CFB Zeitgeist Score
72
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 96th percentile.
Tylon Dunlap
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
40 TACKLES · 5 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to Kennesaw State for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Kennesaw State
Returning around him
- 46% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
- Transfer portal: +10 net (29 in / 19 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Kennesaw State · Last season: 10-4 · Talent rank #132 · 2026 recruiting class #137
DL · KENNESAW STATE · CONFERENCE USA
Tylon Dunlap
- 4
- #5
- 6-1 | 266 lb
- Charlotte, NC
Heisman Heat
#14742
<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 DEFENSE AWARD
Nagurski
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career arc · Season-by-season Standing
4 seasons on the ladder
2021
Georgia State · DL
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2022
Georgia State · DL
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2023
Georgia State · DL
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★
2025
Kennesaw State · DL
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Identity & Role
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
Recruiting Pedigree
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3-star | 0.8315 | No. 1704 recruit | HighSchool | Georgia State |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| No transfer portal moves on file for this player. | ||
Heisman Lens · 2024 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 16Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
No achievements unlocked yet this season.
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★☆☆
to Georgia State
Composite
0.8315
#1704 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
PENDINGThe 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 Tylon Dunlap
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 Tylon Dunlap
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.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the defensive totals stand
Through 13g
40Tackles
10.5Tackles for loss
5Sacks
Per game
3Tackles
0.8Tackles for loss
0.4Sacks
Final
40Tackles
10.5Tackles for loss
5Sacks
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Tylon Dunlap is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Kennesaw State's defense, with 5.0 sacks, 10.5 tackles for loss, and -- interceptions through the current loaded season. For a defender, the question is never just production; it is whether elite disruption and team context can become nationally undeniable.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
DEF season snapshot
2025 season snapshot | final
2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
High-disruption defender | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
40 82nd
SOLO
25 84th
TFL
10.5 98th
SACK
5.0 98th
QBH
1 44th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
1 43rd
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 9-10@ Wake Forest | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 9-56@ Indiana | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-13vs Merrimack | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 4 | W 28-21vs Arkansas State | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-16vs Middle Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 35-7vs Louisiana Tech | 8 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 45-26@ Florida International | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-21@ New Mexico State | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 26-35@ Jacksonville State | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 41-34vs Missouri State | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 48-42@ Liberty | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 19-15@ Jacksonville State | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 6-41@ Western Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 40 | 25 | 10.5 | 5.0 | — | 1 |
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score
Traditional history
Traditional Stats
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
2021Georgia State7-5HC: Shawn Elliott · Run-heavy
2022Georgia State4-8HC: Shawn Elliott · Run-heavy
2023Georgia State7-6HC: Shawn Elliott · Run-leaning
2025Kennesaw State10-4HC: Jerry Mack · Run-leaning
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kennesaw State | 40 | 25 | 10.5 | 5.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Georgia State | 12 | 9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Georgia State | 21 | 9 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Georgia State | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 4 loaded seasons | 76 | 46 | 14.5 | 7.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.
Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.
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.
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.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defense | Total tackles | 40 | #906/4942 | 82nd pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 10.5 | #91/4972 | 98th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 5.0 | #102/4972 | 98th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 1 | #1241/2184 | 43rd pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 1 | #1051/1878 | 44th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 25 | #744/4584 | 84th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Fumbles recovered | 2 | #13/736 | 98th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 0 | #1/773 | 100th pct | Turnoversvs FBS DEF |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
ALL-CONF HM
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
ALL-CONF HM · Rung 9 of 16
Why he’s here
All-Conference honorable mention / 2nd team — the recognition has started.
What moves him up
A best-at-position run lifts to 1st team.
What moves him down
A back-end conference finish drops out of the honor list.
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting tracker
The Lombardi award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.8 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Road8g | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins9g | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Losses4g | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the DL cohort
72Solid starter
Elite: tackles for loss (96th). Strength: sacks (96th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · DL · 2024
Percentile Card
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
P4G5All FBS
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 · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Tylon DunlapKennesaw StateJackson KuwatchMiami (OH)· 85% simKhalil MurdockBuffalo· 85% simBryun ParhamUConn· 85% sim
Tackles for loss
Sacks
Solo tackles
Tackles
QB hurries
Passes defended
Forced fumbles
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The 3-Tech Penetrator
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
IDL
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Atlias Bell’s 2021 season.
Atlias Bell
89%match
#2
Zi'Yon Hill
85%
#3
Ezra Christensen
84%
#4
John Morgan
84%
#5
Zeiqui Lawton
84%
Matches Atlias on
TFL rate
Sack rate
Weight
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Eric Phillips's graduate season at Cincinnati (2024).
Eric Phillips
76%match
#2
Ethan Hassler
74%
#3
Jevon Banks
74%
#4
Dayon Hayes
74%
#5
Latrell Jean
71%
Matches Eric on
Class year
TFL rate
Weight
Differs from Eric on
Height (lower)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jerry Mack
Pass share
44.2%
422 pass / 533 run
Plays / game
68.2
14 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
7.4%
282 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
1 coach2021
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Kennesaw State
2022
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Kennesaw State
2023
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Kennesaw State
2025era →
Jerry Mack
Kennesaw State
Played his entire career under Jerry Mack.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownCharlotte, NC
Height6'1"
Weight266 lb
Class4
PositionDL
Jersey5
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Current teamKennesaw State
ConferenceConference USA
Joined2025
Career arc5 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
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ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-Conference USA
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
1 all-conference honor
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | All-Conference USA | all_conference | Kennesaw State | Conference USA | DT |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kennesaw State | DL4 | #14742 | #14898 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Conference USA |
| 2023 | Georgia State | DL4 | #13124 | #13327 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Sun Belt |
| 2022 | Georgia State | DL4 | #11183 | #11443 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Sun Belt |
| 2021 | Georgia State | DL4 | #12081 | #12081 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Sun Belt |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kennesaw State | Conference USA | DL | 4 | No. 5 | 6-1 | 266 lb | Charlotte, NC |
| 2024 | Kennesaw State | Conference USA | DL | 4 | No. 5 | 6-1 | 266 lb | Charlotte, NC |
| 2023 | Georgia State | Sun Belt | DL | 4 | No. 5 | 6-1 | 266 lb | Charlotte, NC |
| 2022 | Georgia State | Sun Belt | DL | 4 | No. 5 | 6-1 | 266 lb | Charlotte, NC |
| 2021 | Georgia State | Sun Belt | DL | 4 | No. 5 | 6-1 | 266 lb | Charlotte, NC |