Tyler Bird: LB · App State · #51.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Tyler Bird
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Played for three head coaches in five seasons at App State. A game that shows it: 11 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Coastal Carolina — Week 10, 2022.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
50 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 3 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
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 61-63vs North Carolina | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 2 | W 17-14@ No. 6 Texas A&M | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 32-28vs Troy | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 28-32vs James Madison | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 49-0vs The Citadel | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-36@ Texas State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-17vs Georgia State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-3vs Robert Morris | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 28-35@ Coastal Carolina | 11 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 21-28@ Marshall | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 27-14vs Old Dominion | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 48-51@ Georgia Southern | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 50 | 28 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
Week 3 · 2022
W 32-28
vs Troy
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 3 tackles
Edged out Troy at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
50tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%3 TFLSack rate
2%1 sackPD rate
2%1 pass breakups50 tackles · 3 for loss · 1 sack · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Shawn Clark
Pass share
43.1%
358 pass / 472 run
Plays / game
69.2
12 games
Team sack rate
4.3%
398 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #304 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at App State, 109 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Scott Satterfield, Eli Drinkwitz, and Shawn Clark. Multi-era developmental context.
