Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025Illinois
Tyler Strain
DB • 5'9" • 195 lbs • Fort Worth, TX, USA
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Tyler Strain shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
21
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
23
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
29
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Player Story
Tyler Strain built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive back from Fort Worth, TX wearing No. 20, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Tyler Strain's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Tyler Strain, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Illinois. Tyler Strain shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.5 disruption score.
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- Latest team and position
- Illinois · DB
- Career Tackles
- 61
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 24 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Illinois
- Top game
- Northwestern
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Pace · Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Pace · 19 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 20 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 9 tackles · DB 616th (top 64%) · Big Ten 381st (top 49%) · National 3,099th (top 50%)
Tyler Strain played DB for Illinois. Across 5 tracked seasons, Tyler Strain recorded 61 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Illinois.
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