Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2024-2025Illinois
Tanner Heckel
DB • 5'11" • 185 lbs • Lyndon, KS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Tanner Heckel shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
71
High-end production for a defensive back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
56
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Duke
Player Story
Tanner Heckel built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive back from Lyndon, KS wearing No. 16, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Tanner Heckel's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Tanner Heckel, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Illinois. Tanner Heckel shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.1 disruption score.
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- Latest team and position
- Illinois · DB
- Career Tackles
- 39
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 16 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Illinois
- Top game
- Duke
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Lyndon · Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Lyndon · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 16 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 36 tackles · DB 252nd (top 26%) · Big Ten 133rd (top 17%) · National 1,095th (top 18%)
Tanner Heckel played DB for Illinois. Across 2 tracked seasons, Tanner Heckel recorded 39 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Illinois.
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