLs in 2024 — most by any Saints CB in a single season this decade.
MilestoneTaylor's 7 TFLs in 2024 are the most by a Saints cornerback in a single season since at least 2019. The same line in 2025 (7 TFLs) means he's now run it back two years in a row.
It reflects how the Saints have used him — frequently in the slot, where corners get more run-fit responsibility, and on designed pressures (he has 6 QB hits in 2024 plus another 3 in 2025).
On a 2025 Saints roster in flux, Taylor was the only DB with 50+ tackles AND 10+ PDs.
ComparisonThe 2025 Saints reshuffled the secondary around Taylor — Paulson Adebo moved on in free agency, Kool-Aid McKinstry took over outside. Through 17 games Taylor was the only Saints defensive back to clear both 50+ tackles and 10+ pass deflections in the same season.
He's also one of just 5 active corners with 4+ straight seasons of 11+ PDs to start a career.
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