Senior cornerback for Utah State. 2025: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 34 tackles.
5′11″ · 200 lb · Charlotte, NC
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
interception · 2025
1 PBU · 34 tackles · 2 TFL
Best game: 1 INT, 6 tackles, vs Washington State
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 cornerback for Utah State. 2025: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 34 tackles.
How he plays
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
Solo tackles: 67th percentile.
The full scouting readDylan Tucker
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. Dylan Tucker arrived at Utah State from Elon. One game to point at: 7 tackles, 1 TFL against Boise State — Week 14, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 5.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 3.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bronco Mendenhall
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Pac-12
Based on 2025: #11 of 15 Mountain West CBs — his program moves to the Pac-12 for 2026
22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player. The base rate was measured on players who stayed in the same conference; this estimate is not adjusted for the move to the Pac-12.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Utah State | 34 | 21 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 34 | 21 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-16vs UTEP | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 22-44@ Texas A&M | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 49-30vs Air Force | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 35-55@ Vanderbilt | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 26-44@ Hawai'i | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 26-29@ UNLV | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 28-17@ Fresno State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 24-25vs Boise State | 7 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Bowl | L 21-34vs Washington State | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 34 | 21 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
Play style
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
34 tackles. 1 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 2 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.
2026 Outlook
Utah State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Cornerback · Utah State
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Utah State · Last season: 6-7 · Talent rank #123 · 2026 recruiting class #97
Player DNA
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to T'sai McDaniel’s 2025 season.
Matches T'sai on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Coco Azema's senior season at Northwestern (2023).
Matches Coco on
Player DNA
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