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Player Dossier
2020-2024Penn State
Tyler Elsdon
LB • 6'2" • 232 lbs • Frackville, PA, USA
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Tyler Elsdon shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
12
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
11
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
20
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Penn State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Penn State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota
Player Story
Tyler Elsdon built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a linebacker from Frackville, PA wearing No. 43, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Tyler Elsdon's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Penn State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Tyler Elsdon, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Penn State. Tyler Elsdon shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 92
- TFL
- 4.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Tyler Elsdon quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Penn State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 92
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 40 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Penn State
- Top game
- Minnesota
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · North Schuylkill · Penn State
- High school pipeline
- North Schuylkill · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 43 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 23 tackles · LB 546th (top 45%) · Big Ten 242nd (top 30%) · National 1,838th (top 31%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Penn State | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.2 |
| 2021 Postseason | Penn State | 5 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Penn State | 5 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Penn State | 12 | 38 | 3.5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 45.9 |
| 2023 Postseason | Penn State | 11 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 19.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Penn State | 11 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19.2 |
| 2024 Postseason | Penn State | 11 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 14.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Penn State | 11 | 18 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 14.2 |
Related Context
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Tyler Elsdon played LB for Penn State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Tyler Elsdon recorded 92 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Penn State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Penn State paired 7.5 primary output with 19.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 10.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2024 Postseason · Penn State
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.2
Efficiency
10.5
Usage
1.6
Consistency
6.1
Best Game by takeover score
Bowling Green
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Notre Dame: 0. Boise State: 0. SMU: 0. West Virginia: 0. Bowling Green: 1. Kent State: 1. Illinois: 0. UCLA: 0. USC: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Minnesota: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Notre Dame: 1 by 4.2. Boise State: 2 by 8.3. SMU: 2 by 8.3. West Virginia: 4 by 16.7. Bowling Green: 3 by 22.5. Kent State: 0 by 10. Illinois: 2 by 8.3. UCLA: 5 by 20.8. USC: 1 by 4.2. Wisconsin: 2 by 8.3. Minnesota: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.2 · Games = 10 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Bowling Green
Best efficiency game
22.5 vs Bowling Green
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1/10 | vs Notre Dame | L 24-27 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 1/1 | @ Boise State | W 31-14 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/21 | vs SMU | W 38-10 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | @ Minnesota | W 26-25 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | @ Wisconsin | W 28-13 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | @ USC | W 33-30 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | vs UCLA | W 27-11 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Illinois | W 21-7 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Kent State | W 56-0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Bowling Green | W 34-27 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | @ West Virginia | W 34-12 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Tyler Elsdon story
Tyler Elsdon built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a linebacker from Frackville, PA wearing No. 43, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Tyler Elsdon's career was his defensive production: 92 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 4 passes defended across 40 career games in the available record. That gives Tyler Elsdon's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Penn State
2020-2024
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Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | — |
| 2021 Postseason | Penn State | 0 | 8.4 | 1.6 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | 8.4 | 1.6 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Penn State | 7.5 | 19.5 | 4.1 | 7.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | Penn State | 3 | 10.3 | 2.1 | -4.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Penn State | 3 | 10.3 | 2.1 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Penn State | 2 | 10.5 | 1.6 | -1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Penn State | 2 | 10.5 | 1.6 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Minnesota
Week 8 · W 45-17 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
70 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.
#2
@ Rutgers
Week 12 · W 55-10 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
63.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.
#3
@ Maryland
Week 10 · W 51-15 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
48.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.6 takeover score.
#4
vs Bowling Green
Week 2 · W 34-27
1
Havoc Plays
47.5 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.5 takeover score.
#5
vs Iowa
Week 4 · W 31-0 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
46.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Penn State
7.5 primary output · 19.5 efficiency · 4.1 usage
45.9
#2
2021 Postseason · Penn State
40.5
0 primary · 8.4 efficiency · 1.6 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Penn State
40.5
0 primary · 8.4 efficiency · 1.6 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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