Tyler Davis (placekicker)

Tyler Dale Davis (born September 29, 1994) is an American football placekicker who is currently a free agent. He played college football at Penn State of the Big Ten.[1]

This article is about the placekicker. For the tight end, see Tyler Davis (tight end).

Tyler Davis
Free agent
Position:Placekicker
Personal information
Born: (1994-09-29) September 29, 1994
St. Charles, Illinois
Height:5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school:St. Charles North
(St. Charles, Illinois)
College:Penn State
Undrafted:2018
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

Early years

Davis went to St. Charles North High School in St. Charles, Illinois, but did not participate in football. However, he played for his high school soccer team, and participated at the U.S. Soccer Development Academy. During his sophomore year of high school he had to sit out all year due to a car crash. But he came back and scored a school record with 25 goals his Junior year.

College career

Davis started his college career at Bradley University, where he did not play football but soccer. After a year at Bradley Tyler transferred to Penn State, where he walked on to the football team as a placekicker.

During the 2015 season Davis went a perfect 8 for 8 on field goals and 11 for 11 for extra points. He shared kicking duties that year with freshman Joey Julius. And during his junior season he kicked 22 for 24 on FGs. This 91% success rate might have been even higher had two kicks from 39 yds and 48 yds not been blocked. And remained perfect with extra points going 55/55. He finished the regular season with 121 points in total and received All-Big Ten honors.

In his senior season, Davis struggled only going 9 of 17 and only making two kicks from 40 yards or beyond. In the Fiesta Bowl, Penn State was up a touchdown and Davis had a chance to secure the Penn State win with a 45-yard field goal, but pulled the kick. Penn State went on to win the game.[2]

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2018 NFL draft, Davis signed with the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted free agent on May 11, 2018.[3] He was waived on August 21, 2018.[4]

References
  1. "Tyler Davis at PSU". GoPSUsports. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  2. http://www.espn.com/college-football/player/stats/_/id/3791111/tyler-davis
  3. "What you need to know about the Bills undrafted free agents". BuffaloBills.com. May 11, 2018. Archived from the original on May 11, 2018.
  4. Brown, Chris (August 21, 2018). "Bills sign free agent P Jon Ryan". BuffaloBills.com.
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