Sean Tyler

Senior running back for Minnesota. 2023: 242 rushing yards, 4 catches.

RB · Minnesota · Sr. · #2

5′8″ · 185 lb · Richton Park, IL

CFB Index 28 · #308 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceMinnesota 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 1613 nationally · Signed with Western Michigan

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Minnesota. 2023: 242 rushing yards, 4 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Western Michigan in 2019.
Transferred from Western Michigan to Minnesota in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Minnesota, 3,072 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

201913 games

Signed with Western Michigan3-star out of Rich Township

202112 games

All-MACsecond

202212 games

All-MACsecond

202311 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1613 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-MAC · 2ND TEAM

All-MAC 2nd team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

1 coach

2019–2023

P.J. Fleck

Minnesota

Played his entire career under P.J. Fleck.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Western Michigan7-6HC: Tim Lester · Run-leaning

2020Western Michigan4-2HC: Tim Lester · Run-leaning

2021Western Michigan8-5HC: Tim Lester · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2022Western Michigan5-7HC: Tim Lester · Run-leaning

2023Minnesota6-7HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

28Below cohort / limited sample #308 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: epa / carry (1st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / carry#386 / 426 · 10th pct

4.0

Success rate#404 / 426 · 5th pct

32.8%

Explosive rate#410 / 426 · 4th pct

1.6%

TD rate#414 / 426 · 2nd pct

0.0%

EPA / carry#421 / 426 · 1st pct

-0.17

Box-score rates (8)

Carries#259 / 333 · 22nd pct

Yards / carry#269 / 333 · 18th pct

4.0

Rush yards#285 / 333 · 15th pct

242

Receptions#270 / 327 · 14th pct

Long run#297 / 333 · 10th pct

Fumbles lost#195 / 207 · 4th pct

Rec yards#319 / 327 · 2nd pct

Rush TDs#323 / 333 · 2nd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

18th → 1st percentile

Success rate

29th → 5th percentile

Explosive rate

42nd → 4th percentile

Yards / carry

46th → 10th percentile

TD rate

33rd → 2nd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	30.4	4.2	0.0
Road4g	7.2	1.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	39.8	3.5	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	7.2	2.9	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

P.J. Fleck

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

28 · #308 of 310 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #308 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Minnesota	61	242	4.0	0	--
2022	Western Michigan	209	1,027	4.9	7	--
2021	Western Michigan	178	1,150	6.5	9	--
2020	Western Michigan	40	263	6.6	2	--
2019	Western Michigan	68	390	5.7	5	--
Career		556	3,072	5.5	23	--

Season	Team
2023	Minnesota	4	5	1.2	0	--
2022	Western Michigan	12	111	9.2	1	--
2021	Western Michigan	14	114	8.1	2	--
2020	Western Michigan	11	68	6.2	0	--
2019	Western Michigan	6	45	7.5	0	--
Career		47	343	7.3	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2023

W 12–10

at Iowa

23 rush yds (9 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 on the road.

With M. Crawford — 39 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 54 LONG · A. Kaliakmanis — 126 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 41.6 · -7 rush yds (8 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Eastern Michigan · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -4.19Sean Tyler run for no gain to the EMU 30 Sean Tyler fumbled, recovered by EMU Justin Jefferson
Week 9 · Michigan State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA -2.38Athan Kaliakmanis pass complete to Sean Tyler for a loss of 8 yards to the MINN 35
Week 2 · Eastern Michigan · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.11Sean Tyler run for 19 yds to the EMU 31 TEAM fumbled, recovered by MINN for a 1ST down
Week 3 · North Carolina · 2&6 · Q3 · EPA +1.70Athan Kaliakmanis pass complete to Sean Tyler for 13 yds to the UNC 47 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Nebraska · 3&13 · Q4 · EPA +1.36Sean Tyler run for 11 yds to the NEB 29
Week 8 · Iowa · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -1.28Sean Tyler run for a loss of 1 yard to the IOWA 48
Week 8 · Iowa · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -1.16Sean Tyler run for no gain to the MINN 43
Week 2 · Eastern Michigan · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA -1.12Sean Tyler run for a loss of 2 yards to the MINN 38
Week 3 · North Carolina · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA -0.96Sean Tyler run for no gain to the MINN 43
Week 2 · Eastern Michigan · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +0.86Sean Tyler run for 12 yds to the EMU 20 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week