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Tyeler Davison

{{Short description|American football player (born 1992)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2021}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Tyeler Davison

| image =

| image_size =

| alt =

| caption =

| current_team =

| number = 95, 96, 90

| position = Nose tackle

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|9|23}}

| birth_place = Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lbs = 309

| high_school = Desert Mountain
(Scottsdale, Arizona)

| college = Fresno State

| draftyear = 2015

| draftround = 5

| draftpick = 154

| pastteams =

|highlights =

| status =

| statlabel1 = Total Tackles

| statvalue1 = 217

| statlabel2 = Sacks

| statvalue2 = 5.0

| statlabel3 = Forced fumbles

| statvalue3 = 3

| statlabel4 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue4 = 1

| statlabel5 = Pass deflections

| statvalue5 = 4

| pfr = DaviTy01

}}

Tyeler Davison (born September 23, 1992) is an American former professional football nose tackle. He played college football at Fresno State. He was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the fifth round of the 2015 NFL draft.

Early life

Davison attended Washington High School his freshman year where he played freshman football as well as games on the varsity football team. He was also on the Rams wrestling team. After his freshman year he moved to Scottsdale, Arizona, where he attended Desert Mountain High School. He lettered in wrestling and football his sophomore, junior and senior year.

He was considered a two-star recruit by Rivals.com.https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Tyeler-Davison-93591 {{Dead link|date=August 2022}}

Professional career

{{NFL predraft

| height ft = 6

| height in = 1 5/8

| weight = 316

| dash = 5.16

| ten split = 1.75

| twenty split = 2.94

| shuttle = 4.46

| cone drill = 7.53

| vertical = 33.0

| broad ft = 8

| broad in = 9

| bench = 32

| arm span = 34

| hand span = 10 3/4

| wonderlic =

| note = All values from NFL Combine/Pro Day{{Cite web |title=Tyeler Davison Draft and Combine Prospect Profile |url=https://www.nfl.com/prospects/tyeler-davison/32004441-5682-2084-103a-cbc0af12078c |access-date=April 21, 2020 |website=NFL.com}}{{Cite web |url=https://draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=106723&DraftYear=2015 |title=2015 NFL Draft Scout Tyeler Davison College Football Profile |access-date=April 3, 2023 |website=DraftScout.com}}

}}

= New Orleans Saints =

Davison was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the fifth round, 154th overall in the 2015 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=2015 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2015/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} The pick used to select him was acquired from the Kansas City Chiefs in a trade that sent Ben Grubbs to Kansas City.{{Cite web |date=May 2, 2015 |title=Saints select DT Tyeler Davison of Fresno State with second fifth-round pick |url=http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2015/05/saints_nfl_draft_2015_second_f.html |website=NOLA.com}}{{cite web | last=Birkett | first=Dave | title=NFL draft: Tragedy motivates Fresno State's Tyeler Davison | website=Detroit Free Press | date=2015-04-23 | url=https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2015/04/23/nfl-draft-preview-fresno-state-tyeler-davison/26222133/ | access-date=2024-10-14}} Davison finished his rookie season with 18 tackles and 1.5 sacks.

= Atlanta Falcons =

On April 13, 2019, Davison signed a one-year contract with the Atlanta Falcons.{{Cite web |date=April 13, 2019 |title=Falcons agree to terms with Tyeler Davison on a one-year deal |url=https://www.atlantafalcons.com/news/falcons-agree-to-terms-with-tyeler-davison-on-a-one-year-deal |website=AtlantaFalcons.com}} He played in all 16 games with 12 starts, recording a career-high 55 tackles and one sack.

On March 17, 2020, Davison signed a three-year, $12 million contract extension with the Falcons.{{Cite web |last=McFadden, Will |date=March 15, 2020 |title=Falcons agree to terms with Tyeler Davison on three-year contract extension |url=https://www.atlantafalcons.com/news/falcons-agree-to-terms-with-tyeler-davison-on-three-year-contract-extension |website=AtlantaFalcons.com}} He was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list by the team on July 31, 2020,{{Cite news |last=Tabeek, Matthew |date=July 31, 2020 |title=Falcons place Tyeler Davison, Danny Etling on reserve/COVID-19 list |work=AtlantaFalcons.com |url=https://www.atlantafalcons.com/news/falcons-place-tyeler-davison-danny-etling-on-reserve-covid-19-list |accessdate=August 1, 2020}} and was activated five days later.{{Cite news |last=McFadden, Will |date=August 5, 2020 |title=Falcons activate Tyeler Davison from reserve/COVID-19 list, waive Ahmad Thomas |work=AtlantaFalcons.com |url=https://www.atlantafalcons.com/news/falcons-activate-tyeler-davison-from-reserve-covid-19-list-waive-ahmad-thomas |accessdate=August 10, 2020}} He was released on March 15, 2022.{{cite web|title=Falcons have released defensive tackle Tyeler Davison|url=https://www.atlantafalcons.com/news/falcons-have-released-defensive-tackle-tyeler-davison|author=McElhaney, Tori|website=AtlantaFalcons.com|date=March 15, 2022}}

=Cleveland Browns=

On October 11, 2022, Davison was signed to the practice squad of the Cleveland Browns.{{cite web|title=Browns sign DT Tyeler Davison to practice squad|url=https://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/browns-sign-dt-tyeler-davison-to-practice-squad|website=ClevelandBrowns.com|date=October 11, 2022}}

=Los Angeles Chargers=

On November 16, 2022, Davison was signed by the Los Angeles Chargers off the Browns practice squad.{{cite web|title=Los Angeles Chargers Sign Tyeler Davison; Place Christian Covington and Otito Ogbonnia on Injured Reserve|url=https://www.chargers.com/news/los-angeles-chargers-sign-tyeler-davison|website=Chargers.com|date=November 16, 2022}}

NFL career statistics

class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"

! colspan="2"| Legend

Bold

| Career high

=Regular season=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2"| Year

!rowspan="2"| Team

!colspan="2"| Games

!colspan="5"| Tackles

!colspan="5"| Interceptions

!colspan="4"| Fumbles

GPGSCmbSoloAstSckTFLIntYdsTDLngPDFFFRYdsTD
2015NOR

| 16 || 5 || 18 || 10 || 8 || 1.5 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2016NOR

| 15 || 15 || 23 || 9 || 14 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2017NOR

| 16 || 16 || 31 || 22 || 9 || 0.0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0

2018NOR

| 14 || 12 || 23 || 8 || 15 || 2.0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0

2019ATL

| 16 || 12 || 55 || 26 || 29 || 1.0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0

2020ATL

| 16 || 15 || 36 || 15 || 21 || 0.5 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2021ATL

| 12 || 11 || 30 || 10 || 20 || 0.0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2022LAC

| 6 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

colspan="2"|111862171011165.018000043100

=Playoffs=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2"| Year

!rowspan="2"| Team

!colspan="2"| Games

!colspan="5"| Tackles

!colspan="5"| Interceptions

!colspan="4"| Fumbles

GPGSCmbSoloAstSckTFLIntYdsTDLngPDFFFRYdsTD
2017NOR

| 2 || 2 || 9 || 1 || 8 || 1.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2018NOR

| 2 || 2 || 6 || 3 || 3 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

colspan="2"|44154111.01000000000

References

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External links

  • [http://www.gobulldogs.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/tyeler_davison_716619.html Fresno State Bulldogs bio]

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Category:1992 births

Category:Living people

Category:Players of American football from Scottsdale, Arizona

Category:American football defensive ends

Category:American football defensive tackles

Category:Fresno State Bulldogs football players

Category:New Orleans Saints players

Category:Atlanta Falcons players

Category:Cleveland Browns players

Category:Los Angeles Chargers players