Thomas Tyner

Thomas Tyner
Thomas Tyner in 2013
Oregon State Beavers – No. 4
Position Running back
Class Senior
Career history
College
High school Aloha (OR)
Personal information
Born: (1994-09-14) September 14, 1994
Aloha, Oregon
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 215 lb (98 kg)
Career highlights and awards

Thomas Tyner (born September 14, 1994)[1] is an American football running back. He played college football for the Oregon Ducks from 2013 to 2015. He missed the entire 2015 season due to a shoulder injury. On February 5, 2016, Oregon announced that Tyner has taken a medical retirement from football. On May 20, 2017, Tyner announced that he intended to return to football to play for Oregon State University.[2]

Early life and high school career

His parents are John Tyner and Donna Tyner, Donna currently being on the Beaverton School District School Board since 2013. He has a brother, Michael, who is two years older than him and attended Pacific University. Tyner grew up in the Tyler's Green neighborhood in Aloha, Oregon.[3] Tyner attended Hazeldale Elementary School, Mountain View Middle School, and Aloha High School. He played football as a running back and ran track. Tyner was a first-team Parade and USA Today All-American. As a sophomore, he rushed for 1,821 yards and 19 touchdowns, becoming Oregon's first sophomore to earn the state's largest division player-of-the-year accolades. As a junior, he rushed for 1,136 yards, despite missing six games. In his senior year, he rushed for a single-season state-record of 3,415 yards, eclipsing a six-year-old standard. He had 643 yards rushing with 10 touchdowns and caught six passes for 106 yards and two touchdowns in an 84–63 win over Lakeridge High School.[4]

Regarded as a five-star recruit by Rivals.com, he was ranked 12th among all players by Scout.com and the nation's No. 2 running back behind only Derrick Green. He also participated in the 2013 U.S. Army All-American Bowl, leading the West Team in rushing with 14 yards on just four carries.[5]

Track and field

Tyner was also an accomplished track & field athlete at Aloha High School. He established the 100-meter dash state record of 10.43 seconds as a high school sophomore. At the 2011 Aloha vs Lincoln Meet, he won both the 100-meters (10.38s) and 200 meters, recording a personal-best time of 21.41 seconds.[6] He ran a career-best time of 10.35 seconds in the 100 meters at the 2011 Metro League Championships, placing first.[7]

College career

Tyner was one of the most highly recruited players in the Class of 2013 – the group of players graduating from high school and entering college in the year 2013. He chose to attend the University of Oregon. Tyner was named to the first-team true freshman All-America team by 247Sports in 2013. [8] On August 9, 2015 several news sources reported that he would not play for the 2015 season following necessary shoulder surgery (he had injured his shoulder in 2014 playing against the Washington Huskies).[9][10] On February 5, 2016, Oregon announced that Tyner has decided to medically retire from football. Tyner's father, John, revealed that the left shoulder injury Tyner suffered in 2014 was healed, but his other shoulder still has a torn labrum.[11] Tyner later joined in-state rivals Oregon State Beavers football for the 2017-18 season as a senior transfer.

Statistics

RushingReceiving
SeasonTeamW-LAttYardsYPCYPGLongTD100+ GRecYardsAvgLongTD
2013Oregon11-21157116.259.26691141349.6230
2014Oregon13-21135735.152235111676.1211

Awards & honors

College

High school

References

  1. ↑ Rob Moseley (September 15, 2012). "Friday Night Lights: Historic night for Tyner leads UO recruits". The Register-Guard. Eugene, Oregon. Archived from the original on October 20, 2014. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  2. ↑ John Canzano (May 20, 2017). "Canzano: Ex-Oregon Ducks running back Thomas Tyner will make comeback... at Oregon State". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Larsen and Tyner run unopposed in School Board races". Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  4. ↑ Andrew Theen (September 14, 2012) "Aloha's Thomas Tyner scores 10 touchdowns, rushes for 643 yards in 84–63 win over Lakeridge". The Oregonian.
  5. ↑ Dan Itel (January 5, 2013) "Prep football: Aloha's Thomas Tyner showcases his skills in the U.S. Army all-American Bowl". The Oregonian.
  6. ↑ "Aloha vs Lincoln – Track & Field Meet". Athletic.net. May 4, 2011
  7. ↑ "Metro League Championships Day 2 – Track & Field Meet". Athletic.net. May 13, 2011
  8. ↑ "Thomas Tyner Bio". Retrieved July 7, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Oregon running back Thomas Tyner out for the season following shoulder surgery".
  10. ↑ "Thomas Tyner, Oregon Ducks running back, 'likely' to miss 2015 season after shoulder surgery".
  11. ↑ Canzano, John (February 5, 2016). "Canzano: Thomas Tyner not a fit with Oregon Ducks, maybe he never was". OregonLive.com. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
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