Tylan McNichols is a linebacker at Wake Forest who has not played in Wake Forest's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at UAB.
Wake Forest lists 11 linebackers this season.
Wake Forest is 7-1, No. 14 in the AP poll (week 10). Next: vs Merrimack, Sat Nov 7.
McNichols carries tight ends down the field in coverage. The two seasons span two head coaches: Trent Dilfer and Alex Mortensen. One game to point at: 9 tackles against Rice — Week 11, 2025.
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
39 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-42vs Alabama State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 24-38@ Navy | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-28vs Akron | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-56@ No. 15 Tennessee | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-31vs Army | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 33-53@ Florida Atlantic | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-24vs No. 22 Memphis | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 19-38@ UConn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-24@ Rice | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Total | 39 | 17 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Week 8 · 2025
W 31-24
vs Memphis
7 tackles · 1 pass breakup · 3 solo tackles
A close one, won by 7 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
39tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%2 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
5%2 pass breakups39 tackles · 1.5 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 4.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 4.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 5.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Alex Mortensen
Pass share
53.0%
438 pass / 389 run
Plays / game
68.9
12 games
Team sack rate
6.5%
465 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #477 at the position.
The No. 2,794 recruit in the country is starting at linebacker in the ACC as a junior.
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Trent Dilfer, Alex Mortensen and Jake Dickert.
Next stop · Transfer
Transferred to Wake Forest
