Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2017Central Michigan
Tyler Conklin
TE • 6'4" • 240 lbs • Chesterfield, MI, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Tyler Conklin reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
82
High-end production for a tight end
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
64
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Central Michigan
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Central Michigan
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Ohio
Player Story
Tyler Conklin built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a tight end from Chesterfield, MI wearing No. 83, spending time with Central Michigan. The clearest part of Tyler Conklin's career was his receiving...
Read the storyNFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2018
- Selection
- Round 5 · Pick 20
- Overall
- No. 157
- NFL Team
- Minnesota Vikings
Tyler Conklin, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Central Michigan. Tyler Conklin reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 1,159
- Receptions
- 83
- Touchdowns
- 11
Quick Answers
Tyler Conklin quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Central Michigan · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 1,159
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 24 games
- Best season
- 2016 Postseason · Central Michigan
- Top game
- Ohio
- NFL Draft
- 2018 · Round 5 · Pick 20 · Minnesota Vikings
- Latest roster
- No. 83 · Class 2017
- 2017 Receiving yards rank
- 504 receiving yards · TE 11th (top 4%) · Mid-American 20th (top 12%) · National 232nd (top 12%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 4 | 6 | 95 | 0 | 48 |
| 2016 Postseason | Central Michigan | 12 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 74.5 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 12 | 40 | 539 | 6 | 74.5 |
| 2017 Postseason | Central Michigan | 8 | 7 | 98 | 0 | 73.9 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 8 | 28 | 406 | 5 | 73.9 |
Related Context
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Tyler Conklin played TE for Central Michigan. Across 4 tracked seasons, Tyler Conklin recorded 1,159 receiving yards, 4 tackles, and 11 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Central Michigan.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason
Central Michigan paired 560 primary output with 82 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 74.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Postseason · Central Michigan
Games
8
Receiving Yards / G
63
Efficiency
74.8
Usage
22.2
Consistency
56.8
Best Game by takeover score
Ohio
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Wyoming: 98. Ohio: 136. Toledo: 48. Ball State: 45. Western Michigan: 2. Eastern Michigan: 4. Kent State: 104. Northern Illinois: 67
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. Wyoming: 7 by 93.3. Ohio: 10 by 90.7. Toledo: 3 by 100. Ball State: 3 by 100. Western Michigan: 1 by 13.3. Eastern Michigan: 1 by 26.7. Kent State: 4 by 100. Northern Illinois: 6 by 74.4
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins59.7 · Games = 6 · -13.3 vs Losses
Losses73 · Games = 2 · +13.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Ohio
Best efficiency game
100 vs Kent State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/22 | @ Wyoming | L 14-37 | — | 7 | 98 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 31 |
| Fri 11/24 | vs Northern Illinois | W 31-24 | — | 6 | 67 | 11.2 | 11.20 | 0 | 21 |
| Wed 11/15 | @ Kent State100 receiving yards | W 42-23 | — | 4 | 104 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 42 |
| Thu 11/9 | vs Eastern Michigan | W 42-30 | — | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Thu 11/2 | @ Western Michigan | W 35-28 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Sat 10/21 | @ Ball State | W 56-9 | — | 3 | 45 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 34 |
| Sat 10/14 | vs Toledo | L 10-30 | — | 3 | 48 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 26 |
| Sat 10/7 | @ Ohio100 receiving yards · High volume | W 26-23 | — | 10 | 136 | 13.6 | 13.60 | 2 | 25 |
Player Story
Tyler Conklin story
Tyler Conklin built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a tight end from Chesterfield, MI wearing No. 83, spending time with Central Michigan. The clearest part of Tyler Conklin's career was his receiving role: 83 catches, 1,159 receiving yards, and 11 touchdowns across 24 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Central Michigan. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 4 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 24 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Central Michigan.
The arc is straightforward: Tyler Conklin moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Central Michigan
2014-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201420152016201620172017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 95 | 82.5 | 4.9 | 95 |
| 2016 Postseason | Central Michigan | 560 | 82 | 15.8 | 465 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 560 | 82 | 15.8 | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | Central Michigan | 504 | 74.8 | 22.2 | -56 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 504 | 74.8 | 22.2 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Ohio
Week 6 · W 26-23 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
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Receiving Yards
96.9 takeover
136 receiving yards with a 90.7 efficiency score.
#2
@ Virginia
Week 4 · L 35-49
97
Receiving Yards
93.3 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
97 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ Oklahoma State
Week 2 · W 30-27
96
Receiving Yards
88.6 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
96 receiving yards with a 91.4 efficiency score.
#4
@ Kent State
Week 12 · W 42-23 · Conference game
104
Receiving Yards
88.5 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
104 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
@ Toledo
Week 8 · L 17-31 · Conference game
74
Receiving Yards
87.6 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
74 receiving yards with a 98.7 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Postseason · Central Michigan
560 primary output · 82 efficiency · 15.8 usage
74.5
#2
2016 Regular Season · Central Michigan
74.5
560 primary · 82 efficiency · 15.8 usage
#3
2017 Postseason · Central Michigan
73.9
504 primary · 74.8 efficiency · 22.2 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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