Player Dossier

2019-2023

Virginia

Tayvonn Kyle

CB • 5'11" • 181 lbs • Valdosta, GA, USA

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Tayvonn Kyle shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

47%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

48

Developing production for a corner

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Reliability

48

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

60

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Iowa State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Iowa State • Virginia
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma

Player Story

Tayvonn Kyle built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a cornerback from Valdosta, GA wearing No. 23, spending time with Iowa State and Virginia. The clearest part of Tayvonn Kyle's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8393

Lowndes · Valdosta, GA

Committed To
Iowa State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Tayvonn Kyle, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Iowa State. Tayvonn Kyle shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
129
TFL
8.5
Sacks
0.5
Passes defended
16

Quick Answers

Tayvonn Kyle quick answers

Latest team and position
Virginia · CB
Career Tackles
129
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 38 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Iowa State
Top game
Oklahoma
Recruit profile
3-star · Lowndes · Iowa State
High school pipeline
Lowndes · 35 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 23 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
53 tackles · CB 20th (top 5%) · ACC 57th (top 10%) · National 527th (top 9%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 PostseasonIowa State670.50--054.2
2019 Regular SeasonIowa State6223.50.5-1054.2
2020 Regular SeasonIowa State112820-6050.8
2021 Regular SeasonIowa State33-0--036.9
2022 Regular SeasonIowa State61610-4033.7
2023 Regular SeasonVirginia12531.50-5041.4

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2023Iowa State to VirginiaP4 to P480.7Dec 20, 2022

Tayvonn Kyle played CB for Iowa State and Virginia. Across 5 tracked seasons, Tayvonn Kyle recorded 129 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Virginia.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Iowa State paired 5.5 primary output with 29.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 23.8 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Iowa State, Virginia.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: James Madison

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2023 Regular Season · Virginia

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

23.8

Usage

4.5

Consistency

32.1

Best Game by takeover score

James Madison

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Tennessee: 0. James Madison: 1.5. Maryland: 1. NC State: 0. Boston College: 0. William & Mary: 1.5. North Carolina: 1. Miami: 0.5. Georgia Tech: 0. Louisville: 0. Duke: 1. Virginia Tech: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Tennessee: 3 by 12.5. James Madison: 8 by 48.3. Maryland: 1 by 14.2. NC State: 3 by 12.5. Boston College: 2 by 8.3. William & Mary: 3 by 27.5. North Carolina: 6 by 35. Miami: 5 by 25.8. Georgia Tech: 6 by 25. Louisville: 3 by 12.5. Duke: 9 by 47.5. Virginia Tech: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.2 · Games = 3 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 9 · -0.8 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

James Madison

Best efficiency game

48.3 vs James Madison

Result
Sat 11/25vs Virginia TechL 17-5542000
Sat 11/18vs DukeW 30-2793001
Fri 11/10@ LouisvilleL 24-3132000
Sat 11/4vs Georgia TechL 17-4563000
Sat 10/28@ MiamiL 26-29500.5000
Sat 10/21@ North CarolinaW 31-2762001
Sat 10/7vs William & MaryW 27-13320.5001
Sat 9/30@ Boston CollegeL 24-2722000
Fri 9/22vs NC StateL 21-2433000
Fri 9/15@ MarylandL 14-4211001
Sat 9/9vs James MadisonL 35-36830.5001
Sat 9/2@ TennesseeL 13-4932000

Player Story

Tayvonn Kyle story

Tayvonn Kyle built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a cornerback from Valdosta, GA wearing No. 23, spending time with Iowa State and Virginia. The clearest part of Tayvonn Kyle's career was his defensive production: 129 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 38 career games in the available record. That gives Tayvonn Kyle's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Iowa State

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Virginia

    2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201920192020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 PostseasonIowa State5.529.37.1
2019 Regular SeasonIowa State5.529.37.10
2020 Regular SeasonIowa State918.83.13.5
2021 Regular SeasonIowa State04.20.8-9
2022 Regular SeasonIowa State519.52.85
2023 Regular SeasonVirginia6.523.84.51.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Oklahoma

Week 11 · L 41-42 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

81.4 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.4 takeover score.

#2

vs James Madison

Week 2 · L 35-36

1.5

Havoc Plays

73.6 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.6 takeover score.

#3

@ Oklahoma State

Week 11 · L 14-20 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

67.8 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.

#4

@ Oklahoma State

Week 8 · L 21-24 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

63.9 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.9 takeover score.

#5

vs William & Mary

Week 6 · W 27-13

1.5

Havoc Plays

56.1 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Iowa State

5.5 primary output · 29.3 efficiency · 7.1 usage

54.2

#2

2019 Regular Season · Iowa State

54.2

5.5 primary · 29.3 efficiency · 7.1 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Iowa State

50.8

9 primary · 18.8 efficiency · 3.1 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

5

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games