#14

Tyrece Mills

Senior defensive back on UConn's 2025 roster.

DB · UConn · Sr. · #14

6′1″ · 210 lb · Philadelphia, PA

CFB Index 30 · #281 of 364 cornersLow confidenceIn transfer portal — destination TBD (from UConn)

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 13 nationally · Joined Penn State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back on UConn's 2025 roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Penn State in 2022.

His career, year by year

How he projects

Erases the deep middle of the field.

The full scouting read

Tyrece Mills

DB · UConn · Sr · #14

Erases the deep middle of the field. Across three seasons and two programs, two head coaches: James Franklin and Gordon Sammis. The receipt: 6 tackles against Duke — Week 11, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Penn State10-3HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2024Penn State13-3HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2025UConn9-4HC: Gordon Sammis · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

30Below cohort / limited sample #281 of 364?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (91st percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#218 / 2975 · 91st pct

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Solo tackles#1434 / 2975 · 50th pct

Tackles for loss#1424 / 2975 · 47th pct

2.0

Tackles#1667 / 2975 · 43rd pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

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

2025 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	2.8	0.2	0.0	0.5
Road5g	2.8	0.2	0.0	0.6

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.0	0.4	0.0	0.8
Weeks 8+4g	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jason Candle

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

30 · #281 of 364 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #281 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	UConn	25	15	2.0	5	--	--
2024	Penn State	15	8	0.0	--	1	--
2023	Penn State	2	--	0.0	--	--	--
Career		42	23	2.0	5	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2025

W 37–34

vs Duke

1 PD · 1 SOLO · 6 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

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 59-13vs Central Connecticut	3	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 20-27@ Syracuse	6	6	1.0	—	3	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 3	L 41-44@ Delaware	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 20-17@ Buffalo	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 51-10vs Florida International	1	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	W 38-23@ Boston College	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 34-37@ Rice	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 37-34vs Duke	6	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 26-16vs Air Force	1	0	0.0	—	0
Total		25	15	2.0	—	5

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

Tyrece Mills

2022

20259 games

2026

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Centerfielder

Players who play like Tyrece Mills