#50

Mbi Tanyi

Senior defensive lineman for Maryland. 2018: 1 sack, 2 tackles for loss, 36 tackles.

DL · Maryland · Sr. · #50

6′1″ · 290 lb · Houston, TX

Maryland 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

SDE recruit

No. 1478 nationally · Signed with Maryland

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Maryland. 2018: 1 sack, 2 tackles for loss, 36 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Maryland in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Maryland, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2015

Signed with Maryland3-star out of Fort Bend Bush

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1478 national

CFB

College

Maryland

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

2 coaches

2016–2017

D.J. Durkin

Maryland

2018

Matt Canada

Maryland

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: D.J. Durkin → Matt Canada. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Maryland6-7HC: D.J. Durkin · Run-heavy

2017Maryland4-8HC: D.J. Durkin · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2018Maryland5-7HC: Matt Canada · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#730 / 2662 · 63rd pct

Sacks#797 / 2662 · 61st pct

1.0

Tackles#1081 / 2662 · 59th pct

Solo tackles#1330 / 2662 · 48th pct

Tackles for loss#1356 / 2662 · 45th pct

2.0

Passes defended#1661 / 2662 · 19th pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.9	0.3	0.1	0.0
Road5g	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.5	0.3	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Locksley

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Maryland	36	17	2.0	1.0	--	--	--
2017	Maryland	20	10	2.0	1.0	1	--	--
2016	Maryland	9	7	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		65	34	4.0	2.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2018

W 34–29

vs Texas

4 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 SACKS

Edged out Texas at home in a shootout.

With W. Lees — 1 TOT · 37 AVG · 4 IN 20 · J. Jones — 20 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · 28 rush yds (1 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 34-29vs Texas	4	3	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 2	W 45-14@ Bowling Green	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 14-35vs Temple	5	2	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 4	W 42-13vs Minnesota	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	L 21-42@ Michigan	4	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 34-7vs Rutgers	3	2	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 0-23@ Iowa	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	W 63-33vs Illinois	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 3-24vs Michigan State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 32-34@ Indiana	4	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 51-52vs Ohio State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 3-38@ Penn State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Total		36	17	2.0	1.0	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2015

2018 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays