Tyler Smith

2024 at Tuskegee: Played in all 11 games during the year ... Collected 13 tackles on the year to go with three pass breakups ... Opened the fall with a career-high six tackles against Johnson C. Smith (9/1) ... Had a pair of pass breakups in a single game for the first time in his career at Clark Atlanta (11/2). 2023 at Tuskegee: Saw time in all 11 games during the fall ... Had his first career interception come against Clark Atlanta (10/28) ... Finished the year with 13 tackles and four pass breakups ... Had his season-high of three tackles come against Edward Waters (10/14) ... Helped lead the squad to a 7-4 overall record to pair with a 6-2 mark against league competition. High School: Originally from Dallas, Georgia where he played at Paulding County High School under Head Coach Umbrah Brown and position coach Dylan Hamilton ... Earned First-Team All-County and Second-Team All-State during his junior and senior seasons ... As a senior, he had 25 tackles, an interception and 14 pass breakups to lead the region in the statistic ... As a junior, he had 31 tackles, seven pass breakups, four interceptions and a forced fumble ... In the first game of his junior year, he had a pair of interceptions and pass breakups in the contest ... As a senior, he helped the team to advance to the state playoffs ... Also was a member of the track & field program, running in the 200m and 400m ... Won MVP of the track team following his sophomore year ... Had a pair of cousins play in the NFL including Keith Bullock (NFL Hall of Fame, played collegiatevly at Syracuse) and Calin Smith (Tennessee Titans and collegiately at Tennessee ... Also had offers from South Dakota, Stetson, Butler, North Carolina Central and Presbyterian.