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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Michigan State
Tyler Gillison
EDGE • 6'2" • 245 lbs • Pickerington, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Tyler Gillison shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
14
Developing production for an edge defender
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
21
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Michigan State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Cincinnati • Michigan State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Baylor
Player Story
Tyler Gillison built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as an edge defender from Pickerington, OH wearing No. 22, spending time with Cincinnati and Michigan State. The clearest part of Tyler Gillison's career...
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- Committed To
- Cincinnati
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Tyler Gillison, EDGE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Michigan State. Tyler Gillison shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 18
- TFL
- 2.5
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Tyler Gillison quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Michigan State · EDGE
- Career Tackles
- 18
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 9 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Michigan State
- Top game
- Baylor
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Pickerington Central · Cincinnati
- High school pipeline
- Pickerington Central · 39 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 22 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 2 tackles · EDGE 43rd (top 88%) · Big Ten 613th (top 79%) · National 4,810th (top 78%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 7 | 15 | 2.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 38.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2025 Regular Season | Michigan State | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.7 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Michigan State to Ohio | P4 to G5/FCS | 80 | Jan 12, 2026 |
| 2024 | Cincinnati to Michigan State | P4 to P4 | 80 | Apr 21, 2024 |
Tyler Gillison played EDGE for Cincinnati and Michigan State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Tyler Gillison recorded 18 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Cincinnati.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Michigan State paired 0 primary output with 8.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 8.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Cincinnati, Michigan State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UCLA
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2025 Regular Season · Michigan State
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
8.3
Usage
1.3
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
UCLA
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All Games0 · Games = 1
Game Log
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UCLA
Best efficiency game
8.3 vs UCLA
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 10/11 | vs UCLA | L 13-38 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Tyler Gillison story
Tyler Gillison built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as an edge defender from Pickerington, OH wearing No. 22, spending time with Cincinnati and Michigan State. The clearest part of Tyler Gillison's career was his defensive production: 18 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, and 1 pass defended across 9 career games in the available record. That gives Tyler Gillison's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Cincinnati
2022-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Michigan State
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 0 | 4.2 | 0.5 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 3.5 | 13.9 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | — | — | -3.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | 8.3 | 1.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Baylor
Week 8 · L 29-32 · Conference game
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5
Havoc Plays
65.3 takeover
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.
#2
vs Eastern Kentucky
Week 1 · W 66-13
1
Havoc Plays
48.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.6 takeover score.
#3
@ Oklahoma State
Week 9 · L 13-45 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
25.6 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 25.6 takeover score.
#4
@ West Virginia
Week 12 · L 21-42 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
10.6 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Kansas
Week 13 · L 16-49 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
8 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Michigan State
0 primary output · 8.3 efficiency · 1.3 usage
39.7
#2
2023 Regular Season · Cincinnati
38.3
3.5 primary · 13.9 efficiency · 3 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Cincinnati
36.1
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.5 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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