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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2024New Mexico
Tyler Kiehne
DL • 6'3" • 276 lbs • Los Lunas, NM, USA
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Impact Production
23
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
18
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
32
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · New Mexico
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- UCLA • New Mexico
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Wyoming
Player Story
Tyler Kiehne built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Los Lunas, NM wearing No. 7, spending time with New Mexico and UCLA. The clearest part of Tyler Kiehne's career was his...
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- Committed To
- New Mexico
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2026
Tyler Kiehne, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · New Mexico. Tyler Kiehne shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 24
- TFL
- 2.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Tyler Kiehne quick answers
- Latest team and position
- New Mexico · DL
- Career Tackles
- 24
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 16 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · New Mexico
- Top game
- Wyoming
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Beloit · New Mexico
- High school pipeline
- Beloit · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 7 · Junior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 6 tackles · DL 727th (top 71%) · Mountain West 289th (top 54%) · National 3,372nd (top 56%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | UCLA | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | New Mexico | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | New Mexico | 10 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 57.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | New Mexico | 4 | 6 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 20 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | UCLA to New Mexico | P4 to G5/FCS | 21.2 | Dec 15, 2021 |
Tyler Kiehne played DL for UCLA and New Mexico. Across 4 tracked seasons, Tyler Kiehne recorded 24 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with New Mexico.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
New Mexico paired 9 primary output with 15.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 10 efficiency.
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Career value cooled off
2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across UCLA, New Mexico.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico State
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 75th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · New Mexico
Games
4
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
10
Usage
1.7
Consistency
38.9
Best Game by takeover score
New Mexico State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Arizona: 0. Montana State: 0. New Mexico State: 0.5. Utah State: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arizona: 1 by 4.2. Montana State: 1 by 4.2. New Mexico State: 4 by 21.7. Utah State: 0 by 10
Split Comparison
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Wins0.8 · Games = 2 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
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4 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
New Mexico State
Best efficiency game
21.7 vs New Mexico State
Player Story
Tyler Kiehne story
Tyler Kiehne built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Los Lunas, NM wearing No. 7, spending time with New Mexico and UCLA. The clearest part of Tyler Kiehne's career was his defensive production: 24 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 4 passes defended across 16 career games in the available record. That gives Tyler Kiehne's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
UCLA
2021
Opening stop
- 2
New Mexico
2022-2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2021202220232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | UCLA | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | New Mexico | 0 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | New Mexico | 9 | 15.7 | 7.1 | 9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | New Mexico | 1.5 | 10 | 1.7 | -7.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Wyoming
Week 5 · L 26-35 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
79.4 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.
#2
@ Texas A&M
Week 1 · L 10-52
1.5
Havoc Plays
56.1 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.
#3
vs New Mexico State
Week 3 · L 17-27
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Havoc Plays
43 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 43 takeover score.
#4
@ New Mexico State
Week 5 · W 50-40
0.5
Havoc Plays
39.5 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 39.5 takeover score.
#5
@ Utah State
Week 8 · W 50-45 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
36.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · New Mexico
9 primary output · 15.7 efficiency · 7.1 usage
57.5
#2
2022 Regular Season · New Mexico
36.5
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · New Mexico
20
1.5 primary · 10 efficiency · 1.7 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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