Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Illinois
Tyson Rooks
DB • 6'4" • 205 lbs • Saint Simons Island, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Tyson Rooks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
16
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
14
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
27
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oregon
Player Story
Tyson Rooks built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Saint Simons Island, GA wearing No. 19, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Tyson Rooks' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Tyson Rooks, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Illinois. Tyson Rooks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.7 disruption score.
Quick Answers
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- Latest team and position
- Illinois · DB
- Career Tackles
- 8
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 7 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Illinois
- Top game
- Oregon
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Glynn Academy · Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Glynn Academy · 8 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 19 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 5 tackles · DB 727th (top 75%) · Big Ten 470th (top 60%) · National 3,733rd (top 61%)
Tyson Rooks played DB for Illinois. Across 4 tracked seasons, Tyson Rooks recorded 8 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Illinois.
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