Player Dossier

2020-2024

Fresno State

Tyler Mello

LB • 6'2" • 229 lbs • Hanford, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Tyler Mello shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

7%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Fresno State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Fresno State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UTEP
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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8056

Hanford · Hanford, CA

Committed To
Fresno State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Tyler Mello, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Fresno State. Tyler Mello shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
51
TFL
1.5
Sacks
0.5
Passes defended
1
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Tyler Mello quick answers

Latest team and position
Fresno State · LB
Career Tackles
51
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 31 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · Fresno State
Top game
UTEP
Recruit profile
3-star · Hanford · Fresno State
High school pipeline
Hanford · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 42 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
9 tackles · LB 771st (top 63%) · Mountain West 259th (top 48%) · National 3,008th (top 50%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonFresno State511-0--040.8
2021 PostseasonFresno State7110--036.9
2021 Regular SeasonFresno State7130.50.5--036.9
2022 Regular SeasonFresno State33-0--037
2023 Regular SeasonFresno State814-0-1018.5
2024 PostseasonFresno State81-0--037.2
2024 Regular SeasonFresno State88-0--137.2

Related Context

Tyler Mello played LB for Fresno State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Tyler Mello recorded 1 receiving yards, 51 tackles, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Fresno State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Fresno State paired 0 primary output with 9.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 4.7 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: Nevada

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Postseason · Fresno State

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

4.7

Usage

0.8

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Nevada

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Northern Illinois: 0. Michigan: 0. Sacramento State: 0. New Mexico State: 0. New Mexico: 0. Nevada: 0. Air Force: 0. Colorado State: 0

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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Northern Illinois: 1 by 4.2. Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Sacramento State: 1 by 4.2. New Mexico State: 1 by 4.2. New Mexico: 1 by 4.2. Nevada: 2 by 8.3. Air Force: 1 by 4.2. Colorado State: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 5 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Nevada

Best efficiency game

8.3 vs Nevada

Result
Mon 12/23vs Northern IllinoisL 20-2810000
Sun 11/24vs Colorado StateW 28-2211000
Sun 11/10@ Air ForceL 28-3610000
Sat 10/19@ NevadaW 24-2122000
Sun 9/22@ New MexicoW 38-2111000
Sun 9/15vs New Mexico StateW 48-010000
Sun 9/8vs Sacramento StateW 46-3010000
Sat 8/31@ MichiganL 10-3010000

Career Arc

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

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    Fresno State

    2020-2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonFresno State09.21.6
2021 PostseasonFresno State211.23.22
2021 Regular SeasonFresno State211.23.20
2022 Regular SeasonFresno State04.20.8-2
2023 Regular SeasonFresno State18.51.31
2024 PostseasonFresno State04.70.8-1
2024 Regular SeasonFresno State04.70.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs UTEP

Week 1 · W 31-24 · Postseason

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

60.6 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.6 takeover score.

#2

vs UConn

Week 1 · W 45-0

1

Havoc Plays

57.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.2 takeover score.

#3

vs Boise State

Week 10 · W 37-30 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

40 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40 takeover score.

#4

vs New Mexico

Week 11 · W 34-7 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

17 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 17 takeover score.

#5

vs Colorado State

Week 9 · W 38-17 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

13.9 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 13.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · Fresno State

0 primary output · 9.2 efficiency · 1.6 usage

40.8

#2

2024 Postseason · Fresno State

37.2

0 primary · 4.7 efficiency · 0.8 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Fresno State

37.2

0 primary · 4.7 efficiency · 0.8 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games