Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-6vs Wyoming | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 26-14vs Minnesota | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 41-3@ Northwestern | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Tailon Leitzsey
Senior defensive back on Illinois's 2022 roster.
6′0″ · 190 lb · Laurel, MD
Illinois 2022 alumnus
The story
4 defensive back on Illinois's roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearTailon Leitzsey
Tailon Leitzsey has played for two head coaches in three seasons at Illinois. One game to point at: 1 tackles against Northwestern — Week 13, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at Illinois, 4 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Illinois
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
2 coaches2020
Rod Smith
Illinois
Coaching transition mid-career: Rod Smith → Bret Bielema. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2022 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2020Illinois2-6HC: Rod Smith · Run-heavy
2021Illinois5-7HC: Bret Bielema · Run-leaning
2022Illinois8-5HC: Bret Bielema · Run-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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
2022 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bret Bielema
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2022
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2022
W 26–14
vs Minnesota
Game log
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology