Tyson Lee is a defensive lineman at Western Michigan who has not played in Western Michigan's 9 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
Western Michigan lists 28 defensive linemen this season.
Western Michigan is 6-3. Next: at Akron, Tue Nov 10.
Lee disrupts the pocket from the interior. The five seasons at Western Michigan span two head coaches: Tim Lester and Lance Taylor. A game that shows it: 4 tackles against Ohio — Week 12, 2025.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
15 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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 | Western Michigan | 15 | 8 | 3.0 | 3.0 | -- |
| 2024 | Western Michigan | 26 | 9 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 5 |
| 2023 | Western Michigan | 16 | 9 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2022 | Western Michigan | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2021 | Western Michigan | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 62 | 29 | 8.5 | 5.0 | 6 |
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 6-23@ Michigan State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 30-33vs North Texas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 14-13vs Toledo | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 21-3@ Massachusetts | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 42-0vs Ball State | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 17-13vs Ohio | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 14 | W 31-21@ Eastern Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 23-13vs Miami (OH) | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 41-6vs Kennesaw State | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 8 | 3.0 | 3.0 | — | 0 |
Bowl · 2025
W 41-6
vs Kennesaw State · neutral site
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 4 tackles
Dominant 35-point win at a neutral site against Kennesaw State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
20%3 TFLSack rate
20%3 sacksHurry rate
20%3 hurries15 tackles · 3 for loss · 3 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Taylor
Pass share
33.3%
304 pass / 609 run
Plays / game
65.2
14 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
324 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #339 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-MAC
Based on 2025: #26 of 43 Mid-American DLs
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%).
The No. 2,480 recruit in the country is starting on the defensive line in the Mid-American as a senior.
A stat line in 34 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Tim Lester → Lance Taylor. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
