Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2008-2011West Virginia
Tyler Urban
FB • 6'5" • North Huntingdon, PA, USA
Explosive all-purpose backBig-play efficiency
Tyler Urban leans explosive all-purpose back traits and 84.7 efficiency.
Impact Production
23
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
16
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
38
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · West Virginia
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- West Virginia
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Liberty
Player Story
Tyler Urban built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a FB from North Huntingdon, PA wearing No. 89, spending time with West Virginia. The clearest part of Tyler Urban's career was his receiving role: 37...
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- Committed To
- West Virginia
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2008
Tyler Urban, FB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · West Virginia. Tyler Urban leans explosive all-purpose back traits and 84.7 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 429
- Receiving yards
- 429
- Touchdowns
- 5
Quick Answers
Tyler Urban quick answers
- Latest team and position
- West Virginia · FB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 429
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2011 Regular Season · West Virginia
- Top game
- Liberty
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Norwin · West Virginia
- High school pipeline
- Norwin · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 89 · Class 2011
- 2011 Scrimmage yards rank
- 226 scrimmage yards · FB 9th (top 12%) · Big East 55th (top 40%) · National 809th (top 38%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Postseason | West Virginia | 3 | 42 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 53.2 |
| 2008 Regular Season | West Virginia | 3 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 53.2 |
| 2009 Postseason | West Virginia | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.2 |
| 2009 Regular Season | West Virginia | 10 | 117 | 0 | 117 | 1 | 37.2 |
| 2010 Regular Season | West Virginia | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 24.4 |
| 2011 Regular Season | West Virginia | 11 | 226 | 0 | 226 | 2 | 65.5 |
Related Context
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Tyler Urban played FB for West Virginia. Across 4 tracked seasons, Tyler Urban recorded 429 receiving yards and 5 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2011 with West Virginia.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2011 Regular Season
West Virginia paired 226 primary output with 84.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2011 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 84.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2011 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh
Win with 41 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2011 Regular Season · West Virginia
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
20.5
Efficiency
84.7
Usage
3.2
Consistency
68.4
Best Game by takeover score
Pittsburgh
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Marshall: 8. Norfolk State: 20. Maryland: 3. LSU: 33. Bowling Green: 14. UConn: 25. Rutgers: 29. Louisville: 18. Cincinnati: 19. Pittsburgh: 41. South Florida: 16
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Marshall: 1 by 66.7. Norfolk State: 2 by 83.3. Maryland: 1 by 25. LSU: 3 by 91.7. Bowling Green: 1 by 100. UConn: 2 by 100. Rutgers: 2 by 100. Louisville: 1 by 100. Cincinnati: 2 by 79.2. Pittsburgh: 4 by 85.4. South Florida: 1 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins19.4 · Games = 9 · -6.1 vs Losses
Losses25.5 · Games = 2 · +6.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Pittsburgh
Best efficiency game
100 vs South Florida
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/2 | @ South Florida | W 30-27 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 16 | 16 |
| Sat 11/26 | vs Pittsburgh | W 21-20 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 41 | 10.3 |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Cincinnati | W 24-21 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 19 | 9.5 |
| Sat 11/5 | vs Louisville | L 35-38 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 18 | 18 |
| Sat 10/29 | @ Rutgers | W 41-31 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 29 | 14.5 |
| Sat 10/8 | vs UConn | W 43-16 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 25 | 12.5 |
| Sat 10/1 | vs Bowling Green | W 55-10 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 14 | 14 |
| Sun 9/25 | vs LSU | L 21-47 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 33 | 11 |
| Sat 9/17 | @ Maryland | W 37-31 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Norfolk State | W 55-12 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 20 | 10 |
| Sun 9/4 | vs Marshall | W 34-13 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 8 | 8 |
Player Story
Tyler Urban story
Tyler Urban built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a FB from North Huntingdon, PA wearing No. 89, spending time with West Virginia. The clearest part of Tyler Urban's career was his receiving role: 37 catches, 429 receiving yards, and 5 touchdowns across 26 career games in the available record. His career also includes 16 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Tyler Urban's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
West Virginia
2008-2011
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
200820082009200920102011
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Postseason | West Virginia | 79 | 100 | 2.2 | — |
| 2008 Regular Season | West Virginia | 79 | 100 | 2.2 | 0 |
| 2009 Postseason | West Virginia | 117 | 64.6 | 1.9 | 38 |
| 2009 Regular Season | West Virginia | 117 | 64.6 | 1.9 | 0 |
| 2010 Regular Season | West Virginia | 7 | 18.8 | 2.3 | -110 |
| 2011 Regular Season | West Virginia | 226 | 84.7 | 3.2 | 219 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Liberty
Week 1 · W 33-20
Win with 49 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
70.4 takeover
49 scrimmage yards and 3.9 usage.
#2
@ North Carolina
Week 1 · W 31-30 · Postseason
42
Scrimmage Yards
69.6 takeover
Win with 42 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
42 scrimmage yards and 3.1 usage.
#3
vs Pittsburgh
Week 13 · W 21-20 · Conference game
41
Scrimmage Yards
69.1 takeover
Win with 41 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
41 scrimmage yards and 7.7 usage.
#4
vs LSU
Week 4 · L 21-47
33
Scrimmage Yards
62.3 takeover
Loss with 33 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
33 scrimmage yards and 5.1 usage.
#5
@ Rutgers
Week 9 · W 41-31 · Conference game
29
Scrimmage Yards
60.3 takeover
Win with 29 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
29 scrimmage yards and 3.6 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2011 Regular Season · West Virginia
226 primary output · 84.7 efficiency · 3.2 usage
65.5
#2
2008 Postseason · West Virginia
53.2
79 primary · 100 efficiency · 2.2 usage
#3
2008 Regular Season · West Virginia
53.2
79 primary · 100 efficiency · 2.2 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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