Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2018Maryland
Mbi Tanyi
DL • 6'1" • 290 lbs • Houston, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Mbi Tanyi shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
35
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
24
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
59
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Maryland
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Maryland
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas
Player Story
Mbi Tanyi built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a defensive lineman from Houston, TX wearing No. 50, spending time with Maryland. The clearest part of Mbi Tanyi's career was his defensive production: 65...
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- Committed To
- Maryland
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Mbi Tanyi, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Maryland. Mbi Tanyi shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 65
- TFL
- 4
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Mbi Tanyi quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Maryland · DL
- Career Tackles
- 65
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 28 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Maryland
- Top game
- Texas
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Fort Bend Bush · Maryland
- High school pipeline
- Robert F. Munroe Day School · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 50 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 36 tackles · DL 104th (top 14%) · Big Ten 119th (top 20%) · National 1,117th (top 20%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Maryland | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Maryland | 5 | 9 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.2 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Maryland | 11 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40.1 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Maryland | 12 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 35 |
Related Context
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Mbi Tanyi played DL for Maryland. Across 4 tracked seasons, Mbi Tanyi recorded 65 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Maryland.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Maryland paired 5 primary output with 12.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 15.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Texas
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · Maryland
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
15.8
Usage
4.3
Consistency
8.3
Best Game by takeover score
Texas
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas: 2. Bowling Green: 0. Temple: 0. Minnesota: 0. Michigan: 0. Rutgers: 1. Iowa: 0. Illinois: 0. Michigan State: 0. Indiana: 1. Ohio State: 0. Penn State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas: 4 by 36.7. Bowling Green: 3 by 12.5. Temple: 5 by 20.8. Minnesota: 2 by 8.3. Michigan: 4 by 16.7. Rutgers: 3 by 22.5. Iowa: 3 by 12.5. Illinois: 3 by 12.5. Michigan State: 1 by 4.2. Indiana: 4 by 26.7. Ohio State: 2 by 8.3. Penn State: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.6 · Games = 5 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.1 · Games = 7 · -0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Texas
Best efficiency game
36.7 vs Texas
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/24 | @ Penn State | L 3-38 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/17 | vs Ohio State | L 51-52 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/10 | @ Indiana | L 32-34 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/3 | vs Michigan State | L 3-24 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/27 | vs Illinois | W 63-33 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/20 | @ Iowa | L 0-23 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/13 | vs Rutgers | W 34-7 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/6 | @ Michigan | L 21-42 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/22 | vs Minnesota | W 42-13 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/15 | vs Temple | L 14-35 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/8 | @ Bowling Green | W 45-14 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/1 | vs TexasSplash game | W 34-29 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Mbi Tanyi story
Mbi Tanyi built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a defensive lineman from Houston, TX wearing No. 50, spending time with Maryland. The clearest part of Mbi Tanyi's career was his defensive production: 65 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 28 career games in the available record. That gives Mbi Tanyi's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Maryland
2015-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2015201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Maryland | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Maryland | 0 | 7.5 | 1.2 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Maryland | 5 | 12.1 | 4.3 | 5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Maryland | 4 | 15.8 | 4.3 | -1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Texas
Week 1 · W 34-29
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#2
vs Towson
Week 2 · W 63-17
2
Havoc Plays
64.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 64.2 takeover score.
#3
@ Rutgers
Week 10 · L 24-31 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
57.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.5 takeover score.
#4
vs Rutgers
Week 7 · W 34-7 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
57.5 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.5 takeover score.
#5
vs Penn State
Week 13 · L 3-66 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
51.1 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Maryland
5 primary output · 12.1 efficiency · 4.3 usage
40.1
#2
2016 Regular Season · Maryland
39.2
0 primary · 7.5 efficiency · 1.2 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Maryland
35
4 primary · 15.8 efficiency · 4.3 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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