Player Dossier

2023-2025

Penn State

Tyriq Blanding

DT • 6'1" • 292 lbs • Bronx, NY, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

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

Usage Score

2.4

Efficiency

8.2

Consistency

9.5

Season Value

11.3

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Penn State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Penn State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Clemson

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.

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

Tyriq Blanding played DT for Penn State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Tyriq 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.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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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

2.4

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
First Half0.5 · Games = 4 · +0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 3 · -0.5 vs First Half

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 Progression

2023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonPenn State0
2024 Regular SeasonPenn State111.34.91
2025 PostseasonPenn State28.22.41
2025 Regular SeasonPenn State28.22.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Clemson

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.7 takeover score.

#2

Kent State

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.8 takeover score.

#3

Nevada

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.8 takeover score.

#4

Ohio State

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.4 takeover score.

#5

Maryland

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2024 Regular Season · Penn State

1 primary output · 11.3 efficiency · 4.9 usage

19.7

#2

2025 Postseason · Penn State

11.3

2 primary · 8.2 efficiency · 2.4 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Penn State

11.3

2 primary · 8.2 efficiency · 2.4 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8742

Christ the King · Middle Village, NY

Committed To
Penn State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

12

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 9 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.