Tayvonn Kyle
Tayvonn Kyle
Gets targeted often and tackles in space. Two head coaches in three seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 9 tackles against Duke — Week 12, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at Virginia, 72 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bronco Mendenhall → Tony Elliott. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Elliott
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Virginia | 53 | 25 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 5 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Iowa State | 16 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Iowa State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 72 | 34 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 9 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2023
W 30–27
vs Duke
1 PD · 3 SOLO · 9 TOT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.
How he plays
Play style
Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Perimeter Tackler
Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Zach Sanders’s 2022 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Millard Bradford's graduate season at TCU (2023).
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