Michael Taaffe stats

Dolphins

Safety · #16

Age 23 · 6' 0" · 190 lbs

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Michael Taaffe recorded 39 tackles and 0.0 sacks in 7 games of 2026 for the Miami Dolphins. Last game: .

Stats

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Totals

GP
7
TOT
39
SOLO
18
AST
21
SACK
0.0
INT
2
PD
2
FF
1
Totals by season
SeasonTeamGPGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOTTOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLOSOLO: Tackles made without help.ASTAST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACKSACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INTINT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PDPD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FFFF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
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What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season

GP
7
TOT
39
SOLO
18
AST
21
SACK
0.0
INT
2
PD
2
FF
1

Per game

GP
7
TOT
5.6
SOLO
2.6
AST
3
SACK
0.0
INT
0.3
PD
0.3
FF
0.1

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
SeasonTeamGPGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOTTOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLOSOLO: Tackles made without help.ASTAST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACKSACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INTINT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PDPD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FFFF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
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What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season, Per game

GP
7
TOT
5.6
SOLO
2.6
AST
3
SACK
0.0
INT
0.3
PD
0.3
FF
0.1

Bio

Age
23 yearsFeb 18, 2003
Height
6' 0"
Weight
190 lbs
Experience
0 years
Birthplace
Austin, TX
Draft
2026Rd 5, Pk 158
College
Texas

Against other safeties

2026 regular season, 114 NFL safeties with 6+ games.

  • Tackles39

    Higher than 73% of the other 113 NFL safeties.

  • Forced Fumbles1

    Higher than 81% of the other 113 NFL safeties.

  • Passes Defended2

    Higher than 53% of the other 113 NFL safeties.

Latest performance

Michael Taaffe

Nov 01 · vs NE · L 24-19

TOT
6
SOLO
3
AST
3
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Snap counts, 2026

94% of his club's defensive snaps a game (406 in 7 games); 100% in week 8.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1LV5175%8
2SF4485%8
3KC52100%8
4MIN78100%6
5CIN6295%6
7NYJ59100%5
8NE60100%6

NFL snap counts, every player

Injury history

Michael Taaffe has been on the NFL’s game-status report 0 weeks since 2026.

His weeks on the injury report by season
SeasonOutD / QInjuries listed
202600Wrist, Neck

From the weekly injury reports clubs file (nflverse), regular season and playoffs; a practice-only listing counts no week. A player moved to injured reserve leaves the report, so a season-ending injury shows only up to that move.

2026 NFL combine

SAF, 6'0", 190 lb · Texas

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash4.50s52nd

Percentile: the share of SAFs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2026 combine

Games

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Next

vs DETSun, Nov 08

Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Nov 01vsNEL 24-196300
Sun, Oct 25atNYJW 28-253101
Sun, Oct 11vsCINL 31-244200
Sun, Oct 04atMINL 15-106400
Sun, Sep 27vsKCL 24-107200
Sun, Sep 20atSFL 35-139500

What are Michael Taaffe's career stats?

Michael Taaffe has played 1 season for the Dolphins. He has recorded 39 tackles and 2 interceptions. His best season so far is 2026: 39 tackles and 0.0 sacks.

Best single games

  • Tackles: 4 @ LV on Sep 13, 2026, L 27-13
Michael Taaffe's best game in each stat, by season
SeasonTOTTOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.
20264

What the columns mean: TOT

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2026.

Michael Taaffe college stats

Michael Taaffe played 4 seasons at Texas Longhorns (2022 to 2025): 221 tackles, 3 sacks and 7 interceptions.

defensive

Michael Taaffe's college defensive by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2022Texas Longhorns251312100000
2023Texas Longhorns4828202003450
2024Texas Longhorns7840381021290
2025Texas Longhorns703832110200

returning

Michael Taaffe's college returning by season
SeasonSchoolATTYDSYDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.FCLNGATTYDSYDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.LNG
2023Texas Longhorns000000000

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for. Game by game: Michael Taaffe's college game log.

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