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#9 Tyler Davis

Tyler Davis - Football - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Year RS Senior
Height 6-4
Weight 250
Hometown North Bellmore, N.Y.
High School Mepham
Last School UConn
Tyler Davis - Football - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

2019 (Redshirt Senior): Transferred as a graduate student from UConn to become the first tight end featured in Georgia Tech’s offense since 2007 … Selected as one of the team’s four permanent captains … Named to the 2019 Mackey Award watch list, presented annually to college football’s top tight end … Named to Senior Bowl watch list … Appeared in all 12 games, making 11 starts … Led Georgia Tech’s tight ends and ranked third among all GT pass catchers with 17 receptions for 148 yards and one touchdown on the season … Hauled in a season-high four passes at Duke (Oct. 12) for 29 yards …  Caught a season-long 38-yard pass en route to 54 total yards at Virginia (Nov. 9) … Converted a two-point conversion pass against North Carolina (Oct. 5), becoming the first Georgia Tech tight end to score in a game since 2007 … Finished the year by hauling in a 6-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter against then-No. 4 Georgia (Nov. 30).

2016-18 (UConn): Graduate transfer from UConn … Played in all 36 games at UConn over the past three seasons and has on season of eligibility remaining … Made 15 starts for the Huskies, including 11 as a junior in 2018 … Amassed 47 receptions for 500 yards and seven touchdowns at UConn, including 22 catches for 237 yards and six scores in 2018 … Six TDs in ’18 were tied for the second-most by a tight end in UConn history … Also completed three passes for 58 yards over his three seasons with the Huskies … Academic all-American Athletic Conference honoree.

High School: Was a three-year starter at quarterback as a high-schooler at Mepham H.S. on Long Island … Threw for 2,115 yards and 19 touchdowns and ran for 1,660 yards and 43 scores over final two prep seasons … All-state honoree … Ranked as New York’s No. 5 prospect by ESPN.

Personal: Earned a bachelor’s degree in financial management in just three years and began master’s program at UConn during the 2018 fall semester … Is pursuing a M.S. in economics at Georgia Tech.
Aspires for a career on Wall Street after football … Enrolled at Georgia Tech in January and participated in the Yellow Jackets’ offseason football program, including spring practice.

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