Defensive back, Illinois, 2021–25
Tyler Strain
- Number
- No. 20
- Height
- 5′9″
- Weight
- 195 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Fort Worth, TX
Tyler Strain played defensive back at Illinois (2021–25).
Career highs
8tackles, career highvs. Florida Atlantic, 2023Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Illinois | 20 | DB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2022 | Illinois | 20 | DB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2023 | Illinois | 20 | DB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2024 | Illinois | 20 | DB | Yr 4 | ||
| 2025 | Illinois | 20 | DB | Sr. (Yr 5) | 5′9″ | 195 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2025 Illinois 3 games, 9 tackles
2024 Illinois 3 games, 5 tackles
2023 Illinois 11 games, 35 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Toledo | W 30–28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 8 | at Kansas | L 23–34 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | vs. Penn State | L 13–30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | vs. Florida Atlantic | W 23–17 | 8 | 7 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 30 | at Purdue | L 19–44 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 6 | vs. Nebraska | L 7–20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | at Maryland | W 27–24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 21 | vs. Wisconsin | L 21–25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | at Minnesota | W 27–26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | vs. Indiana | W 48–45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | vs. Northwestern | L 43–45 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2022 Illinois 5 games, 10 tackles, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27 | vs. Wyoming | W 38–6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 2 | atIndiana | L 20–23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | vs. Michigan State | L 15–23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 12 | vs.Purdue | L 24–31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | atNorthwestern | W 41–3 | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2021 Illinois 2 games, 2 tackles
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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