Former defensive lineman at New Mexico. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
6′3″ · 276 lb · Los Lunas, NM
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
DL recruit
No. 1284 nationally · Signed with UCLA
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive lineman at New Mexico. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
Tyler Kiehne
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Tyler Kiehne has been at New Mexico through two head coaches in three seasons. One game to point at: 4 tackles, 0.5 TFL against New Mexico State — Week 5, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at New Mexico, 1 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Danny Gonzales → Bronco Mendenhall. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2024 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Eck
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #334 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | New Mexico | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | New Mexico | 16 | 7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | New Mexico | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 24 | 9 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 4 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 31-35vs Montana State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 39-61@ Arizona | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 50-40@ New Mexico State | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 50-45@ Utah State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Marshawn Kneeland’s 2023 season.
Matches Marshawn on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Vontroy Malone's sophomore season at Tulsa (2023).
Matches Vontroy on
Player DNA