Thomas Tyner
{{Short description|American football player (born 1994)}}
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- Oregon (2013–2014)
- Oregon State (2017)
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Thomas Tyner (born September 14, 1994){{cite news|author=Rob Moseley|title=Friday Night Lights: Historic night for Tyner leads UO recruits|url=http://blogs.registerguard.com/oregon-football/friday-night-lights-historic-night-for-tyner-leads-uo-recruits/|accessdate=October 20, 2014|work=The Register-Guard|date=September 15, 2012|location=Eugene, Oregon|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20141020095931/http://blogs.registerguard.com/oregon-football/friday-night-lights-historic-night-for-tyner-leads-uo-recruits/|archivedate=October 20, 2014|df=mdy-all}} is an American former college football running back. He played for the Oregon Ducks from 2013 to 2014, and for the Oregon State Beavers in 2017. He did not play during the 2015 and 2016 seasons due to a shoulder injury.
Early life
His parents are John Tyner and Donna Tyner, Donna currently being on the Beaverton School District School Board since 2013. He has a brother, Michael, who is two years older than him and attended Pacific University. Tyner grew up in the Tyler's Green neighborhood in Aloha, Oregon.{{cite web| url=http://portlandtribune.com/bvt/15-news/152213-election-2013-larsen-and-tyner-run-unopposed-in-school-board-races?tmpl=component| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706234630/http://portlandtribune.com/bvt/15-news/152213-election-2013-larsen-and-tyner-run-unopposed-in-school-board-races?tmpl=component| url-status=dead| archive-date=July 6, 2015| title=Larsen and Tyner run unopposed in School Board races| accessdate=July 6, 2015}} Tyner attended Hazeldale Elementary School, Mountain View Middle School, and Aloha High School. He played football as a running back and ran track. Tyner was a first-team Parade and USA Today All-American. As a sophomore, he rushed for 1,821 yards and 19 touchdowns, becoming Oregon's first sophomore to earn the state's largest division player-of-the-year accolades. As a junior, he rushed for 1,136 yards, despite missing six games. In his senior year, he rushed for a single-season state-record of 3,415 yards, eclipsing a six-year-old standard. He had 643 yards rushing with 10 touchdowns and caught six passes for 106 yards and two touchdowns in an 84–63 win over Lakeridge High School.Andrew Theen (September 14, 2012) [http://highschoolsports.oregonlive.com/news/article/-1946564383230255207/alohas-thomas-tyner-scores-10-touchdowns-rushes-for-643-yards-in-84-63-win-over-lakeridge/ "Aloha's Thomas Tyner scores 10 touchdowns, rushes for 643 yards in 84–63 win over Lakeridge"]. The Oregonian.
Regarded as a five-star recruit by Rivals.com, he was ranked 12th among all players by Scout.com and the nation's No. 2 running back behind only Derrick Green. He also participated in the 2013 U.S. Army All-American Bowl, leading the West Team in rushing with 14 yards on just four carries.Dan Itel (January 5, 2013) [http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/argus/index.ssf/2013/01/prep_football_alohas_thomas_ty_1.html "Prep football: Aloha's Thomas Tyner showcases his skills in the U.S. Army all-American Bowl"]. The Oregonian.
=Track and field=
Tyner was also an accomplished track & field athlete at Aloha High School. He established the 100-meter dash state record of 10.43 seconds as a high school sophomore. At the 2011 Aloha vs Lincoln Meet, he won both the 100-meters (10.38s) and 200 meters, recording a personal-best time of 21.41 seconds.[http://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/MeetResults.aspx?Meet=115130#215 "Aloha vs Lincoln – Track & Field Meet"]. Athletic.net. May 4, 2011 He ran a career-best time of 10.35 seconds in the 100 meters at the 2011 Metro League Championships, placing first.[http://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/MeetResults.aspx?Meet=115141#215 "Metro League Championships Day 2 – Track & Field Meet"]. Athletic.net. May 13, 2011
College career
Tyner was one of the most highly recruited players in the Class of 2013. He chose to attend the University of Oregon and play for the Oregon Ducks football team. In 2013, Tyner was named to the first-team true freshman All-America team by 247Sports.com.{{cite web| url=http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=208714764| title=Thomas Tyner Bio| accessdate=July 7, 2015}} In 2014, he was a member of Oregon's team that played in the 2015 College Football Playoff National Championship game, losing to Ohio State.
On August 9, 2015, several news sources reported that Tyner would not play during the 2015 season following necessary shoulder surgery; he had injured his shoulder in 2014 playing against the Washington Huskies.{{cite web|url=http://www.csnnw.com/ducks/breaking-oregon-running-back-thomas-tyner-out-season-following-shoulder-surgery|title=Oregon running back Thomas Tyner out for the season following shoulder surgery}}{{cite web|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/index.ssf/2015/08/oregon_running_back_thomas_tyn_1.html|title=Thomas Tyner, Oregon Ducks running back, 'likely' to miss 2015 season after shoulder surgery}} On February 5, 2016, Oregon announced that Tyner had decided to medically retire from football. Tyner's father, John, revealed that the left shoulder injury Tyner suffered in 2014 was healed, but his other shoulder still had a torn labrum.{{cite web |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/john_canzano/index.ssf/2016/02/canzano_thomas_tyner_not_a_fit.html |title=Canzano: Thomas Tyner not a fit with Oregon Ducks, maybe he never was |last=Canzano |first=John |date=February 5, 2016 |website=OregonLive.com |accessdate=February 14, 2016}}
After not playing college football during 2015 and 2016, on May 20, 2017, Tyner announced that he intended to return and would play for in-state rival Oregon State.{{cite news|author=John Canzano|title=Canzano: Ex-Oregon Ducks running back Thomas Tyner will make comeback... at Oregon State|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/john_canzano/index.ssf/2017/05/canzano_thomas_tyner_prepares.html|accessdate=May 20, 2017|work=The Oregonian|date=May 20, 2017|location=Portland, Oregon}} Tyner played for the Beavers during 2017 as a senior transfer, appearing in 10 of their games. In January 2018, Tyner said it was "time for me to move on", and that he would not petition the NCAA for another season of eligibility.{{cite news |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/index.ssf/2018/01/thomas_tyner_ready_to_walk_awa.html |title=Thomas Tyner ready to walk away from college football |first=Danny |last=Moran |website=oregonlive.com |date=January 27, 2018 |accessdate=January 20, 2019}}
=Statistics=
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| Season | Team | W–L | Att | Yards | YPC | YPG | Long | TD | 100+ G | Rec | Yards | Avg | Long | TD |
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| 2013 | Oregon
| 11–2 | 115 | 711 | 6.2 | 59.2 | 66 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 134 | 9.6 | 23 | 0 | |
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| 2014 | Oregon
| 13–2 | 113 | 573 | 5.1 | 52 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 67 | 6.1 | 21 | 1 | |
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| 2017 | Oregon State
| 1–11 | 64 | 297 | 4.6 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 0 |
Awards & honors
=College=
- Rose Bowl Champion (2015)
- Pac-12 Champion (2014)
- 247Sports.com First-Team Freshman All-American (2013)
=High school=
- Oregon 6A State Champion (2010)
- U.S. Army All-American (2013)
- USA Today First Team All-American (2012)
- Parade All-First Team (2012)
- OSAA single-season rushing leader: 3,415 yards (2012)
References
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External links
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- [http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=3378&SPID=233&DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=208714764&Q_SEASON=2014 Oregon profile]
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Category:Sportspeople from Beaverton, Oregon
Category:American football running backs
Category:Oregon Ducks football players
Category:Oregon State Beavers football players
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:People from Aloha, Oregon
Category:Players of American football from Washington County, Oregon