Clemson · W 20-16
3 tackles, 0.5 for loss
The other 7 games average 3 tackles. This one was 0 above.
“A good play from flowers ???”
Tyson Flowers
The four seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Mike Bloomgren, Brent Pry and James Franklin. A game that shows it: 3 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Clemson — Week 8, 2026.
21 tackles · 0 sacks
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
21 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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.
Fans first named Tyson Flowers vs VMI.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Virginia Tech | 21 | 9 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 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 | 125 | 73 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 10 | 2 |
Last game (Wk 8): 1 pass breakup, 3 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| 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 |
| Wk 3 | W 35-26@ Maryland | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 21-14@ Boston College | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 33-35vs Pittsburgh | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-25@ California | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-24vs Georgia Tech | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 20-16@ Clemson | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 21 | 9 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Week 8 · 2026
W 20-16
at Clemson
0.5 tackles for loss · 3 tackles · 1 pass breakup
A close one, won by 4 on the road.
Ratings of the games shown run from -15 to +8 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
21tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%2 TFL21 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 1 pass breakup.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
James Franklin
Pass share
48.9%
277 pass / 289 run
Plays / game
70.8
8 games
Team sack rate
9.0%
290 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #458 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #15 of 25 ACC Ss
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 36 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
5 coachesPlayed for 5 head coaches at 2 schools: Mike Bloomgren, Pete Alamar, Brent Pry, Philip Montgomery and James Franklin.
