Player Dossier

2010-2013

Eastern Michigan

Tyler Benz

QB • 6'3" • Park Ridge, IL, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Tyler Benz is a balanced quarterback profile with 12.2 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

45%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

22

Developing production for a quarterback

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Reliability

18

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

34

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Eastern Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Toledo

Player Story

Tyler Benz built his college career from 2010 through 2013 as a quarterback from Park Ridge, IL wearing No. 12, spending time with Eastern Michigan. The clearest part of Tyler Benz's career was his passing role:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2010 · Rating 0.7889

Maine South · Park Ridge, IL

Committed To
Eastern Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2010

Tyler Benz, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan. Tyler Benz is a balanced quarterback profile with 12.2 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
3,137
Passing yards
3,019
Rushing yards
118
Touchdowns
25

Quick Answers

Tyler Benz quick answers

Latest team and position
Eastern Michigan · QB
Career Total Offense
3,137
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 23 games
Best season
2012 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
Top game
Toledo
Recruit profile
2-star · Maine South · Eastern Michigan
High school pipeline
Maine South · 15 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 12 · Class 2013
2013 Total offense rank
1,501 total offense · QB 109th (top 35%) · Mid-American 10th (top 8%) · National 122nd (top 9%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2010 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan00000-
2011 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan216160033.7
2012 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan101,6201,5061141563.3
2013 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan111,5011,49741059.4

Related Context

Tyler Benz played QB for Eastern Michigan. Across 4 tracked seasons, Tyler Benz recorded 3,019 passing yards, 118 rushing yards, and 25 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Eastern Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season

Eastern Michigan paired 1,620 primary output with 53.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2013 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 53.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2013 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers

Loss with 309 yards of offense and 54.9 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2013 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan

Games

11

Primary Metric / G

136.5

Efficiency

53.5

Usage

12.2

Consistency

64.2

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. Howard: 216. Penn State: 111. Rutgers: 309. Ball State: 213. Buffalo: 149. Army: 236. Ohio: 160. Northern Illinois: 65. Toledo: 15. Bowling Green: 15. Central Michigan: 12

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. Howard: 30 by 60. Penn State: 32 by 50.6. Rutgers: 47 by 54.9. Ball State: 37 by 48.7. Buffalo: 25 by 52.7. Army: 31 by 61.9. Ohio: 28 by 47.6. Northern Illinois: 18 by 44.7. Toledo: 6 by 37.5. Bowling Green: 6 by 30. Central Michigan: 1 by 100

Split Comparison

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

Wins216 · Games = 1 · +87.5 vs Losses
Losses128.5 · Games = 10 · -87.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Rutgers

Best efficiency game

100 vs Central Michigan

Result
Fri 11/29@ Central MichiganL 10-421112100.000100
Sat 11/23vs Bowling GreenL 7-580500.0013011515015
Sat 11/2@ ToledoL 16-55151820.00037.51-3-300
Sat 10/26@ Northern IllinoisL 20-596156440.01044.7310.3008
Sat 10/19vs OhioL 28-56122215154.52247.6691.5006
Sat 10/12@ ArmyL 25-50172622365.42161.95132.60016
Sat 10/5@ BuffaloL 14-42121915763.21152.76-8-1.3005
Sat 9/21vs Ball StateL 20-51203221262.51248.7510.2009
Sat 9/14@ Rutgers300-yard gameL 10-28244033560.01154.97-26-3.7001
Sat 9/7@ Penn StateL 7-45172611565.40050.66-4-0.70016
Sat 8/31vs HowardW 34-24192621073.12160461.50014

Player Story

Tyler Benz story

Tyler Benz built his college career from 2010 through 2013 as a quarterback from Park Ridge, IL wearing No. 12, spending time with Eastern Michigan. The clearest part of Tyler Benz's career was his passing role: 3,019 passing yards, 24 touchdown passes, 431 attempts, and 118 rushing yards across 23 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2012 with Eastern Michigan. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 118 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 23 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Eastern Michigan.

The arc is straightforward: Tyler Benz 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

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    Eastern Michigan

    2010-2013

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2010201120122013
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2010 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan0
2011 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan165016
2012 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan1,62053.119.51,604
2013 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan1,50153.512.2-119

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Toledo

Week 6 · L 16-54 · Conference game

Loss with 16 yards of offense and 100 efficiency.

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Total Offense

100 takeover

16 total offense with 100 efficiency.

#2

vs Army

Week 8 · W 48-38

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Total Offense

65.2 takeover

Win with 385 yards of offense and 69.9 efficiency.

385 total offense with 69.9 efficiency.

#3

@ Rutgers

Week 3 · L 10-28

309

Total Offense

64.6 takeover

Loss with 309 yards of offense and 54.9 efficiency.

309 total offense with 54.9 efficiency.

#4

vs Toledo

Week 7 · L 47-52 · Conference game

310

Total Offense

58 takeover

Loss with 310 yards of offense and 65.7 efficiency.

310 total offense with 65.7 efficiency.

#5

@ Army

Week 7 · L 25-50

236

Total Offense

57 takeover

Loss with 236 yards of offense and 61.9 efficiency.

236 total offense with 61.9 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2012 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan

1,620 primary output · 53.1 efficiency · 19.5 usage

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#2

2013 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan

59.4

1,501 primary · 53.5 efficiency · 12.2 usage

#3

2011 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan

33.7

16 primary · 50 efficiency · usage

Milestones

3

250+ passing yards

3

300+ total offense

1

3+ TD games

7

Above avg efficiency