Tyler Elsdon: LB · Penn State · #43.
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Tyler Elsdon
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Fifth year in the Penn State linebacker corps. A game that shows it: 5 tackles against UCLA — Week 6, 2024.
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
23 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Penn State | 23 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| 2023 | Penn State | 20 | 15 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2022 | Penn State | 38 | 23 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2021 | Penn State | 10 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2020 | Penn State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 92 | 57 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-12@ West Virginia | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-27vs Bowling Green | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 56-0vs Kent State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 21-7vs No. 19 Illinois | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-11vs UCLA | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 33-30@ USC | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 28-13@ Wisconsin | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 26-25@ Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 38-10vs No. 12 SMU | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 31-14vs No. 8 Boise State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 24-27vs No. 3 Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Week 2 · 2024
W 34-27
3 tackles · 1 pass breakup · 1 solo tackle
A close one, won by 7 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
23tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
9%2 pass breakups23 tackles.
5 seasons under James Franklin — 45-19 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-79g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
James Franklin
Pass share
41.8%
437 pass / 609 run
Plays / game
65.4
16 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
457 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #515 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Penn State, 92 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
1 coachPlayed every college season under James Franklin.
