Senior defensive back on Florida Atlantic's 2026 roster.
6′4″ · 215 lb · Saint Simons Island, GA · Glynn Academy
Recruiting
WR recruit
No. 1261 nationally · Signed with Illinois
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on Florida Atlantic's 2025 roster.
Tyson Rooks
He has spent three seasons in the Florida Atlantic secondary. The receipt: 2 tackles against Rutgers — Week 10, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Willie Taggart, Chad Lunsford, and Zach Kittley. Multi-era developmental context.
In Portal · 2026
In transfer portal
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Bret Bielema — 27-12 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Zach Kittley
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 45-19@ Duke | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-0vs Western Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 34-32vs USC | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-13vs Rutgers | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Total | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
At Florida Atlantic Graduate (2026) Arrived to Florida Atlantic in January of 2026, reuniting with DB Coach Antonio Fenelus Voted as team captain At Illinois Senior (2025) Academic All-Big Ten Played in all 12 regular-season games Five tackles (two solo) with one pass breakup on the season Career...
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