Amir Tyler

Senior safety on Temple's 2021 roster.

S · Temple · Sr. · #3

6′0″ · 205 lb · Lakewood, NJ

CFB Index 61 · #164 of 509 safetiesMedium confidenceTemple 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 1611 nationally · Signed with Temple

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety on Temple's roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Temple in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Temple, 155 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2016

Signed with Temple3-star out of Lakewood

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1611 national

CFB

College

Temple

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

2 coaches

2018

Ed Foley

Temple

2019–2021

Rod Carey

Temple

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Ed Foley → Rod Carey. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Temple8-5HC: Ed Foley · Balanced

2019Temple8-5HC: Rod Carey · Balanced

2020Temple1-6HC: Rod Carey · Run-leaning

2021Temple3-9HC: Rod Carey · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

61Quality starter #164 of 509?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (95th percentile). Strength: tackles (90th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#122 / 2743 · 95th pct

Tackles#279 / 2743 · 90th pct

Passes defended#481 / 2743 · 78th pct

Tackles for loss#914 / 2743 · 64th pct

3.5

QB hurries#1413 / 2743 · 24th pct

Sacks#1435 / 2743 · 24th pct

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Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	6.6	0.2	0.0	0.0
Road5g	7.2	0.5	0.0	0.6

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.7	0.5	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	7.2	0.1	0.0	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

K.C. Keeler

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

61 · #164 of 509 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #164 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Temple	69	49	3.5	3	--	--
2020	Temple	33	27	1.5	2	--	--
2019	Temple	52	38	3.0	7	--	--
2018	Temple	1	--	0.0	--	--	--
Career		155	114	8.0	12	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2021

W 41–7

vs Wagner

3 SOLO · 4 TOT

Dominant 34-point win at home against Wagner.

With D. Mathis — 292 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 47.6 · -5 rush yds (3 car) · A. Barry — 49 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 55 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 14-61@ Rutgers	4	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 45-24@ Akron	6	6	1.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 3-28vs Boston College	7	4	1.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 41-7vs Wagner	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 34-31vs Memphis	8	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 3-52@ Cincinnati	11	9	1.0	—	0	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 10	L 3-45@ East Carolina	6	2	0.5	—	3
Wk 11	L 8-37vs Houston	7	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 10-44@ Tulsa	9	7	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 14-38vs Navy	7	6	0.0	—	0
Total		69	49	3.5	—	3

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Amir Tyler

2016

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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