Tyler Garvey

Position:
LB
Ht./Wt.:
6-1 / 205
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Collierville, Tenn.
Prev School:
Collierville HS

Career
Member of the team for two seasons ... Saw first season of on-field action in 2018 after redshirting in 2017 ... Has played in 12 games, with most of his action coming on special teams ... Has one solo tackle … Has three years of eligibility remaining.

Honors (Academic/Athletic)
2017-18, 2018-19 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... Dean’s List for the 2017 fall, 2018 spring, 2018 fall and 2019 spring semesters ... Tiger 3.0 Club for the 2017 fall, 2018 spring, 2018 fall and 2019 spring semesters.

2018 (Redshirt Freshman)
Saw action in 12 games ... Played primarily on special teams ... Credited with one solo stop ... Made his collegiate debut in the season opener vs Mercer ... Played in his first American Athletic Conference game at Tulane ... Registered first career tackle, a solo hit, vs UCF in The American Championship Game ... Played vs Wake Forest in the Birmingham Bowl.

2017 (Freshman)
Redshirted … Member of 2017 squad that went 10-3, won The American West Division title (7-1 league record) and played in The American Championship Game … Squad earned the program’s first Liberty Bowl bid and played in the hometown’s postseason classic.

High School
Played middle and outside linebacker at Collierville High School ... Named MVP of the AutoZone Liberty Bowl High School All-Star Game after recovering two fumbles ... Two-time All-Region 4-6A first team defense (LB) as a junior and senior ... In his two varsity seasons, registered 162 total tackles (124 solo), including 19 TFL … Also had 16 PBU in those two seasons ... Logged 70 total stops (47 solo) and had 11 TFL and 11 PBU his senior season … As a junior, had 92 tackles (77 solo) and added two interceptions, including a pick-six, and five PBU.

Personal
Son of Angela Fransen and John Garvey ... Birthday is September 14 ... Biomedical engineering major.