Last confirmed: Navy, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′2″ · 257 lb · Coral Springs, FL · Deerfield Beach
Tyler Sayles: DE · Navy · #91.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Tyler Sayles
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. He arrived as a 2-star recruit and has two seasons of production at Navy behind him. A game that shows it: 9 tackles against Tulsa — Week 5, 2017.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
55 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-19@ Florida Atlantic | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 23-21vs Tulane | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 42-32vs Cincinnati | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 31-21@ Tulsa | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 48-45vs Air Force | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 27-30@ Memphis | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-31vs No. 20 UCF | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 43-40vs SMU | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-24@ No. 9 Notre Dame | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-24@ Houston | 7 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | L 13-14vs Army | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 49-7vs Virginia | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 55 | 23 | 7.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
2%1 sackTFL rate
13%7 TFL55 tackles · 7 for loss · 1 sack.
2 seasons under Ken Niumatalolo, all run-heavy offenses — 16-11 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 4.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ken Niumatalolo
Pass share
10.9%
99 pass / 813 run
Plays / game
70.2
13 games
Team sack rate
10.0%
100 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
55 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Navy, 3 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Ken Niumatalolo.
