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.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 8
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Tyson Rooks quick answers
- 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%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Illinois | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 55.6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2024 Regular Season | Illinois | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 58.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Illinois | 4 | 5 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 31.1 |
Related Context
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Tyson Rooks played DB for Illinois. Across 4 tracked seasons, Tyson Rooks recorded 8 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Illinois paired 1 primary output with 9.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 7.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Illinois
Games
4
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
7.7
Usage
1
Consistency
8.3
Best Game by takeover score
Rutgers
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Duke: 0. Western Michigan: 0. USC: 0. Rutgers: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Duke: 1 by 4.2. Western Michigan: 1 by 4.2. USC: 1 by 4.2. Rutgers: 2 by 18.3
Split Comparison
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First Half0 · Games = 2 · -0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
4 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Rutgers
Best efficiency game
18.3 vs Rutgers
Player Story
Tyson Rooks 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 production: 8 tackles, 1 interception, and 2 passes defended across 7 career games in the available record. That gives Tyson Rooks' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Illinois
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Illinois | 1 | 14.2 | 1 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | -1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Illinois | 1 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Illinois | 1 | 7.7 | 1 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Oregon
Week 9 · L 9-38 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
71.4 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 72 Rutgers
Week 10 · W 35-13 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
44.2 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 44.2 takeover score.
#3
vs Virginia
Week 2 · W 24-3
1
Havoc Plays
40.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.8 takeover score.
#4
vs Purdue
Week 7 · W 50-49 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
4.2 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.2 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 44 Duke
Week 2 · W 45-19
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Havoc Plays
3.9 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Illinois
1 primary output · 9.2 efficiency · 9.2 usage
58.9
#2
2022 Regular Season · Illinois
55.6
1 primary · 14.2 efficiency · 1 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Illinois
31.1
1 primary · 7.7 efficiency · 1 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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