Yo'Heinz Tyler

Senior wide receiver for Ball State. 2022: 48 catches, 430 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · Ball State · Sr. · #6

6′3″ · 204 lb · New Orleans, LA

CFB Index 43 · #271 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceBall State 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1997 nationally · Signed with Ball State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Ball State. 2022: 48 catches, 430 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Ball State in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Ball State, 2,254 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 108 yds vs Northern Illinois.Northern Illinois · W 31-252020

20187 games

Signed with Ball State3-star out of Warren Easton

20207 games

All-MACthird

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1997 national

CFB

College

Ball State

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-MAC

All-MAC mention (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018–2022

Mike Neu

Ball State

Played his entire career under Mike Neu.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Mike Neu — 27-30 over that span.

2018Ball State4-8HC: Mike Neu · Balanced, fast tempo

2019Ball State5-7HC: Mike Neu · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2020Ball State7-1HC: Mike Neu · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Ball State6-7HC: Mike Neu · Balanced

2022Ball State5-7HC: Mike Neu · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

43Rotational starter #271 of 488?

High confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: explosive rate (3rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#546 / 636 · 14th pct

65.7%

TD rate#548 / 636 · 14th pct

1.5%

Yards / catch#548 / 636 · 14th pct

8.9

EPA / target#563 / 636 · 12th pct

0.28

Explosive rate#616 / 636 · 3rd pct

1.5%

Box-score rates (6)

Receptions#135 / 550 · 75th pct

Rec yards#265 / 550 · 52nd pct

430

Fumbles lost#71 / 223 · 41st pct

Rec TDs#382 / 550 · 21st pct

Yards / catch#513 / 550 · 7th pct

9.0

Long catch#527 / 550 · 4th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

13th → 12th percentile

Explosive rate

23rd → 3rd percentile

Catch rate

11th → 14th percentile

TD rate

46th → 14th percentile

Yards / catch

25th → 14th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	4.6	43.2	8.9	0.2
Road6g	4.2	35.7	8.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.3	49.3	9.2	0.1
Weeks 8+4g	2.8	21.2	7.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Uremovich

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

43 · #271 of 488 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #271 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Ball State	48	430	9.0	1	--
2021	Ball State	49	487	9.9	6	--
2020	Ball State	42	607	14.5	8	--
2019	Ball State	27	504	18.7	5	--
2018	Ball State	14	226	16.1	2	--
Career		180	2,254	12.5	22	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2022

W 31–0

vs Murray State

4 rec · 35 yds

Dominant 31-point win at home against Murray State.

With L. Borrow — 41 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 52 LONG · J. Paddock — 227 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 21.4 · -9 rush yds (1 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Western Michigan · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.70John Paddock pass complete to Yo'Heinz Tyler for 23 yds to the BALLST 48 for a 1ST down WESTRN MICHIGAN Penalty, Roughing The Passer (Andre Carter) to the WMich 33 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Tennessee · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.41John Paddock pass complete to Yo'Heinz Tyler for 19 yds to the BalSt 44 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Tennessee · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +2.31John Paddock pass complete to Yo'Heinz Tyler for 14 yds to the Tenn 38 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Georgia Southern · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.26John Paddock pass complete to Yo'Heinz Tyler for 16 yds to the GeoSo 47 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Tennessee · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.15John Paddock pass complete to Yo'Heinz Tyler for 8 yds to the BalSt 42 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Western Michigan · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +2.08John Paddock pass complete to Yo'Heinz Tyler for 8 yds to the WMich 39 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Murray State · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +1.99John Paddock pass complete to Yo'Heinz Tyler for 6 yds to the BalSt 45 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · UConn · 4&7 · Q1 · EPA -1.56John Paddock pass complete to Yo'Heinz Tyler for 6 yds to the UConn 31
Week 5 · Northern Illinois · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.49John Paddock pass complete to Yo'Heinz Tyler for 16 yds to the BalSt 44 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Western Michigan · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.46John Paddock pass complete to Yo'Heinz Tyler for 11 yds Yo'Heinz Tyler fumbled, recovered by WMich Braden Fiske

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 10-59@ Tennessee	5	62	12.4	0	19
Wk 2	L 30-37vs Western Michigan	5	52	10.4	1	23
Wk 3	W 31-0vs Murray State	4	35	8.8	0	16
Wk 4	L 23-34@ Georgia Southern	9	65	7.2	0	16
Wk 5	W 44-38vs Northern Illinois	7	73	10.4	0	18	Season-high 73 yds
Wk 6	W 17-16@ Central Michigan	5	46	9.2	0	17
Wk 7	W 25-21vs UConn	2	12	6.0	0	6
Wk 10	W 27-20@ Kent State	2	15	7.5	0	8
Wk 11	L 21-28@ Toledo	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 12	L 18-32vs Ohio	5	44	8.8	0	16
Wk 13	L 17-18@ Miami (OH)	3	21	7.0	0	9
Total		48	430	8.4	1	23

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