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2022 Football Roster

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  • RB
    Position
  • Graduate Student
    Class
  • Beaumont, Texas
    Hometown
  • 5'8
    Height
  • 210
    Weight
  • Silsbee HS/Oregon State
    High School
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Calvin Tyler Jr.
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Calvin Tyler Jr.
RB
Position
Graduate Student
Class
Beaumont, Texas
Hometown

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Biography

ALL-STAR GAMES
Played in the 2023 Hula Bowl and participated in the 2023 College Gridiron Showcase.

HONORS 
Second-Team All-Mountain West (2022); Academic All-Mountain West (2021, 2022); Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll (2019).

SCHOOL RECORDS
Rushed for 2,006 yards on 449 carries (4.47 ypc) during his two seasons at Utah State and ranks 11th all-time in school history in rushing as he is the 11th USU player to eclipse 2,000 career rushing yards... Also ranks eighth all-time in school history with his 449 rushing attempts... Rushed for 1,122 yards on 253 carries (4.43 ypc) as a senior in 2022, to rank eighth in attempts and 16th in yards in a single season in school history... Finished his career with 10 100-yard rushing games.

2022 (SENIOR SEASON)
Earned second-team all-Mountain West honors as he rushed for 1,122 yards on 253 carries (4.43 ypc/86.3 ypg) and seven touchdowns as he started all 13 games... Also caught 15 passes for 129 yards (8.6 ypr) and one touchdown... Led the team with eight total touchdowns... Had six 100-yard rushing games, which was tied for the second-most in the Mountain West... Became the 15th player to rush for 1,000 yards in a season and his 1,122 yards are the 16th-most in school history... Rushed for a career-high 162 yards on a career-best 33 carries in the season opener against UConn (8/27)... Scored a career-best three rushing touchdowns against San José State (11/19) as he rushed for 125 yards on 30 carries... Gained 129 yards on 24 carries at Colorado State (10/15)... Scored a pair of touchdowns at Hawai’i (11/12) as he rushed for 113 yards on 25 carries with one score, and caught a career-high-tying three passes for a career-best 50 yards, including a career-long 35-yard touchdown... Rushed for 109 yards on 19 carries and one touchdown against Air Force (10/8), and gained 104 yards on 18 carries at No. 19 BYU (9/29)... Had three-straight 100-yard games against BYU, Air Force and Colorado State, and had back-to-back 100-yard games against Hawai’i and San José State... Had double-digit carries in all 13 games, 20-plus carries in four games and 30-plus carries twice... Rushed for 79 yards on 16 carries against Memphis (12/27) in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl... Finished fourth in the MW and 28th in the nation in rushing yards (1,122), sixth in the MW and 35th in the nation in rushing yards per game (86.3), and eighth in the MW and 81st in the nation in all-purpose yards per game (96.2).

2021 (JUNIOR SEASON)
Played in 12 games, making 11 starts… Rushed for 884 yards on 196 carries (4.5 ypc/73.7 ypg) and seven touchdowns to lead the team in each category… Also caught 11 passes for 50 yards (4.6 ypr) as he finished the year with 934 all-purpose yards… Had four 100-yard rushing games during the season… Rushed for a career-high 132 yards on 19 carries with a career-high two touchdowns at Air Force (9/18), including a career-long 61-yarder… Rushed for 126 yards on 20 carries the following weekend against Boise State (9/25)… Gained 109 yards on 18 carries against Wyoming (11/20) and rushed for 120 yards on a career-high 26 carries, including one touchdown, against Oregon State (12/18) in the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl… Also scored a touchdown at No. 19 San Diego State (12/4) in the Mountain West Championship Game… Began the season by rushing for 84 yards on 14 carries, including one touchdown, at Washington State (9/4), and rushed for 72 yards on 14 carries and one touchdown against North Dakota (9/10)… Had double-digit carries in each of the first six games and in each of the final five games of the season... Earned academic all-MW honors.

PREVIOUS SCHOOL 
Spent four seasons (2017-20) at Oregon State, as he played in 14 games and rushed for 124 yards on 30 carries, to go along with three receptions for 24 yards and nine kickoff returns for 182 yards... Appeared in three games as a junior in 2020, and carried the ball 15 times for 45 yards and two touchdowns, to go along with two receptions for nine yards... Both of his rushing touchdowns were against Utah, as he rushed for 29 yards on 12 carries against the Utes... Also rushed for 13 yards on two carries against Arizona State... As a sophomore in 2019, he carried the ball 12 times for 68 yards, including 59 yards on 12 carries against Cal Poly... Also caught one pass for 15 yards against Utah... Redshirted the 2018 season... Played in eight games as a true freshman in 2017, as he rushed for 11 yards on three carries, including a season-best 10-yard carry versus USC... Also returned nine kickoffs for 182 yards (20.2 ypr), with a season-long 24 yards against Colorado State... A member of the Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll in 2019. 

HIGH SCHOOL 
Rated the No. 18 all-purpose running back in the nation by 247Sports.com... Earned District 10-4A and District 22-5A MVP honors and was named the Vype Southeast Texas Player of the Year following his senior season at Silsbee High School in Beaumont, Texas... Named the 2016 Super Gold Offensive Player of the Year after rushing for a school-record 2,861 yards - the most in the state - as a prep senior, to go along with 29 touchdowns... Set a single-game school-record with 396 rushing yards... Received the Willie Ray Smith Offensive Award, given annually to the top player in southeast Texas, along with earning the SuperGold MVP regional honor... Rushed for 1,809 yards on 204 carries (8.9 ypc) and 24 touchdowns as a junior at Ozen High School in Beaumont... Also played basketball and ran track & field in high school... National Honor Society and Silsbee High School honor roll member. 

PERSONAL
Son of Calvin Sr. and Shuronda Tyler... Has two sisters... Cousin, Christine Michael, spent six years in the NFL... Has a son, Calvin Tyler III... Graduated from Oregon State in the spring of 2021 with a communications degree... Earned his master’s degree in sports management from Utah State in the fall of 2022.

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