Tyrell Gilbert

Senior cornerback for Cincinnati. 2018: 1 interception, 7 pass breakups, 25 tackles.

CB · Cincinnati · Sr. · #2

6′0″ · 193 lb · Cincinnati, OH

Cincinnati 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 1631 nationally · Signed with Cincinnati

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 cornerback for Cincinnati. 2018: 1 interception, 7 pass breakups, 25 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Cincinnati in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Cincinnati, 108 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2014

Signed with Cincinnati3-star out of Princeton

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1631 national

CFB

College

Cincinnati

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

2 coaches

2015–2016

Tommy Tuberville

Cincinnati

2017–2018

Luke Fickell

Cincinnati

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Tommy Tuberville → Luke Fickell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015Cincinnati7-6HC: Tommy Tuberville · Balanced, fast tempo

2016Cincinnati4-8HC: Tommy Tuberville · Balanced

2017Cincinnati4-8HC: Luke Fickell · Balanced

2018Cincinnati11-2HC: Luke Fickell · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (94th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (8th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#124 / 2662 · 94th pct

Solo tackles#1012 / 2662 · 61st pct

Tackles#1611 / 2662 · 38th pct

Interceptions#323 / 805 · 30th pct

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th pct

Sacks#1396 / 2662 · 24th pct

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Tackles for loss#2234 / 2662 · 8th 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

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.5
Road6g	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.8

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.8
Weeks 8+4g	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Satterfield

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Cincinnati	25	22	0.0	0.0	7	1	--
2017	Cincinnati	43	30	3.0	1.0	2	--	--
2016	Cincinnati	40	24	0.0	0.0	2	3	--
2015	Cincinnati	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
Career		108	76	3.0	1.0	11	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2018

W 34–30

vs Ohio

2 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 PD

Edged out Ohio at home in a shootout.

With D. Ridder — 274 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · 28 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · J. Smith — 40 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 49 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 26-17@ UCLA	4	4	—	0
Wk 2	W 21-0@ Miami (OH)	2	2	—	3
Wk 3	W 63-7vs Alabama A&M	5	3	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 4	W 34-30vs Ohio	2	2	—	1
Wk 6	W 37-21vs Tulane	2	2	—	1
Wk 8	L 17-24@ Temple	1	1	1	2
Wk 9	W 26-20@ SMU	1	1	—	0
Wk 10	W 42-0vs Navy	2	2	—	0
Wk 12	L 13-38@ UCF	3	3	—	0
Bowl	W 35-31@ Virginia Tech	3	2	—	0
Total		25	22	1	7

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

2014

2018 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays