6′2″ · 311 lb · Elk Grove Village, IL
Tyler LaBarbera: DL · Eastern Michigan · #96.
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Tyler LaBarbera
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. This is his second year in the same defensive front at Eastern Michigan. On tape: 11 tackles against Army, Week 9, 2018.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
42 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Eastern Michigan | 42 | 9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2017 | Eastern Michigan | 13 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Career | 55 | 12 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-17vs Monmouth | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 20-19@ Purdue | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 28-35@ Buffalo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-23@ San Diego State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 23-26vs Northern Illinois | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-27@ Western Michigan | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 28-26vs Toledo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-20@ Ball State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 22-37vs Army | 11 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 27-7vs Akron | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 21-23vs Georgia Southern | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 42 | 9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
1%0 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries42 tackles · 0.5 for loss.
2 seasons under Chris Creighton — 12-13 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 3.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 4.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Creighton
Pass share
44.6%
387 pass / 481 run
Plays / game
66.8
13 games
Team sack rate
7.5%
429 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
42 tackles in 11 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Eastern Michigan, 0 sacks — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Chris Creighton.
