#15

Tyan Milton

Senior safety for UTSA. 2025: 3 interceptions, 3 pass breakups, 51 tackles.

S · UTSA · Sr. · #15

5′11″ · 180 lb · Lawrenceville, GA

CFB Index 65 · #139 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceReturning to UTSA for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 8 pm ETat TexasDKR-Texas Memorial StadiumTexas by 30

The numbers

interceptions · 2025

3 PBU · 51 tackles · 2.5 TFL

Best game: 1 INT, 1 PBU, 6 tackles, vs Tulane

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for UTSA. 2025: 3 interceptions, 3 pass breakups, 51 tackles.

Signed with UTSA in 2024.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

Interceptions: 90th percentile.

The full scouting read

Tyan Milton

S · UTSA · Sr · #15

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. He has spent two seasons in the UTSA secondary. The receipt on tape: 6 tackles against Army, Week 14, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Jeff Traylor — 14-12 over that span.

2024UTSA7-6HC: Jeff Traylor · Balanced, fast tempo

2025UTSA7-6HC: Jeff Traylor · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

65Quality starter #139 of 544?

Medium confidenceAscending7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (90th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (90th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Interceptions#56 / 817 · 90th pct

Solo tackles#303 / 2975 · 90th pct

Tackles#579 / 2975 · 80th pct

Passes defended#517 / 2975 · 78th pct

Tackles for loss#1222 / 2975 · 56th pct

2.5

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 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

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.9	0.1	0.0	0.3
Road6g	4.0	0.2	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.0	0.2	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	5.0	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Traylor

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

65 · #139 of 544 safeties

Unranked recruit. Now #139 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #8 of 38 American Athletic Ss

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	UTSA	51	37	2.5	0.0	3	3	--
2024	UTSA	18	13	2.0	1.0	5	--	--
Career		69	50	4.5	1.0	8	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 48–20

vs Incarnate Word

1 TOT · 1 SOLO

Dominant 28-point win at home against Incarnate Word.

With O. McCown — 238 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 78.2 · 10 rush yds (2 car) · C. Hogan — 46 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 53 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 24-42@ Texas A&M	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 36-43vs Texas State	6	5	1.0	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 3	W 48-20vs Incarnate Word	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 17-16@ Colorado State	2	0	0.5	—	1
Wk 6	L 21-27@ Temple	5	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 61-13vs Rice	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 17-55@ North Texas	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 48-26vs Tulane	6	4	0.0	1	1
Wk 11	L 23-55@ South Florida	5	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 28-7@ Charlotte	6	5	1.0	1	0
Wk 13	W 58-24vs East Carolina	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 24-27vs Army	6	6	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 57-20vs Florida International	4	2	0.0	1	1
Total		51	37	2.5	3	3

How he plays

Play style

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

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

13 games

51Tackles

37Solo

2.5TFL

0Sacks

3Pass def.

3INT

51 tackles. 3 passes defended. 3 interceptions. 2.5 TFL.

Week 11 PD · 1 INT
Week 41 PD
Week 101 PD · 1 INT
Week 121 INT

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.

2026 Outlook

UTSA

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Safety · UTSA

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -1 net (22 in / 23 out)

2026 Award watch

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

UTSA · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #72 · 2026 recruiting class #79

DNA match

Player DNA

Hybrid Nickel

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

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Tre Young’s 2021 season.

Tre Young

84%match

South Alabama · 2021

Gregory Rubin

Memphis · 2023

82%

Dominic Morris

Colorado State · 2023

82%

Daytione Smith

Marshall · 2025

81%

Cam'Ron Silmon-Craig

Colorado · 2023

80%

Matches Tre on

Tackle volume

Weight

PD rate

Differs from Tre on

Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Tre Young's sophomore season at South Alabama (2021).

Tre Young

90%match

South Alabama · 2021

Rodrick Ward

Colorado · 2023

86%

Francis Meehan

James Madison · 2023

86%

Tariq Drake

Ohio · 2021

All-MAC

85%

Kempton Shine

Eastern Michigan · 2021

85%

Matches Tre on

Class year

Height

Tackle volume

Player DNA

Players who play like Tyan Milton

Daytione Smith

Marshall · 2025

81%

Kavir Bains

Pittsburgh · 2025

74%

Thaddeus Dixon

North Carolina · 2025

69%

The secondary · UTSA

#15Tyan MiltonS · Sr.51 tackles · 2025
#12Marcellus WilkersonS · Sr.27 tackles · 2025
#14Jer'Marius LewisS · Sr.25 tackles · 2025
#27Jakevian RodgersCB · Jr.23 tackles · 2025
#11Cam Upshaw Jr.S · Jr.13 tackles · 2025

21 more on the roster · UTSA team page

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

20248 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Hybrid Nickel

Players who play like Tyan Milton

The secondary · UTSA