Tycen Anderson

Former safety at Toledo. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

S · Toledo · Sr. · #1

6′2″ · 205 lb · Toledo, OH

CFB Index 44 · #308 of 509 safetiesMedium confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamCincinnati — drafted 2022, Rd 5, Pick 23, #166 overall

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 2068 nationally · Signed with Toledo

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former safety at Toledo. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Toledo in 2017.
Drafted round 5 by the Cincinnati in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Toledo, 233 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #166 overall by Cincinnati.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

201710 games

Signed with Toledo3-star out of St. John's Jesuit

20206 games

All-MACsecond

20219 games

All-MACfirst

2022

Drafted by Cincinnatiround 5, pick 166

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2068 national

CFB

College

Toledo

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #166

Cincinnati · 2022

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

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ALL-MAC · 1ST TEAM

All-MAC 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

1 coach

2017–2021

Jason Candle

Toledo

Played his entire career under Jason Candle.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

CincinnatiEntering 5th NFL season

#166Rd 5 · Pick 23

CincinnatiEntering 5th NFL season

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2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Jason Candle — 35-23 over that span.

2017Toledo11-3HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

2018Toledo7-6HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

2019Toledo6-6HC: Jason Candle · Run-heavy

2020Toledo4-2HC: Jason Candle · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Toledo7-6HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

44Rotational starter #308 of 509?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#764 / 2743 · 71st pct

Tackles#771 / 2743 · 71st pct

Passes defended#735 / 2743 · 67th pct

Sacks#829 / 2743 · 61st pct

1.0

QB hurries#827 / 2743 · 59th pct

Tackles for loss#1411 / 2743 · 44th pct

2.0

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

2021 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Jacobs

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

44 · #308 of 509 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #308 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Toledo	44	26	2.0	1.0	2	--	--
2020	Toledo	34	16	1.0	1.0	2	--	--
2019	Toledo	84	41	3.5	0.0	5	--	--
2018	Toledo	45	32	1.0	0.0	4	1	--
2017	Toledo	26	16	1.5	0.0	3	1	--
Career		233	131	9.0	2.0	16	2	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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

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