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OFFSEASON · SUMMER 2026 · COMMITMENT SEASON
Heisman / Players / Sean Tyler /Minnesota

Sean Tyler

RB · Minnesota · Sr · #2

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

ALUMNUSMinnesota 2023 alumnus

RB · MINNESOTA · BIG TEN

Sean Tyler

  • 4
  • #2
  • 5-8 | 185 lb
  • Richton Park, IL

CFB Zeitgeist RB Score

Awaiting

Heisman Heat

#2280

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP RB AWARD

Doak Walker

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CONSENSUS

All-American

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Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 0 · Not on team

R01 · Scout team / redshirt

Scout team / redshirt. Developing behind the depth chart.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career arc · Season-by-season Standing

3 seasons on the ladder

Peak: R09 All-Conference HM / 2nd team · 2021
★

2021

Western Michigan · RB

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

2022

Western Michigan · RB

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

2023

Minnesota · RB

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Development Trajectory · rushing yards

2021–2023
1,1502021
1,0272022
2422023

-79%

Sharp dropoff (-79%) — career inflection point.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#1613 national
CFB
College
2 teams
2021–2023
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionRB
Class4
Jersey2
Measurements5-8 | 185 lb
HometownRichton Park, IL
Primary teamMinnesota

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 3-star No. 1613 recruit
Composite rating 0.8341 HighSchool
Signed with Western Michigan 2019
Origin Rich Township Olympia Fields, IL, USA
Class Profile Context
2019 3-star | 0.8341 No. 1613 recruit | HighSchool | Western Michigan

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 1 Programs changed on file
Latest destination Minnesota 2023
Transfer stars 3-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Nov 30, 2022
Season Move Context
2023 Western Michigan -> Minnesota 3-star | 0.8900 | Immediate

Heisman Lens · 2023 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 19
Current nowcast#2280Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#2648Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★☆☆

to Western Michigan

Composite

0.8341

#1613 national

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Sean Tyler

Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Sean Tyler

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Scenario Explorer

Available for players with a qualifying signature metric (passing yards, rushing yards, receiving yards, sacks, etc.). The slider projects how a season finishes if the current pace holds.

Why the honors trail matters

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

The useful clue on this card is not just the Heisman rank, but the broader honors spine. Sean Tyler already has 2 loaded recognition items, which helps distinguish a player who is merely productive from one who is already earning selector-level validation.

Current place #2280 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 20.4% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Transfer path 1 portal move

2023 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

RB season snapshot

2023 season snapshot | final

2023 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Scrimmage yards 247 242 rush | 5 rec | #310/735 (58th pct)
Rush TD 0 61 carries | #447/739 (40th pct)
Yards/carry 4.0 Per-rush efficiency | #489/735 (34th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Backfield contributor against FBS RB peers.

Balanced profile

2023 Season · Final

2023 season snapshot | final

Rushing

CAR
61 63rd
YDS
242 58th
YPC
4.0 34th
TD
0 40th

Receiving

REC
4 38th
YDS
5 10th
YPR
1.3 5th
TD
0 70th

Game Log

Week-by-week box

No per-game rows for this season yet — the table fills in as box scores arrive.

Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2021Western Michigan7-5HC: Tim Lester · Run-heavy, fast tempo
2022Western Michigan5-7HC: Tim Lester · Run-leaning
2023Minnesota6-7HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy, slow tempo
SeasonTeam
2023Minnesota612424.00--
2022Western Michigan2091,0274.97--
2021Western Michigan1781,1506.59--
Career3 loaded seasons4482,4195.416--
SeasonTeam
2023Minnesota451.20--
2022Western Michigan121119.21--
2021Western Michigan141148.12--
Career3 loaded seasons302307.73--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Rushing WEPA

Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.

Role share

How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

Receiving work 4 5 rec yds | #343/552 (38th pct)
Usage 20.4% 32.3% rush share | #87/738 (88th pct)
Rushing WEPA +0.35 Opponent-adjusted rush value | #3/362 (99th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Rushing Rushing yards 242 #310/735 58th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rush TD 0 #447/739 40th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Rushing Yards / carry 4.0 #489/735 34th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receptions 4 #343/552 38th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving yards 5 #495/548 10th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Value Rushing WEPA +0.35 #3/362 99th pct Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 173 weighted playsvs FBS RB
Usage Role share 20.4% #87/738 88th pct Share of team offensevs FBS RB
Rushing Carries 61 #274/739 63rd pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rushing LONG 19 #413/733 44th pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving LONG 13 #347/540 36th pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Yards / catch 1.3 #524/548 5th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving TD 0 #169/552 70th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Returns Kick return yards 52 #97/200 52nd pct Volumevs FBS RB
Returns Kick return avg 17.3 #117/199 42nd pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Returns Kick returns 3 #85/206 59th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Usage Rush share 32.3% #103/738 86th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS RB
Usage 1st-down usage 23.0% #101/738 86th pct Early-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Standard-down usage 22.0% #102/738 86th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS RB
Usage 2nd-down usage 19.2% #107/738 86th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage 3rd-down usage 17.6% #43/738 94th pct Money-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Passing-down usage 15.6% #54/738 93rd pct Known-passing sharevs FBS RB
Usage Pass share 3.4% #273/738 63rd pct Air-game usagevs FBS RB
Ball Security Fumbles lost 3 #250/256 3rd pct Turnoversvs FBS RB

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

Status—Awaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits

Per-game splits

Splits fill in once box scores from at least three games land for this season.

Box-score Savant card waits for a season-stat snapshot above the cohort floor. Returns once enough box-score volume lands.

Advanced Savant · RB · 2023

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback—
awaiting
CPOE—
awaiting
Success rate—
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)—
awaiting
aDOT—
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy—
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack—
awaiting
3rd-down EPA—
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate—
awaiting
Play-action EPA—
awaiting
Scramble EPA—
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate—
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator returns once this player clears the Savant metric floor (4+ scored bars).
DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

P.J. Fleck

Pass share

51.7%

397 pass / 371 run

Plays / game

59.1

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

7.3%

302 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2023

1 coach
2021
P.J. Fleck
Minnesota
2022
P.J. Fleck
Minnesota
2023
P.J. Fleck
Minnesota

Played his entire career under P.J. Fleck.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownRichton Park, IL
Height5'8"
Weight185 lb
Class4
PositionRB
Jersey2

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2022)

All-MAC

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

All-Conference

2 all-conference honors

Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
2022 All-MAC all_conference Western Michigan | MAC RB
2021 All-MAC all_conference Western Michigan | MAC RB

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2023 Minnesota RB4 #2280 #2648 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Big Ten
2022 Western Michigan RB4 #847 #1235 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Mid-American
2021 Western Michigan RB4 #144 #211 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Mid-American

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2023 Minnesota Big Ten RB 4 No. 2 | 5-8 | 185 lb | Richton Park, IL
2022 Western Michigan Mid-American RB 4 No. 2 | 5-8 | 185 lb | Richton Park, IL
2021 Western Michigan Mid-American RB 4 No. 2 | 5-8 | 185 lb | Richton Park, IL