Tyler Martin
Played for three head coaches at Massachusetts: Don Brown, Shane Montgomery and Joe Harasymiak. The first one came in 2025: All-MAC. A game that shows it: 8 tackles against Sacramento State — Week 4, 2026.
48 tackles · 0.5 sacks
Play style
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
48 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Massachusetts | 48 | 19 | 2.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Massachusetts | 97 | 34 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | Massachusetts | 27 | 12 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Massachusetts | 14 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 186 | 71 | 8.5 | 0.5 | 2 | 1 |
Last game (Wk 8): 5 tackles.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 37-21@ Rutgers | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 37-10vs Sacred Heart | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 36-14vs Stonehill | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 35-6@ Sacramento State | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 14-38vs Eastern Michigan | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 19-20vs Miami (OH) | 7 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 18-25@ Buffalo | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 16-35@ UConn | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 48 | 19 | 2.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
Oct. 23 · L 16-35 at UConn, play by play
5 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 2 tackles for loss, in the 8 games with play by play.
How Massachusetts’s defense played that day
UConn’s 11 drives: 7 stopped · 4 scored. While the game was within a score they held 3 of 5.
6 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
7 tackles, including 1 more for loss.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
7 tackles, including 1 more for loss.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 8 for him; the box score credits 7.
8 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
5 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
No game thread archived for this game yet.
7 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play: 5 of his 7, sacks included.
No game thread archived for this game yet.
3 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Sacked the quarterback for a 2-yard loss. Second quarter, up 24-7.
Ratings of the games shown run from -29 to +1 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
48tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%2 TFLSack rate
1%0 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups48 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 6.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 5.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joe Harasymiak
Pass share
44.3%
208 pass / 261 run
Plays / game
58.6
8 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
236 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
2026 outlook
Outside shot to repeat All-MAC
Based on 2025: #18 of 55 Mid-American LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 37 games over four seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC
All-MAC mention (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Jedd Fisch, Don Brown and Joe Harasymiak.
