Tyrelle Deener is a defensive back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Eastern Michigan.
Deener moves between deep coverage and the slot. Two seasons in the Eastern Michigan secondary to date. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Ball State — Week 12, 2025.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
28 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interception. 0 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Eastern Michigan | 28 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | Eastern Michigan | 17 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 45 | 23 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 27-52@ Texas State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-31vs Louisiana | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-24@ Central Michigan | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 30-31@ Buffalo | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 16-10vs Northern Illinois | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 30-44@ Miami (OH) | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 21-28vs Ohio | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 24-9@ Ball State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 21-31vs Western Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 28 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
7%2 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
28tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL28 tackles · 2 pass breakups · 1 interception.
2 seasons under Chris Creighton — 9-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Creighton
Pass share
51.1%
403 pass / 385 run
Plays / game
65.7
12 games
Team sack rate
2.3%
444 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-MAC
Based on 2025: #27 of 40 Mid-American DBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
