Tyler Owens: DB · Texas Tech · #18.
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Tyler Owens
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. The five seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Tom Herman, Steve Sarkisian and Joey McGuire. A game that shows it: 9 tackles against Houston — Week 5, 2023.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
36 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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.
Yahoo Sports Nov 3
On3 Oct 28
Heartland College Sports Oct 24Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Texas Tech | 36 | 29 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| 2022 | Texas Tech | 13 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| 2021 | Texas | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2020 | Texas | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2019 | Texas | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 62 | 49 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 33-35@ Wyoming | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 30-38vs No. 13 Oregon | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-20@ West Virginia | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 49-28vs Houston | 9 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 39-14@ Baylor | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 21-38vs Kansas State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-27@ BYU | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-28vs TCU | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 16-13@ No. 19 Kansas | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 34-14vs California | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 36 | 29 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Week 10 · 2023
W 35-28
vs TCU
1 tackle for loss · 5 tackles · 3 solo tackles
Edged out TCU at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
6%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
36tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%1 TFL36 tackles · 1 for loss · 2 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 5.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joey McGuire
Pass share
50.3%
471 pass / 465 run
Plays / game
72.0
13 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
492 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2023
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #419 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Texas and Texas Tech, 62 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 28 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Tom Herman, Steve Sarkisian and Joey McGuire.
