Tyler Onyedim
Tyler Onyedim
Wins his gap play after play. Across five seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Matt Campbell and Mike Elko. One game to point at: 7 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Notre Dame — Week 3, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Five seasons at Texas A&M, 138 tackles — drafted at #66 overall by Denver.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jimbo Fisher, Elijah Robinson, and Mike Elko. Multi-era developmental context.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Denver2026 NFL rookie season
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Elko
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Tackle volume for the position among the most productive regulars.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Texas A&M | 48 | 19 | 9.0 | 3.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Iowa State | 33 | 15 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Iowa State | 42 | 19 | 6.5 | 2.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Iowa State | 11 | 3 | 3.0 | 1.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Iowa State | 4 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 138 | 56 | 21.0 | 6.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025
W 41–40
at Notre Dame
7 TOT · 1 SOLO · 0 TFL
Edged out Notre Dame on the road in a shootout.
How he plays
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Two-Gap Base
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Devonta Davis’s 2024 season.
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As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Rene Konga's graduate season at Louisville (2025).
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