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Tyler Strain

Illinois · Safety · 2021-25

TKL
61
INT
3
PD
5

Career totals · 5 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

From 2021 to 2025, Strain recorded 61 tackles and 1 tackle for loss. From 2022 to 2023, Strain also had 3 interceptions.

In 17-0 that career earns a 63 overall, the 22nd-highest safety rating at Illinois since 1990 and No. 126 among all safeties of the 2025-Present era.

Season by Season

Tyler Strain season-by-season statistics at Illinois
SeasonTklTFLPDInt
20212000
2022100.522
2023350.531
20245000
20259000
Total61153

Seasons with tracked stats at Illinois. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Illinois Teammates

  1. 75Gabe Jacas2022-25LB
  2. 70Matthew Bailey2022-25S
  3. 70Miles Scott2022-25S
  4. 70Luke Altmyer2023-25QB
  5. 69Hank Beatty2022-25WR
  6. 67Collin Dixon2024-25WR
  7. 66Torrie Cox Jr.2024-25CB
  8. 65Aidan Laughery2022-25RB
  9. 65Alec Bryant2021-25LB
  10. 65Kaden Feagin2023-25RB

Full Illinois all-time roster

Top Safeties of the 2025-Present Era

  1. 91Caleb DownsOhio State · 2024-25S
  2. 90Ahmaad MosesSMU · 2022-25S
  3. 88Dalton JohnsonArizona · 2021-25S
  4. 86Bishop FitzgeraldUSC · 2025S
  5. 83Michael TaaffeTexas · 2022-25S
  6. 83Jamel JohnsonTCU · 2023-25S
  7. 80Bray HubbardAlabama · 2023-25S
  8. 80Louis MooreIndiana · 2022-25S

Best college safeties since 1990Best Big Ten players

Sources: Wikipedia and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.