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Tyreak Sapp

EDGE · Florida · Sr · #94

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

34 TACKLES · 1 SACKS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Florida for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Florida for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Edge · Florida

Returning around him

  • 55% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
  • 7 Florida players drafted to NFL
  • Transfer portal: -9 net (27 in / 36 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Florida · Last season: 4-8 (AP #13) · Talent rank #12 · 2026 recruiting class #7

EDGE · FLORIDA · SEC

Tyreak Sapp

  • 4
  • #94
  • 6-3 | 274 lb
  • Fort Lauderdale, FL

CFB Zeitgeist Score

55

Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 63rd percentile.

Heisman Heat

#7286

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP DEFENSE AWARD

Nagurski

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R06 · Starter

Starter. A locked-in starting role.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career arc · Season-by-season Standing

4 seasons on the ladder

Peak: R09 All-Conference HM / 2nd team · 2025

2022

Florida · EDGE

2023

Florida · EDGE

2024

Florida · EDGE

2025

Florida · EDGE

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★★
#100 national
CFB
College
Florida
2022–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionEDGE
Class4
Jersey94
Measurements6-3 | 274 lb
HometownFort Lauderdale, FL
Primary teamFlorida

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 4-star No. 100 recruit
Composite rating 0.9578 HighSchool
Signed with Florida 2021
Origin St. Thomas Aquinas Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
Class Profile Context
2021 4-star | 0.9578 No. 100 recruit | HighSchool | Florida

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
Season Move Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#7286Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#8106Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★★☆

to Florida

Composite

0.9578

#100 national

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Tyreak Sapp

Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Tyreak Sapp

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the defensive totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 12g
34Tackles
3.5Tackles for loss
1Sacks
Per game
3Tackles
0.3Tackles for loss
0.1Sacks
Projected (13g)
37Tackles
3.8Tackles for loss
1.1Sacks

To hit 80-tackle season (currently 34): needs 46/game over remaining 1.

To hit 100-tackle season (currently 34): needs 66/game over remaining 1.

To hit 6-sack season (currently 1): needs 5/game over remaining 1.

To hit 10-sack season (currently 1): needs 9/game over remaining 1.

Why this is a rare defensive case

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Tyreak Sapp is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Florida's defense, with 1.0 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, and -- interceptions through the current loaded season. For a defender, the question is never just production; it is whether elite disruption and team context can become nationally undeniable.

Current place #7286 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load -- Role share still loading
Profile quirk Blue-chip pedigree No. 100 recruit

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

DEF season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Total tackles 34 12 solo | #1138/4942 (77th pct)
TFL 3.5 Backfield disruption | #869/4972 (83rd pct)
Sacks 1.0 Pass-rush finish | #872/4972 (82nd pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Defensive contributor against FBS defenders.

Balanced profile

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Tackling & Disruption

TOT
34 77th
SOLO
12 62nd
TFL
3.5 83rd
SACK
1.0 82nd
QBH
2 66th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppTKLSOLOTFLSACKINTPDNote
Wk 1W 55-0vs Long Island University100.00.00
Wk 2L 16-18vs South Florida532.01.00
Wk 3L 10-20@ LSU210.00.00
Wk 4L 7-26@ Miami310.00.00
Wk 6W 29-21vs Texas621.00.00Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 7L 17-34@ Texas A&M100.00.00
Wk 8W 23-21vs Mississippi State100.00.00
Wk 10L 20-24vs Georgia520.00.00
Wk 11L 7-38@ Kentucky200.00.00
Wk 12L 24-34@ Ole Miss210.00.00
Wk 13L 11-31vs Tennessee520.50.00
Wk 14W 40-21vs Florida State100.00.00
Total34123.51.00
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2022Florida6-7HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning
2023Florida5-7HC: Billy Napier · Balanced
2024Florida8-5HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning
2025Florida4-8HC: Billy Napier · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2025Florida34123.51.0------
2024Florida462013.07.0------
2023Florida24124.52.01----
2022Florida1980.50.0------
Career4 loaded seasons1235221.510.01----
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Disruption stats

TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.

Coverage splash

Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

INT -- -- pick-six TD
Pass breakups 0 Coverage disruption
QB pressures 2 Quarterback hurries | #647/1878 (66th pct)
Open full stat explorer
0 metrics visible Showing all metrics
Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Defense Total tackles 34 #1138/4942 77th pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense TFL 3.5 #869/4972 83rd pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Sacks 1.0 #872/4972 82nd pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense QB hurries 2 #647/1878 66th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Solo tackles 12 #1735/4584 62nd pct Volumevs FBS DEF

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

ALL-CONF HM

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

ALL-CONF HM · Rung 9 of 16

Why he’s here

All-Conference honorable mention / 2nd team — the recognition has started.

What moves him up

A best-at-position run lifts to 1st team.

What moves him down

A back-end conference finish drops out of the honor list.

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Home7g3.40.50.10.0
Road5g2.00.00.00.0

Win vs Loss

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Wins4g2.20.20.00.0
Losses8g3.10.30.10.0

First half vs Second half

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Weeks 1-76g3.00.50.20.0
Weeks 8+6g2.70.10.00.0

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the EDGE cohort

55Mid-pack
6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (17th).

QB hurries#634 / 2975 · 72nd pct
2defe
Tackles for loss#866 / 2975 · 69th pct
3.5defe
Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct
1.0defe
Tackles#1138 / 2975 · 61st pct
34defe
Solo tackles#1735 / 2975 · 40th pct
12defe
Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct
0defe

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · EDGE · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 6 metrics
Tyreak SappFloridaMarcAnthony ParkerNavy· 70% simMicah DaveyUTEP· 70% simEthan WesloskiNorth Texas· 68% sim
QB hurries
72
Sapp
88
Parker
82
Davey
95
Wesloski
Tackles for loss
69
Sapp
87
Parker
91
Davey
95
Wesloski
Sacks
63
Sapp
80
Parker
63
Davey
74
Wesloski
Tackles
61
Sapp
98
Parker
99
Davey
99
Wesloski
Solo tackles
40
Sapp
96
Parker
99
Davey
99
Wesloski
Passes defended
18
Sapp
18
Parker
18
Davey
18
Wesloski

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

Player DNA

The Versatile End

Holds up against run and pass without a single dominant trait.

EDGE

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Damian Jackson’s 2022 season.

Damian Jackson

79%match

Buffalo · 2022

#2

Elijah Davis

Troy · 2025

78%
#3

Jordan Ferguson

Middle Tennessee · 2020

78%
#4

Jamall Thompson

New Mexico State · 2025

78%
#5

Demitri Washington

Boise State · 2021

77%

Matches Damian on

TFL rate
Sack rate
Height

Differs from Damian on

Weight (higher)
Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Jah-Marien Latham's senior season at Alabama (2024).

Jah-Marien Latham

90%match

Alabama · 2024

#2

Eric Hicks

Tulane · 2023

90%
#3

Thomas Witte

Nevada · 2025

90%
#4

Trent Jones II

UConn · 2025

88%
#5

Cooper Lanz

Baylor · 2025

85%

Matches Jah-Marien on

Class year
Height
Sack rate

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Billy Napier

Pass share

49.4%

372 pass / 381 run

Plays / game

62.8

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

7.1%

311 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025

1 coach
2022
Billy Napier
Florida
2023
Billy Napier
Florida
2024
Billy Napier
Florida
2025
Billy Napier
Florida

Played his entire career under Billy Napier.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownFort Lauderdale, FL
Height6'3"
Weight274 lb
Class4
PositionEDGE
Jersey94

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2025)

All-SEC

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

All-Conference

1 all-conference honor

Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
2025 All-SEC all_conference Florida | SEC DL

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Florida EDGE4 #7286 #8106 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | SEC
2023 Florida EDGE4 #10317 #10682 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | SEC
2022 Florida EDGE4 #11915 #11974 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | SEC

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Florida SEC EDGE 4 No. 94 | 6-3 | 274 lb | Fort Lauderdale, FL
2024 Florida SEC EDGE 4 No. 94 | 6-3 | 274 lb | Fort Lauderdale, FL
2023 Florida SEC EDGE 4 No. 94 | 6-3 | 274 lb | Fort Lauderdale, FL
2022 Florida SEC EDGE 4 No. 94 | 6-3 | 274 lb | Fort Lauderdale, FL