Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-24@ Florida State | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Total | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#10
Tyren Polley
Sophomore safety on SMU's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 195 lb · Duncanville, TX
Returning to SMU for 2026
Recruiting
3★
S recruit
No. 880 nationally · Signed with SMU
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 safety on SMU's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to SMU in 2025.
Tyren Polley
Erases the deep middle of the field. He has spent two seasons in the SMU secondary. One game to point at: 10 tackles against Florida State — Week 1, 2026.
10 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- seasons on the roster
- game log
His career
20255 games
- Signed with SMU3-star out of Duncanville
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
SMU
NFL
NFL Draft
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2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Rhett Lashlee — 11-4 over that span.
2025SMU9-4HC: Rhett Lashlee · Balanced
2026SMU2-0HC: Rhett Lashlee · Pass-leaning, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (10th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 1 game: 10.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rhett Lashlee
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.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 27–24
10 TOT · 4 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.
With K. Jennings — 430 yds · 3 TD · 2 INT · QBR 95.6 · 33 rush yds (5 car) · D. Green — 43 rush yds (13 car)
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
SMU
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · SMU
Returning around him
- 1 SMU player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -11 net (15 in / 26 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
SMU · Last season: 9-4 (AP #25) · Talent rank #31 · 2026 recruiting class #32
DNA match
Player DNA
Centerfielder
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
S
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Zaquan Patterson’s 2024 season.
93%match
Matches Zaquan on
Height
Tackle volume
PD rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Tae Harris's freshman season at Georgia Tech (2025).
Matches Tae on
Class year
PD rate
Tackle volume
Player DNA
Players who play like Tyren Polley
The secondary · SMU
- #21Jimmy Wyrick62 tackles · 2025
- #1Jarvis Lee Jr.55 tackles · 2025
- William Nettles37 tackles · 2025
- #8Marcellus Barnes Jr.32 tackles · 2025
- #10Tyren Polley20 tackles · 2025
13 more on the roster · SMU team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology