Player Dossier

2023-2025

Penn State

Ty Blanding

DT • 6'1" • 292 lbs • Bronx, NY, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ty Blanding shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

34%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

54

Solid production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

46

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Penn State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Penn State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Clemson
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8742

Christ the King · Middle Village, NY

Committed To
Penn State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Ty Blanding, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Penn State. Ty Blanding shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
12
TFL
3

Quick Answers

Ty Blanding quick answers

Latest team and position
Penn State · DT
Career Tackles
12
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 9 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Penn State
Top game
Clemson
Recruit profile
3-star · Christ the King · Penn State
High school pipeline
Christ the King · 14 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 39 · Sophomore
2025 Tackles rank
9 tackles · DT 163rd (top 71%) · Big Ten 380th (top 49%) · National 3,096th (top 50%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonPenn State00-0--0-
2024 Regular SeasonPenn State2310--035.3
2025 PostseasonPenn State7210--033.8
2025 Regular SeasonPenn State7710--033.8

Related Context

Ty Blanding played DT for Penn State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Ty Blanding recorded 12 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Penn State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Penn State paired 1 primary output with 11.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 8.2 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: Clemson

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Explorer

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2025 Postseason · Penn State

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

8.2

Usage

2.1

Consistency

9.5

Best Game by takeover score

Clemson

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Clemson: 1. Nevada: 1. Florida International: 0. Ohio State: 0. Indiana: 0. Michigan State: 0. Rutgers: 0

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.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Clemson: 2 by 18.3. Nevada: 1 by 14.2. Florida International: 1 by 4.2. Ohio State: 2 by 8.3. Indiana: 1 by 4.2. Michigan State: 1 by 4.2. Rutgers: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.4 · Games = 5 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.4 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Clemson

Best efficiency game

18.3 vs Clemson

Result
Sat 12/27@ ClemsonW 22-1021100
Sat 11/29@ RutgersW 40-3610000
Sat 11/15@ Michigan StateW 28-1010000
Sat 11/8vs IndianaL 24-2711000
Sat 11/1@ Ohio StateL 14-3822000
Sat 9/6vs Florida InternationalW 34-011000
Sat 8/30vs NevadaW 46-1111100

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Penn State

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonPenn State0
2024 Regular SeasonPenn State111.33.61
2025 PostseasonPenn State28.22.11
2025 Regular SeasonPenn State28.22.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 34 Clemson

Week 1 · W 22-10 · Postseason

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

54.4 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.4 takeover score.

#2

vs Kent State

Week 4 · W 56-0

1

Havoc Plays

53.9 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.9 takeover score.

#3

vs No. 116 Nevada

Week 1 · W 46-11

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Havoc Plays

49.5 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 49.5 takeover score.

#4

@ No. 2 Ohio State

Week 10 · L 14-38 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

0

Havoc Plays

7.8 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.8 takeover score.

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vs Maryland

Week 14 · W 44-7 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

6.9 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Penn State

1 primary output · 11.3 efficiency · 3.6 usage

35.3

#2

2025 Postseason · Penn State

33.8

2 primary · 8.2 efficiency · 2.1 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Penn State

33.8

2 primary · 8.2 efficiency · 2.1 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games