Player Dossier

2025-2025

Illinois State

Tye Niekamp

LB • 6'3" • 240 lbs • Normal, IL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Tye Niekamp shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 46.7 disruption score.

Usage Score

Efficiency

46.7

Consistency

100

Season Value

65.6

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Illinois State

25

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
1
Program Path
Illinois State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma

Scouting Read

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Tye Niekamp, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Illinois State. Tye Niekamp shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 46.7 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Illinois State paired 0.5 primary output with 46.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 46.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma

Game with 0.5 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 Regular Season · Illinois State

Games

1

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

46.7

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Oklahoma

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

Game Log

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

1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Oklahoma

Best efficiency game

46.7 vs Oklahoma

Result
Sat 8/30@ Oklahoma10+ tackles1020.5000

Career Arc

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    Illinois State

    2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2025 Regular SeasonIllinois State0.546.7

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Oklahoma

Game with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5

Primary metric

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 48.4 takeover score.

#2

Iowa

0

Primary metric

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 18.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2025 Regular Season · Illinois State

0.5 primary output · 46.7 efficiency · usage

65.6

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

1

Career teams

1

Seasons tracked

0

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 1 tracked seasons, 2 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Tye Niekamp quick answers

Position
LB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
1
Career passing yards
0