ASU WR Jordyn Tyson Scouting Report
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Image 1: WR Jordyn Tyson (0) celebrating after a big reception
Height: 6’2
Weight: 200
Position: WR
Year: (RS) Jr
Background
Image 2: WR Jordyn Tyson (4) during his time at Allen High School
Born on August 12th, 2004, Jordyn Tyson was a Three-Star WR prospect in the class of 2022 coming out of Allen High School in Allen, Texas. Despite having 80 receptions for 1512 yards and 12 TDs, Tyson was under-recruited as a prospect and primarily received offers from FCS and G5 programs. Despite this, Tyson received one P4 offer: Colorado. Wanting to prove his ability to play at the highest level of college football, Tyson committed to Colorado.
As a Buffalo, Tyson immediately proved that he belongs, leading Colorado in yards and touchdowns in nine games as a true freshman. However, Tyson’s season was cut short by a knee injury that tore his ACL, MCL, and PCL. Not only did this cut his impressive freshman season short, but Tyson missed out on Colorado’s 2023 season that featured the first season of Deion Sanders, Shedeur Sanders, and Travis Hunter to Colorado. Despite missing the 2023 season, Tyson entered the 2023 transfer portal as a Four-Star WR prospect and transferred to Arizona State. As a Sun Devil, Tyson proved that missing time did not affect his play as he led ASU in receptions, yards, and touchdowns. While the team made the playoffs, Tyson missed the entire CFB playoffs due to a collarbone injury. Despite being draft eligible, Tyson returned to school to hopefully have a healthy season for another playoff run. While he started the season strong, Tyson suffered a hamstring injury that caused him to miss time and lower his level of play. Entering the 2026 draft, Tyson is a clearly talented WR whose extensive medical history creates major volatility with his draft stock and NFL future.
Athletic Tools
While he lacks elite athletic tools, Jordyn Tyson is a well-rounded athlete with solid speed and acceleration. Tyson is not going to a high-end field stretcher or deep threat, but he has enough vertical speed to rip off explosive plays when he gets DBs out of position with his route running. Tyson’s best athletic traits are his deceleration and fluidity. As a route runner, Tyson is great at decelerating on square cuts and being snappy with his speed cuts. By cleanly getting out of breaks on these routes, Tyson is a high-end in-and-out breaking route runner. With dig and sail routes being staples of NFL offenses, Tyson is going to be ready to handle roles as a flanker for offenses.
Video 1: WR Jordyn Tyson (0) takes an outside release and stacks the DB for an explosive play
Video 2: WR Jordyn Tyson (0) fakes out the DB with an outside fake and gets open deep
Video 3: WR Jordyn Tyson (0) square cuts at the break of the out
Video 4: WR Jordyn Tyson (0) releases inside and speed cuts at the break of the out
Tyson is a solid RAC/YAC who will be effective at getting yards after the catch. While he lacks elite movement as a ball carrier or strength to break tackles, Tyson is quick to transition upfield while having enough creativity as a ball carrier to do more than move forward and get tackled. While he is not going to be highly productive on gadget touches (end-arounds, screen, sweeps, etc), Tyson is enough of a RAC/YAC player to get a few extra yards after his receptions downfield.
Video 5: WR Jordyn Tyson (0) runs the crosser and transitions upfield quickly after the catch
Video 6: WR Jordyn Tyson (0) makes a defender miss the first tackle and falls forward
Video 7: WR Jordyn Tyson (0) spins out of the first tackle and gets a few extra yards upfield
Tyson’s biggest barrier to being a high-end WR is his poor play strength and size. Tyson’s listed weight and height are solid, but he is noticeably slender, and his lack of size shows on tape. While plenty of smaller WRs have been great players in the NFL, Tyson gets rerouted by physical coverage and struggles to beat man coverage vertically. When facing press, Tyson gets knocked off his path too often and off the timing of the passing concept. Given that he is struggling with press even with clean releases and free releases off motion, Tyson’s poor play through contact is a part of his game and a major limitation to him as a player. Even when not pressed and is simply attempting to stack the WR, Tyson is a good-not-great athlete who struggles to stack more athletic DBs who don’t bite on his fakes. Due to this, Tyson is a player I do not believe has the physical tools to be a true WR1.
Video 8: WR Jordyn Tyson (0) gets a free release and gets stalled from the DB’s press
Video 9: WR Jordyn Tyson (0) releases off the LOS and lacks the long speed to stack the DB
Video 10: WR Jordyn Tyson (0) gets rerouted and removed from the play from press
Video 11: WR Jordyn Tyson (0) faces press and can’t stack the corner vertically
Video 12: WR Jordyn Tyson (0) fakes outside and can’t get open against the disciplined DB
Technicals
Despite having questions on his physical tools, I love Tyson’s technical refinement as a prospect. With varied releases, Tyson does a good job of getting off the line of scrimmage cleanly and quickly. During his routes, Tyson has a good understanding of various fakes and false steps that can help him get open. Combined with good hand fighting and push-offs, Tyson does a good job of using his length to help separate from DBs who match up with his speed. Given that he has good fluidity and deceleration, Tyson is capable of running a full NFL route tree.
Video 13: WR Jordyn Tyson (0) releases inside and uses an inside fake
Video 14: WR Jordyn Tyson (0) fakes outside before speed cutting at the break of his dig
Video 15: WR Jordyn Tyson (0) fakes inside and gets open on the goal line fade
Video 16: WR Jordyn Tyson (0) rocker steps before getting open on the pick play
Video 17: WR Jordyn Tyson (0) pushes off the DB to get open on the curl
Video 18: WR Jordyn Tyson (0) pushes off to get open on the out
In terms of hands, Tyson is inconsistent. While he does have good body control to adjust for highlight catches, Tyson is inconsistent at converting these on the field. Due to being a weaker play strength athlete, Tyson struggles to consistently come down with catches while contacted. Beyond strength, Tyson has questionable hand moments with body catches and double catches that concern me. While he is far from unreliable, Tyson had a lot more questionable ball skills than I anticipated.
Video 19: WR Jordyn Tyson (0) adjusts to a low pass for the touchdown
Video 20: WR Jordyn Tyson (0) makes a diving catch after running the dig
Video 21: WR Jordyn Tyson (0) gets open on the dig and adjusts for a high ball
Video 22: WR Jordyn Tyson (0) adjusts to a low pass and makes a sliding catch
Video 23: WR Jordyn Tyson (0) gets into position on scramble drill and body catches
Video 24: WR Jordyn Tyson (0) tries to make a contested catch and can’t hold onto the ball
Video 25: WR Jordyn Tyson (0) tries to box out the DB and fails to body catch the ball
Video 26: WR Jordyn Tyson (0) gets open on the dig and double catches the ball
Video 27: WR Jordyn Tyson (0) tries to rise up for a difficult one hand catch
Though he lacks the size and strength to be a force multiplier as a blocker, Tyson is an acceptable blocker. While he is reckless with his technique, Tyson is an active blocker who plays with effort and physicality. Given his injury history, Tyson should stop attempting to shoulder-check DBs and start using proper lockout technique on defenders. Tyson is not someone you want in condensed formation or on bigger defenders, but he should be able to seal off DBs well enough to not be a liability.
Video 28: WR Jordyn Tyson (0) cracks the DB with a shoulder check
Video 29: WR Jordyn Tyson (0) climbs to the second level and shoulder checks the DB
Video 30: WR Jordyn Tyson (0) attempts to seal the DB from the play and gets shed
Draft Projection
Jordyn Tyson currently has a early day two grade. Tyson has intriguing route running and technical refinement for a college prospect, but I do not believe he has enough play strength and athletic tools to be a WR1. By not having enough speed to instantly stack DBs when he gets off the LOS, Tyson relies heavily on his fakes to separate. Combined with poor play strength and inconsistent contested catch ability, Tyson does not have the skill set seen in WR1s without great speed. Given his extensive injury history and film that does not match his current draft stock, Tyson is a player I think could be a major draft slide.
Athletic Testing
Will be updated after the NFL Combine/Arizona State Pro Day
Pro Comparison
Image 3: WR Jerry Jeudy (3) during his breakout season with the Cleveland Browns
While he is built a little thicker and has worse hands, Jerry Jeudy reminds me a lot of Jordyn Tyson. A great route technician with dominant college production, Jeudy was a heavily hyped prospect who did not meet expectations. Due to having inconsistent hands, good-not-great athletic tools, and mediocre play strength, Jeudy struggles to be the dominant man coverage beater that he was seen as a prospect. Despite the disappointment, Jeudy has been a solid WR2 as a Z/Slot who has flashed the ability to be a low-end WR1. If he can avoid the injury issues from his college career, Tyson is a player I believe can be a similar style and tier of player as Jeudy.
Date Published: 2/6/2025
Date Last Updated: 2/6/2025
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