Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 73-3vs VMI | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 44-21vs Old Dominion | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Total | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#11
Tyson Flowers
Senior safety on Virginia Tech's 2026 roster.
5′11″ · 213 lb · Fort Worth, TX · Southwest Christian
CFB Index 38 · #379 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceReturning to Virginia Tech for 2026
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
3★
S recruit
No. 1423 nationally · Signed with Rice
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 safety on Virginia Tech's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Rice in 2022.
- Transferred from Rice to Virginia Tech in 2025.
Tyson Flowers
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Across four seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Mike Bloomgren, Brent Pry and James Franklin. The receipt: 3 tackles, 1 TFL against Old Dominion — Week 2, 2026.
5 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
2022
- Signed with Rice3-star out of Southwest Christian
202512 games
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
2 coaches2023–2025
Virginia Tech
Coaching transition mid-career: Brent Pry → James Franklin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2023Rice6-7HC: Mike Bloomgren · Balanced, slow tempo
2024Rice4-8HC: Mike Bloomgren · Pass-leaning
2025Virginia Tech3-9HC: Brent Pry · Run-leaning
2026Virginia Tech2-0HC: James Franklin · Balanced, fast tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Medium confidence
Elite: qb hurries (83rd percentile). Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (7)
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 2 games: 2.5 TKL/g, 0.5 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
James Franklin
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Part-time starter
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Production · CFB Index Score
38 · #379 of 544 safeties
Three-star recruit. Now #379 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #15 of 25 ACC Ss
How the All-ACC estimate is computed
22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Virginia Tech | 48 | 27 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Rice | 33 | 22 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | -- |
| 2023 | Rice | 23 | 15 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 5 | -- | -- |
| Career | 109 | 67 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 9 | 2 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 73–3
vs VMI
2 TOT · 1 NO · 12 YDS
Dominant 70-point win at home against VMI.
With Q. Brown — 6 rec · 109 yds · 1 TD · E. Grunkemeyer — 224 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · 6 rush yds (2 car)
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Virginia Tech
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · Virginia Tech
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: +2 net (29 in / 27 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Virginia Tech · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #27 · 2026 recruiting class #30
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
S
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Nigel Williams’s 2024 season.
84%match
Matches Nigel on
Height
PD rate
Tackle volume
Differs from Nigel on
Class year (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Braden Turner's junior season at Northwestern (2025).
Matches Braden on
Class year
PD rate
Tackle volume
Player DNA
Players who play like Tyson Flowers
The secondary · Virginia Tech
- #2Jaquez White67 tackles · 2025
- #20Cam Chadwick66 tackles · 2025
- #1DQ Smith64 tackles · 2025
- #11Tyson Flowers48 tackles · 2025
- #9Isaiah Brown-Murray39 tackles · 2025
16 more on the roster · Virginia Tech team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology