Usage Score
2.2
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.
Efficiency
12.5
Consistency
100
Season Value
38.2
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Seasons Tracked
- 5
- Program Path
- Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Scouting Read
Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.
Tyler Strain, DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Illinois. Tyler Strain shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.5 disruption score.
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: 2025 Regular Season
Illinois paired 0 primary output with 12.5 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
Wisconsin
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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
Split Comparison
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Losses0 · Games = 2
First Half0 · Games = 2
All Games0 · Games = 3
Game Log
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3 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Indiana
Best efficiency game
25 vs Indiana
Career Arc
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- 1
Illinois
2021-2025
Opening stop
Season Progression
20212022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Illinois | 4.5 | 17.3 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Illinois | 4.5 | 17.3 | 3.5 | 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
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5
Primary metric
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 51.5 takeover score.
#2
Maryland
2
Primary metric
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 46.6 takeover score.
#3
Florida Atlantic
1.5
Primary metric
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 44.5 takeover score.
#4
Purdue
1
Primary metric
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 31.4 takeover score.
#5
Northwestern
1
Primary metric
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 30.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2025 Regular Season · Illinois
0 primary output · 12.5 efficiency · 2.2 usage
38.2
#2
2024 Regular Season · Illinois
36.1
0 primary · 6.9 efficiency · 1.3 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Illinois
35
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
3★
Class 2021 · Rating 0.837
Pace · Milton, FL
- Committed To
- Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Career Facts
1
Career teams
5
Seasons tracked
61
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 24 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.