Tyler Davis (placekicker)
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| Position: | Placekicker |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | September 29, 1994 St. Charles, Illinois |
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight: | 192 lb (87 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 | |
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| Career NFL statistics | |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
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 Conference.[1]
Early years
Davis went to
soccer team, and participated at the U.S. Soccer Development Academy.[citation needed] During his sophomore year of high school, he had to sit out the year due to a car crash. He came back in his junior year and scored a school record with 25 goals.[2]
College career
Davis started his college career at
Penn State, where he walked on to the football team as a placekicker
.
During the
extra points. He shared kicking duties that year with freshman Joey Julius
. During his junior season, he went 22 for 24 on FGs (both misses being 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.[3]
Professional career
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 ft 9+7⁄8 in (1.77 m) |
192 lb (87 kg) |
28+1⁄8 in (0.71 m) |
8+7⁄8 in (0.23 m) | |||||||||
| All values from Pro Day[4]
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After going undrafted in the 2018 NFL draft, Davis signed with the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted free agent on May 11, 2018.[5] He was waived on August 21, 2018.[6]
References
- ^ "Tyler Davis at PSU". GoPSUsports. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- ^ a b McGonigal, John (October 28, 2016). "One Icy Night: The story of Tyler Davis' car accident". Centre Daily Times. Archived from the original on April 11, 2017. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
- ^ "Tyler Davis Stats".
- ^ "2018 NFL Draft Scout Tyler Davis College Football Profile". DraftScout.com. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- ^ "What you need to know about the Bills undrafted free agents". BuffaloBills.com. May 11, 2018. Archived from the original on May 11, 2018.
- ^ Brown, Chris (August 21, 2018). "Bills sign free agent P Jon Ryan". BuffaloBills.com.