Usage / Role
77%
Major defensive role
lowfeatured
Player Dossier
2020-2022Mississippi State
Tyrus Wheat
LB • 6'2" • 260 lbs • Amite, LA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Tyrus Wheat shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
lowelite
Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
lowhigh
Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Mississippi State
2020212122
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Mississippi State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Auburn
Player Story
Tyrus Wheat built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a linebacker from Amite, LA wearing No. 2, spending time with Mississippi State. The clearest part of Tyrus Wheat's career was his defensive production:...
Read the story3★
- Committed To
- San José State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Tyrus Wheat, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Mississippi State. Tyrus Wheat shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 130
- TFL
- 26.5
- Sacks
- 18
- QB hurries
- 15
- Passes defended
- 6
Quick Answers
Tyrus Wheat quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Mississippi State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 130
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 34 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Mississippi State
- Top game
- Auburn
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Calabasas · San José State
- High school pipeline
- Calabasas · 24 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 54 tackles · LB 252nd (top 21%) · SEC 55th (top 10%) · National 487th (top 9%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Postseason | Mississippi State | 9 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 57 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 9 | 24 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 57 |
| 2021 Postseason | Mississippi State | 13 | 1 | - | 0 | 3 | - | 0 | 70.6 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 13 | 45 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 70.6 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 12 | 54 | 10.5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 73.1 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Tyrus Wheat
Tyrus Wheat played LB for Mississippi State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Tyrus Wheat recorded 130 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Mississippi State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Mississippi State paired 27.5 primary output with 39.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 31.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Missouri
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.
Season Explorer
Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.
2020 Postseason · Mississippi State
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
1.8
Efficiency
31.7
Usage
9.3
Consistency
60.5
Best Game by takeover score
Missouri
Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.
Active game
Hover over a point
Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.
Game-by-Game Trend
Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.
Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Tulsa: 3. LSU: 3. Arkansas: 1. Kentucky: 2. Texas A&M: 0. Alabama: 0. Vanderbilt: 2. Auburn: 1. Missouri: 4
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
Low volumeHigh quality
High volumeHigh quality
Low volumeLower quality
High volumeLower quality
Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Tulsa: 6 by 55. LSU: 4 by 46.7. Arkansas: 2 by 18.3. Kentucky: 1 by 24.2. Texas A&M: 4 by 16.7. Alabama: 1 by 4.2. Vanderbilt: 6 by 45. Auburn: 2 by 18.3. Missouri: 4 by 56.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins3 · Games = 4 · +2.2 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 5 · -2.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Missouri
Best efficiency game
56.7 vs Missouri
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 12/31 | vs TulsaSplash game | W 28-26 | 6 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 0.50 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/19 | vs MissouriSplash game | W 51-32 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 12/13 | vs Auburn | L 10-24 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/7 | vs VanderbiltSplash game | W 24-17 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/31 | @ Alabama | L 0-41 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/17 | vs Texas A&M | L 14-28 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/10 | @ KentuckySplash game | L 2-24 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/3 | vs Arkansas | L 14-21 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/26 | @ LSUSplash game | W 44-34 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Tyrus Wheat story
Tyrus Wheat built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a linebacker from Amite, LA wearing No. 2, spending time with Mississippi State. The clearest part of Tyrus Wheat's career was his defensive production: 130 tackles, 26.5 tackles for loss, 18 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 34 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with Mississippi State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Tyrus Wheat's production has multiple signals. With 34 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Mississippi State.
The arc is straightforward: Tyrus Wheat moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Mississippi State
2020-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20202020202120212022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Postseason | Mississippi State | 16 | 31.7 | 9.3 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 16 | 31.7 | 9.3 | 0 |
| 2021 Postseason | Mississippi State | 25 | 34 | 11.7 | 9 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 25 | 34 | 11.7 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 27.5 | 39.6 | 13.1 | 2.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Auburn
Week 10 · W 39-33 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
7.5
Havoc Plays
91.7 takeover
7.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.
#2
vs Tennessee State
Week 12 · W 55-10
5
Havoc Plays
90.3 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Missouri
Week 16 · W 51-32 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
85.6 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.
#4
@ Vanderbilt
Week 8 · W 45-6 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#5
vs Tulsa
Week 1 · W 28-26 · Postseason
3
Havoc Plays
76.7 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 76.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Mississippi State
27.5 primary output · 39.6 efficiency · 13.1 usage
73.1
#2
2021 Postseason · Mississippi State
70.6
25 primary · 34 efficiency · 11.7 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Mississippi State
70.6
25 primary · 34 efficiency · 11.7 usage
Milestones
12
Impact games
19
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Next best actions
Keep exploring Tyrus Wheat
Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.