Jonathan Taylor Fantasy Football Profile, News and Stats

Jonathan Taylor
RB
, Indianapolis Colts

Age: 21
Weight: 221 lbs
Height: 5' 11"

ADP: 44
Depth Chart Ranking: 1

Pts	RuYds	RuTD	Rec	RecYds
70.9	367	3	16	162

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Draft note

by John Paulsen

The Colts drafted Taylor in the second round. They traded up to get him, which is usually an indicator of increased usage as a rookie. HC Frank Reich has a reputation for using a committee of backs, but over the past two seasons Marlon Mack has averaged 17.6 and 16.3 carries, respectively. Mack is still with the team, so it’s unclear how the touches are going to shake out in the Indy backfield. Taylor is talented and could handle a three-down role if that’s the route that Reich wants to go. Complicating matters, Reich called Nyheim Hines a “role-playing starter” given his ability as a receiver. Taylor has top five upside in this offense, but it’s unlikely that he’ll see enough work as a rookie to get there.

Latest news

Colts RB Jordan Wilkins dealing with calf injury

Adam Levitan on Twitter

Oct 19 · 9:55 AM EDT

Jordan Wilkins (calf) played just four snaps yesterday.

Related players: Jonathan Taylor, Nyheim Hines

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The tweet went on to say Taylor to handled 92% of the RB carries and 36% of the RB targets. Hines seems to just be a factor on passing plays and downs.

Scouting report

by Brandon Niles

· Oct 15 · 5:33 PM EDT

IND RB Jonathan Taylor - Week 6 Fantasy Football Outlook

Week 6 vs. Cincinnati Bengals

Jonathan Taylor had a touchdown last week against the Browns, but he had only 12 carries and 57 yards as the Colts’ turnovers left them trailing for much of the game. Taylor has high upside as the primary back behind a solid offensive line – albeit missing Anthony Castonzo – and his 18.5 touches per game since taking over as the starter in Week 2 give him a high floor as well.

This week, Taylor should get back on track against a struggling Bengals defense that ranks 21st in the league in aFPA to opposing running backs. Fantasy owners should start him in all leagues, as we have him ranked in our top-five running back rankings this week.

2020 Strength of Schedule - IND

W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10	W11	W12	W13	W14	W15	W16	W17
31 @JAX	14 MIN	27 NYJ	13 @CHI	17 @CLE	21 CIN	BYE	26 @DET	7 BAL	25 @TEN	28 GB	25 TEN	32 @HOU	29 @LV	32 HOU	12 @PIT	31 JAX

Schedule difficulty based on schedule-adjusted, positional defensive ranking. Top DEF = 1, bottom DEF = 32.

2020 Game Stats


Week	Opp	RuAtt	RuYds	RuTD	YPC	Rec	RecYds	Tgts	YPR	STD	PPR	Snaps	%
1	@JAX	9	22	0	2.44	6	67	6	11.17	8.9	14.9	26/74	35.1%
2	MIN	26	101	1	3.88	2	9	2	4.50	17.0	19.0	49/73	67.1%
3	NYJ	13	59	1	4.54	1	3	1	3.00	12.2	13.2	24/60	40.0%
4	@CHI	17	68	0	4.00	1	11	1	11.00	7.9	8.9	33/72	45.8%
5	@CLE	12	57	1	4.75	2	17	3	8.50	13.4	15.4	31/56	55.4%
6	CIN	12	60	0	5.00	4	55	4	13.75	11.5	15.5	37/63	58.7%
Per game		14.83	61.17	0.50	4.12	2.67	27.00	2.83	10.13	11.82	14.48	33.33/66.33	50.36%
Totals		89	367	3	4.12	16	162	17	10.13	70.9	86.9	200/398	50.36%