Tycen Anderson

Anderson is a core special teams contributor who played in all 17 games in 2024, after returning from a knee injury sustained midway through the '23 season ... He has led the Bengals in special teams tackles in each of the past two seasons, posting eight in 2023 and 11 in '24 ... Recipient of the team's 2024 Ed Block Courage Award, in honor of his dedication and work ethic during injury rehab process ... A fifth-round draft pick of the Bengals in 2022, he missed his entire rookie season due to a hamstring injury, but recovered in time for start of following training camp and had two INTs in the '23 preseason opener ... A Toledo, Ohio native who played at the University of Toledo, he clocked a 40-yard dash time of 4.36 seconds at the 2022 NFL Combine.

Anderson is a core special teams contributor who played in all 17 games in 2024, after returning from a knee injury sustained midway through the '23 season ... He has led the Bengals in special teams tackles in each of the past two seasons, posting eight in 2023 and 11 in '24 ... Recipient of the team's 2024 Ed Block Courage Award, in honor of his dedication and work ethic during injury rehab process ... A fifth-round draft pick of the Bengals in 2022, he missed his entire rookie season due to a hamstring injury, but recovered in time for start of following training camp and had two INTs in the '23 preseason opener ... A Toledo, Ohio native who played at the University of Toledo, he clocked a 40-yard dash time of 4.36 seconds at the 2022 NFL Combine.

Career transactions:

Selected by Cincinnati in fifth round of 2022 NFL Draft (166th overall) ... Signed with Bengals on 5-19-22.

Pro career:

2022—Played in all three preseason games as a rookie, then spent entire regular season on Reserve/Injured list due to hamstring injury ... Designated to return from R/I and cleared to practice prior to postseason, but did not return to active roster.

2023—Played in first seven games, before suffering season-ending knee injury in Game 8 at San Francisco ... Placed Nov. 3 on Reserve/Injured, where he spent final nine games ... Recorded team-leading eight special teams tackles ... In preseason opener on Aug. 11 vs. Green Bay, had two INTs in second quarter including 43-yard pick-six.

2024—Played in all 17 games ... Recorded team-leading 11 special teams tackles, and lined up for 346 of 462 special teams snaps (74.9 percent; second-most on team) ... Logged two ST tackles on Sept. 29 at Carolina, with a stop on a punt return at Panthers' 17-yard line in third quarter ... On Oct. 6 vs. Baltimore, downed a 66-yard punt by P Ryan Rehkow at Ravens' two-yard line, leading to a safety on the following play ... Received a game ball from head coach Zac Taylor for performance on Oct. 13 at the N.Y. Giants, when he had two ST tackles on punt coverage ... Notched another two ST tackles on Oct. 20 at Cleveland, and downed a Rehkow punt at Browns' 11-yard line ... Played season-high 30 special teams snaps on Nov. 17 at the L.A. Chargers and recorded two tackles.

College: Spent five seasons (2017-21) at Toledo (granted an extra year of eligibility due to COVID-19 pandemic) ... Played in 55 career games (27 starts), and had 237 tackles (134 solo), including nine TFLs, with 19 PBUs, two INTs, two sacks and one FF ... Also played on special teams as a gunner ... Named first-team All-Mid-American Conference in final two seasons, including first-team distinction as senior in 2021, when he also served as team captain.

High school/personal:

Hometown is Toledo, Ohio, where he attended St. John's Jesuit High School ... Recorded 14 INTs in three seasons ... Also competed in basketball and track and field, finishing third in Ohio in the long jump as a junior ... Majored in professional sales at Toledo ... First name is pronounced "TIE-senn."

Last Updated July 2025