#18

Tyler Owens

Senior defensive back on Texas Tech's 2023 roster.

DB · Texas Tech · Sr. · #18

6′2″ · 210 lb · Plano, TX

CFB Index 33 · #419 of 538 safetiesLow confidenceTexas Tech 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

S recruit

No. 102 nationally · Signed with Texas

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back on Texas Tech's roster.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Texas in 2019.
Transferred from Texas to Texas Tech in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Texas Tech, 62 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20196 games

Signed with Texas4-star out of Plano East

20227 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#102 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

2 coaches

2019–2021

Matt Wells

Texas Tech

2022–2023

Joey McGuire

Texas Tech

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Matt Wells → Joey McGuire. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Texas8-5HC: Tom Herman · Balanced

2020Texas7-3HC: Tom Herman · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Texas5-7HC: Steve Sarkisian · Run-leaning

2022Texas Tech8-5HC: Joey McGuire · Balanced, fast tempo

2023Texas Tech7-6HC: Joey McGuire · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

33Below cohort / limited sample #419 of 538?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#566 / 2842 · 79th pct

Passes defended#744 / 2842 · 67th pct

Tackles#1034 / 2842 · 63rd pct

Tackles for loss#1868 / 2842 · 28th pct

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QB hurries#1486 / 2842 · 24th pct

Sacks#1503 / 2842 · 24th pct

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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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	5.0	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

2026 season

Head Coach

Joey McGuire

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

33 · #419 of 538 safeties

Former four-star. Now #419 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Texas Tech	36	29	1.0	2	--	--
2022	Texas Tech	13	10	0.0	2	--	--
2021	Texas	2	2	0.0	--	--	--
2020	Texas	3	2	0.5	1	--	--
2019	Texas	8	6	0.0	--	--	--
Career		62	49	1.5	5	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2023

W 16–13

at Kansas

2 SOLO · 2 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With A. McNamara — 46 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 56 LONG · B. Morton — 176 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 58.5 · -11 rush yds (7 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 33-35@ Wyoming	2	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 2	L 30-38vs Oregon	5	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 13-20@ West Virginia	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 49-28vs Houston	9	9	0.0	—	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 6	W 39-14@ Baylor	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 21-38vs Kansas State	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 14-27@ BYU	2	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	W 35-28vs TCU	5	3	1.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 16-13@ Kansas	2	2	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 34-14vs California	2	1	0.0	—	0
Total		36	29	1.0	—	2

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology