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
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
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
lowhigh
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.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 61
- TFL
- 1
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
Tyler Strain quick answers
- 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%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Illinois | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Illinois | 5 | 10 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 56.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Illinois | 11 | 35 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 38.1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Illinois | 3 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Illinois | 3 | 9 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 43.6 |
Related Context
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Tyler Strain played DB for Illinois. Across 5 tracked seasons, Tyler Strain recorded 61 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Illinois paired 4.5 primary output with 17.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 12.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Indiana
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Illinois
Games
3
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
12.5
Usage
2.2
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Indiana
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Duke: 0. Indiana: 0. Wisconsin: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Duke: 2 by 8.3. Indiana: 6 by 25. Wisconsin: 1 by 4.2
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Wins0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
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3 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Indiana
Best efficiency game
25 vs Indiana
Player Story
Tyler Strain 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 production: 61 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 3 interceptions, and 5 passes defended across 24 career games in the available record. That gives Tyler Strain's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Illinois
2021-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Illinois | 4.5 | 17.3 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Illinois | 4.5 | 17.3 | 3.1 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 6.9 | 1.3 | -4.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 12.5 | 2.2 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Northwestern
Week 13 · W 41-3 · Conference game
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5
Havoc Plays
72 takeover
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 72 takeover score.
#2
vs Florida Atlantic
Week 4 · W 23-17
1.5
Havoc Plays
63.9 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 63.9 takeover score.
#3
@ Maryland
Week 7 · W 27-24 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
53.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 53.9 takeover score.
#4
vs Purdue
Week 11 · L 24-31 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
52.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.5 takeover score.
#5
vs Northwestern
Week 13 · L 43-45 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
51.4 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Illinois
4.5 primary output · 17.3 efficiency · 3.9 usage
56.2
#2
2025 Regular Season · Illinois
43.6
0 primary · 12.5 efficiency · 2.2 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Illinois
39.2
0 primary · 6.9 efficiency · 1.3 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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