Ty Van Fossen: LB · Cincinnati · #13.
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Ty Van Fossen
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Five seasons in the Cincinnati linebacker corps to date. A game that shows it: 16 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against South Florida — Week 6, 2022.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
71 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Cincinnati | 71 | 27 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 4 |
| 2021 | Cincinnati | 70 | 43 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2020 | Cincinnati | 28 | 19 | 5.0 | 2.0 | -- |
| 2019 | Cincinnati | 13 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2018 | Cincinnati | -- | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Career | 182 | 96 | 14.5 | 3.5 | 7 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-31@ No. 19 Arkansas | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 63-10vs Kennesaw State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-17vs Miami (OH) | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-24vs Indiana | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 31-21@ Tulsa | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 28-24vs South Florida | 16 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 16 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 29-27@ SMU | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 21-25@ UCF | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 20-10vs Navy | 9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 27-25vs East Carolina | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 23-3@ Temple | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-27vs No. 19 Tulane | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 71 | 27 | 2.5 | 0.5 | — | 4 |
Week 6 · 2022
W 28-24
1 tackle for loss · 16 tackles · 1 hurry
A close one, won by 4 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
71tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%2 TFLSack rate
1%0 sacksPD rate
6%4 pass breakups71 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
5 seasons under Luke Fickell — 53-11 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 7.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 5.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Luke Fickell
Pass share
50.2%
416 pass / 413 run
Plays / game
63.8
13 games
Team sack rate
8.2%
451 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #301 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Cincinnati, 182 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Luke Fickell.
