Tyrus Wheat

Senior linebacker for Mississippi State. 2022: 54 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, 6 sacks.

LB · Mississippi State · Sr. · #2

6′2″ · 260 lb · Amite, LA

CFB Index 85 · #32 of 548 LBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceMississippi State 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

OLB recruit

No. 1052 nationally · Signed with Amite

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Mississippi State. 2022: 54 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, 6 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Amite in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Mississippi State, 130 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2018

Recruited3-star out of Amite

20208 games

Signed with Mississippi State3-star out of Copiah-Lincoln C.C.

202212 games

All-SECsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1052 national

CFB

College

Mississippi State

2020–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM

All-SEC 2nd team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2022

1 coach

2020–2022

Mike Leach

Mississippi State

Played his entire career under Mike Leach.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Mike Leach — 20-17 over that span.

2020Mississippi State4-7HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2021Mississippi State7-6HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2022Mississippi State9-4HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

85All-Conference level #32 of 548?

High confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (99th percentile). Strength: sacks (97th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

QB hurries#33 / 2755 · 99th pct

Sacks#77 / 2755 · 97th pct

6.0

Tackles for loss#103 / 2755 · 96th pct

10.5

Tackles#466 / 2755 · 83rd pct

Solo tackles#747 / 2755 · 72nd pct

Passes defended#744 / 2755 · 66th pct

Forced fumbles#58 / 737 · 46th pct

Interceptions#321 / 811 · 30th pct

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

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.7	0.8	0.4	0.1
Road5g	5.6	1.0	0.6	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.1	0.6	0.4	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	5.0	1.3	0.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Lebby

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

85 · #32 of 548 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #32 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Mississippi State	54	25	10.5	6.0	2	1	--
2021	Mississippi State	46	19	10.0	7.0	2	1	--
2020	Mississippi State	30	12	6.0	5.0	2	1	--
Career		130	56	26.5	18.0	6	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2022

W 24–22

at Ole Miss

6 TOT · 5 SOLO · 1 SACKS

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 on the road.

With G. Georgopoulos — 49 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 56 LONG · W. Rogers — 239 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 27.8 · -37 rush yds (8 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 49-23vs Memphis	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 2	W 39-17@ Arizona	5	5	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	L 16-31@ LSU	7	2	1.0	1.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 4	W 45-14vs Bowling Green	3	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 42-24vs Texas A&M	5	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 40-17vs Arkansas	4	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 17-27@ Kentucky	3	1	1.5	1.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 6-30@ Alabama	7	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 39-33vs Auburn	6	4	3.5	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Wk 11	L 19-45vs Georgia	5	1	0.5	0.0	1	0
Wk 12	W 56-7vs East Tennessee State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 24-22@ Ole Miss	6	5	2.5	1.0	—	0	2.5 TFL
Total		54	25	10.5	6.0	1	2

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