Tymir Oliver: DL · Illinois · #96.
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Tymir Oliver
Wins the gap play after play. Fourth year in the Illinois defensive front. One game to point at: 7 tackles against Wisconsin — Week 8, 2019.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
29 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
LancasterOnline Oct 25
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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-3vs Akron | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-23@ UConn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 31-34vs Eastern Michigan | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 38-42vs Nebraska | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 17-40@ Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 25-42vs No. 16 Michigan | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-23vs No. 6 Wisconsin | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 24-6@ Purdue | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 38-10vs Rutgers | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 37-34@ Michigan State | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-19@ No. 19 Iowa | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 10-29vs Northwestern | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 20-35vs California | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 29 | 12 | 4.5 | 1.5 | — | 2 |
Week 1 · 2019
W 42-3
vs Akron
1.5 sacks · 1.5 tackles for loss · 2 tackles
Dominant 39-point win at home against Akron.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
16%4 TFLSack rate
5%2 sacksHurry rate
3%1 hurry29 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
4 seasons under Lovie Smith — 15-34 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lovie Smith
Pass share
43.2%
363 pass / 477 run
Plays / game
64.6
13 games
Team sack rate
8.9%
406 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Illinois, 6 sacks — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed every college season under Lovie Smith.
