Tiawan Mullen

Senior defensive back for Indiana. 2022: 2 interceptions, 8 pass breakups, 58 tackles.

DB · Indiana · Sr. · #3

5′10″ · 181 lb · Fort Lauderdale, FL

CFB Index 66 · #91 of 322 cornersLow confidenceIndiana 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 544 nationally · Signed with Coconut Creek

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Indiana. 2022: 2 interceptions, 8 pass breakups, 58 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Coconut Creek in 2019.
Named All-America (FWAA) in 2020.
Named All-America (FWAA) in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Indiana, 142 tackles, an All-American season (2020) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

201910 games

Recruited3-star out of Coconut Creek

20207 games

All-Americafirst
All-Big Tenfirst

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#544 national

CFB

College

Indiana

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors

🥇

ALL-AMERICA

Named All-American (2020)

1 selectors honored him

🥈

ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM

All-Big Ten 1st team (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

1 coach

2019–2022

Tom Allen

Indiana

Played his entire career under Tom Allen.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Tom Allen — 20-25 over that span.

2019Indiana8-5HC: Tom Allen · Balanced

2020Indiana6-2HC: Tom Allen · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Indiana2-10HC: Tom Allen · Pass-heavy, slow tempo

2022Indiana4-8HC: Tom Allen · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

66Quality starter #91 of 322?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (97th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (91st percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#75 / 2755 · 97th pct

Solo tackles#251 / 2755 · 91st pct

Tackles#397 / 2755 · 85th pct

Interceptions#124 / 811 · 73rd pct

Tackles for loss#1784 / 2755 · 29th pct

1.0

QB hurries#1444 / 2755 · 24th pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

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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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.7	0.1	0.0	0.6
Road5g	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.8

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.6	0.1	0.0	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	5.2	0.0	0.0	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Curt Cignetti

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

66 · #91 of 322 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #91 at the position.

Selector Grid · 2020

AP—

FWAA1st

AFCA—

WCFF—

SN—

SI—

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Indiana	58	38	1.0	0.0	8	2	--
2021	Indiana	19	16	0.0	0.0	3	--	--
2020	Indiana	37	26	4.5	3.5	3	3	--
2019	Indiana	28	24	3.5	0.0	13	--	--
Career		142	104	9.0	3.5	27	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 23–20

vs Illinois

1 PD · 1 SOLO · 4 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With C. Bazelak — 330 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 63.6 · -3 rush yds (5 car) · J. Evans — 39 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 51 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 23-20vs Illinois	4	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 2	W 35-22vs Idaho	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 33-30vs Western Kentucky	7	7	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 24-45@ Cincinnati	6	5	0.0	1	0
Wk 5	L 21-35@ Nebraska	5	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 6	L 10-31vs Michigan	4	3	1.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 33-38vs Maryland	4	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	L 17-24@ Rutgers	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 14-45vs Penn State	8	4	0.0	1	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 11	L 14-56@ Ohio State	4	2	0.0	—	3
Wk 12	W 39-31@ Michigan State	8	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 16-30vs Purdue	4	3	0.0	—	2
Total		58	38	1.0	2	8

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