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2024: Westland appeared in 11 games with six starts with five coming to close the season. He recorded a career-best 41 tackles. He had 18 solo stops and 23 assisted tackles. He also added six tackles for loss to rank third on the team. Westland added three sacks to rank second on the Cowboys. He recorded a career-high eight tackles twice coming against Utah State and Colorado State. He recorded a tackle for loss against Arizona State, New Mexico, Colorado State and Washington State. He earned a strip sack against the Lobos that helped give the Cowboys the road win. He added five tackles against Air Force along with a half of a sack.

2023: Westland had a strong season for the Cowboys and appeared in all 13 games for the Brown and Gold. He finished the season with 18 total tackles with eight solo stops and 10 assisted tackles. He added 4.5 tackles for loss and 0.5 sacks. He had a tackle for loss in each of the final four games of the season. He added a fumble return against UNLV that he returned for 61 yards.  He recorded a career-high five tackles against UNLV. He added three against New Mexico.
 
2022: He did not appear in any games for the Cowboys last season.

2021: Redshirted for the Cowboys in his first season with the program.

High School: Tyce Westland comes to Wyoming as a very versatile athlete, who played primarily linebacker and wide receiver in high school but also played part-time at running back and quarterback as a senior.  He is projected as a defensive end for the Cowboys.  His senior season, he was named the Kearney Hub 6/8-Man Player of the Year, playing in Class D2, which is 8-man football.  He also earned First Team Kearney Hub All-Class D2 as a wide receiver, and the Grand Island Independent named him to its First Team All-State Class D2 team as a receiver.  In 10 games his senior season, Westland was credited with a team high 127 total tackles (58 solos and 69 assists), playing primarily at linebacker but he also played some defensive end and safety.  He recorded 8.5 tackles for loss, four interceptions, seven pass breakups, four forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries.  From his receiver position, he caught 39 passes for 843 yards, averaged 21.6 yards per reception and scored 15 receiving touchdowns.  He added 245 rushing yards on 33 attempts and scored three rushing touchdowns.  All total, he accounted for 1,088 all-purpose yards and scored 18 TDs.  Westland helped Pleasanton advance to the Quarterfinals of the 2020 Nebraska Class D2 State Playoffs.  As a junior, he led Pleasanton High School to the Nebraska Class D2 State Championship Game where they finished as the runner-up for the state title.  Westland was named to the Lincoln Journal-Star First Team All-State team as a wide receiver his junior season.  He led his team with 147 total tackles, including 74 solos and 73 assists in 13 games.  He also intercepted three passes to rank second on his team.  On offense, he led his team in all three major receiving categories, with 54 receptions for 955 yards and 13 touchdowns.  Westland also earned Academic All-State honors in high school, played basketball and was a hurdler on his track and field team.  He played for his father, Ricci Westland, who is the head coach at Pleasanton High.

Personal: He is a American Studies major at UW.