Tyre West: DL · Tennessee · #42.
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Tyre West
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Fourth year in the same defensive front at Tennessee. The first career honor came in 2025: SEC Defensive Line Player of the Week. One game to point at: 7 tackles against Georgia — Week 3, 2025.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
23 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 7.5 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.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 72-17vs East Tennessee State | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 41-44vs No. 6 Georgia | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 41-34@ Mississippi State | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 7 | W 34-31vs Arkansas | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-37@ No. 6 Alabama | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 56-34@ Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 27-33vs No. 18 Oklahoma | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-9vs New Mexico State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-11@ Florida | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 24-45vs No. 12 Vanderbilt | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 28-30vs Illinois | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 12 | 7.5 | 4.0 | — | 1 |
Week 5 · 2025
W 41-34
2 sacks · 2 tackles for loss · 3 tackles
Edged out Mississippi State on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
33%8 TFLSack rate
17%4 sacksHurry rate
4%1 hurry23 tackles · 7.5 for loss · 4 sacks.
4 seasons under Josh Heupel — 38-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Josh Heupel
Pass share
47.3%
437 pass / 486 run
Plays / game
71.0
13 games
Team sack rate
4.0%
449 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #160 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Tennessee, 10 sacks — drafted at #222 overall by the Detroit Lions.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed every college season under Josh Heupel.
Next stop · NFL
Detroit Lions2026 NFL rookie season
Detroit Lions2026 NFL rookie season
