Senior linebacker for UConn. 2025: 41 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.
6′2″ · 225 lb · West Haven, CT
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.
How he plays
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage.
Sacks: 89th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
tackles · 2025
3.5 TFL · 3 sacks · 2 PBU
Best game: 7 tackles, 2 TFL, 2 sacks, at Delaware
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for UConn. 2025: 41 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.
Tyquan King
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Across three seasons and three programs, three head coaches: Mike Houston, Everett Withers and Gordon Sammis. His first career honor landed in 2024: All-AAC. The receipt: 8 tackles, 1 sacks against Ball State — Week 4, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AAC · 1ST TEAM
All-AAC 1st team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jim Mora → Gordon Sammis. 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
Elite: sacks (89th 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
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 4.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 5.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Candle
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | UConn | 41 | 26 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Temple | 111 | 54 | 6.0 | 3.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | East Carolina | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 153 | 80 | 9.5 | 6.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2025
W 37–34
vs Duke
1 TOT
Edged out Duke at home in a shootout.
With J. Fagnano — 311 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 75.3 · 51 rush yds (6 car) · C. Stutz — 52 AVG · 57 LONG · 2 NO
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-13vs Central Connecticut | 8 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 20-27@ Syracuse | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 41-44@ Delaware | 7 | 3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 4 | W 31-25vs Ball State | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 20-17@ Buffalo | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 51-10vs Florida International | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 37-34vs Duke | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 16-41@ Army | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 41 | 26 | 3.5 | 3.0 | — | 2 |
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
41 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 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.
2026 Outlook
UConn
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · UConn
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
UConn · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #73 · 2026 recruiting class #110
Player DNA
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Hunter Barth’s 2024 season.
Matches Hunter on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Hunter Barth's graduate season at Stanford (2025).
Matches Hunter on
Player DNA