Tycen Anderson: S · Toledo · #1.
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Tycen Anderson
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Five seasons in the Toledo secondary to date. That makes two straight seasons on the honors list: All-MAC again in 2021. On tape: 10 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Ohio, Week 12, 2021.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
42 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 22-12@ Ball State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 45-7@ Massachusetts | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-22vs Northern Illinois | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 23-26@ Central Michigan | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-15vs Western Michigan | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 49-52vs Eastern Michigan | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 49-17@ Bowling Green | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 35-23@ Ohio | 10 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 49-14vs Akron | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 42 | 26 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Week 11 · 2021
W 49-17
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 4 tackles
Dominant 32-point win on the road against Bowling Green.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
44tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%2 TFL44 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 sack · 2 pass breakups.
5 seasons under Jason Candle — 35-23 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 5.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 4.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 5.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Candle
Pass share
45.3%
389 pass / 470 run
Plays / game
71.6
12 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
422 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2021
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #308 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Toledo, 233 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #166 overall by the Cincinnati Bengals.
A stat line in 50 games over five seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC · 1ST TEAM
All-MAC 1st team (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Jason Candle.
Next stop · NFL
Cincinnati BengalsEntering 5th NFL season
Cincinnati BengalsEntering 5th NFL season
