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OFFSEASON · SUMMER 2026 · COMMITMENT SEASON

Ty Myles

S · Northern Illinois · Sr · #1

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

30 TACKLES · 0 SACKS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Northern Illinois for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Northern Illinois for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Safety · Northern Illinois

Returning around him

  • 53% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
  • Transfer portal: -17 net (5 in / 22 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Northern Illinois · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #125 · 2026 recruiting class #84

S · NORTHERN ILLINOIS · MID-AMERICAN

Ty Myles

  • 4
  • #1
  • 5-10 | 191 lb
  • Blackshear, GA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

42

Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by qb hurries at the 55th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#11163

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP DB AWARD

Jim Thorpe

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R05 · Part-time starter

Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#2480 national
CFB
College
Northern Illinois
2021–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionS
Class4
Jersey1
Measurements5-10 | 191 lb
HometownBlackshear, GA
Primary teamNorthern Illinois

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 3-star No. 2480 recruit
Composite rating 0.7974 HighSchool
Signed with Northern Illinois 2021
Origin Pierce County Blackshear, GA, USA
Class Profile Context
2021 3-star | 0.7974 No. 2480 recruit | HighSchool | Northern Illinois

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
Season Move Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#11163Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#11134Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★☆☆

to Northern Illinois

Composite

0.7974

#2480 national

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Ty Myles

Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Ty Myles

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the defensive totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 8g
30Tackles
1.5Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Per game
4Tackles
0.2Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Projected (13g)
49Tackles
2.4Tackles for loss
0Sacks

To hit 80-tackle season (currently 30): needs 10/game over remaining 5.

To hit 100-tackle season (currently 30): needs 14/game over remaining 5.

To hit 6-sack season (currently 0): needs 1.2/game over remaining 5.

To hit 10-sack season (currently 0): needs 2/game over remaining 5.

Why this is a rare defensive case

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Ty Myles is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Northern Illinois's defense, with 0.0 sacks, 1.5 tackles for loss, and -- interceptions through the current loaded season. For a defender, the question is never just production; it is whether elite disruption and team context can become nationally undeniable.

Current place #11163 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load -- Role share still loading
Profile quirk Defensive rarity 0.0 sacks | 1.5 TFL

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

DEF season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Total tackles 30 14 solo | #1362/4942 (72nd pct)
TFL 1.5 Backfield disruption | #1771/4972 (64th pct)
Sacks 0.0 Pass-rush finish | #1762/4972 (65th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Defensive contributor against FBS defenders.

Balanced profile

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Tackling & Disruption

TOT
30 72nd
SOLO
14 67th
TFL
1.5 64th
SACK
0.0 65th
QBH
1 44th

Coverage & Takeaways

PD
1 43rd

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppTKLSOLOTFLSACKINTPDNote
Wk 1W 19-17vs Holy Cross641.50.00Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 2L 9-20@ Maryland220.00.00
Wk 4L 10-38@ Mississippi State630.00.00
Wk 5L 3-6vs San Diego State520.00.01
Wk 6L 14-25vs Miami (OH)320.00.00
Wk 7L 10-16@ Eastern Michigan310.00.00
Wk 8L 21-48@ Ohio300.00.00
Wk 9W 21-7vs Ball State200.00.00
Total30141.50.01
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2021Northern Illinois9-4HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-heavy, fast tempo
2023Northern Illinois7-6HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning
2025Northern Illinois3-9HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-heavy, slow tempo
SeasonTeam
2025Northern Illinois30141.50.01----
2023Northern Illinois770.00.01----
2021Northern Illinois220.00.0------
Career3 loaded seasons39231.50.02----
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Disruption stats

TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.

Coverage splash

Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

INT -- -- pick-six TD
Pass breakups 1 Coverage disruption | #1241/2184 (43rd pct)
QB pressures 1 Quarterback hurries | #1051/1878 (44th pct)
Open full stat explorer
0 metrics visible Showing all metrics
Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Defense Total tackles 30 #1362/4942 72nd pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense TFL 1.5 #1771/4972 64th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Sacks 0.0 #1762/4972 65th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Pass breakups 1 #1241/2184 43rd pct Coveragevs FBS DEF
Defense QB hurries 1 #1051/1878 44th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Solo tackles 14 #1520/4584 67th pct Volumevs FBS DEF

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

The Thorpe award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Home4g4.00.40.00.2
Road4g3.50.00.00.0

Win vs Loss

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Wins2g4.00.80.00.0
Losses6g3.70.00.00.2

First half vs Second half

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Weeks 1-76g4.20.20.00.2
Weeks 8+2g2.50.00.00.0

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the S cohort

42Mid-pack
6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sacks (23rd).

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct
1defe
Tackles#1362 / 2975 · 53rd pct
30defe
Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct
1defe
Solo tackles#1520 / 2975 · 47th pct
14defe
Tackles for loss#1711 / 2975 · 39th pct
1.5defe
Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct
0.0defe

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · S · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 6 metrics
Ty MylesNorthern IllinoisTyler MartinMassachusetts· 70% simBlake FletcherAir Force· 69% simBryce LlewellynEastern Michigan· 64% sim
QB hurries
55
Myles
22
Martin
92
Fletcher
72
Llewellyn
Tackles
53
Myles
98
Martin
99
Fletcher
99
Llewellyn
Passes defended
48
Myles
67
Martin
67
Fletcher
86
Llewellyn
Solo tackles
47
Myles
87
Martin
91
Fletcher
95
Llewellyn
Tackles for loss
39
Myles
63
Martin
28
Fletcher
80
Llewellyn
Sacks
24
Myles
24
Martin
24
Fletcher
24
Llewellyn

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

Player DNA

The Hybrid Nickel

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

S

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jonathan Jean’s 2023 season.

Jonathan Jean

86%match

Rice · 2023

#2

Camron Harrell

Southern Miss · 2022

84%
#3

Micah Harper

BYU · 2020

84%
#4

Jaionte McMillan

Minnesota · 2025

83%
#5

Shawn Asbury II

Old Dominion · 2022

82%

Matches Jonathan on

Height
PD rate
Tackle volume

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Tahveon Nicholson's senior season at Louisville (2024).

Tahveon Nicholson

87%match

Louisville · 2024

#2

T'sai McDaniel

UAB · 2025

87%
#3

Dylan Tucker

Utah State · 2025

85%
#4

Jordan Favors

App State · 2025

All-Sun Belt
84%
#5

Kevin Wood

North Texas · 2023

82%

Matches Tahveon on

Class year
PD rate
Tackle volume

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Thomas Hammock

Pass share

33.0%

244 pass / 495 run

Plays / game

61.6

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

7.3%

234 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025

1 coach
2021
Thomas Hammock
Northern Illinois
2023
Thomas Hammock
Northern Illinois
2025
Thomas Hammock
Northern Illinois

Played his entire career under Thomas Hammock.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownBlackshear, GA
Height5'10"
Weight191 lb
Class4
PositionS
Jersey1

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

No formal honors on the ledger yet

All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned.

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Northern Illinois S4 #11163 #11134 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Mid-American
2023 Northern Illinois S4 #12093 #11982 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Mid-American
2022 Northern Illinois S4 #14875 #14929 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Mid-American
2021 Northern Illinois S4 #13741 #13706 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Mid-American

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Northern Illinois Mid-American S 4 No. 1 | 5-10 | 191 lb | Blackshear, GA
2024 Northern Illinois Mid-American S 4 No. 1 | 5-10 | 191 lb | Blackshear, GA
2023 Northern Illinois Mid-American S 4 No. 1 | 5-10 | 191 lb | Blackshear, GA
2022 Northern Illinois Mid-American S 4 No. 1 | 5-10 | 191 lb | Blackshear, GA
2021 Northern Illinois Mid-American S 4 No. 1 | 5-10 | 191 lb | Blackshear, GA