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2008: Now healthy, Tyler will compete for playing time at tailback as a redshirt freshman in 2008. 2007: Tyler redshirted as a freshman tailback in 2007, his first year at USC. He was slowed all season while recuperating from a high school leg injury. HIGH SCHOOL: His 2006 honors included USA Today All-USA first team, Parade All-American, EA Sports All-American first team, Super Prep All-American, Prep Star All-American, Scout.com All-American, Lemming All-American, Super Prep Elite 50, Prep Star 100, Rivals.com 100, Arena Football League High School Ironman of the Year (nation's top 2-way player), Super Prep All-Farwest, Prep Star All-West, Scout.com All-West, Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West first team, Orange County Register Fab 15 first team, Tacoma News-Tribune Western 100, Gatorade California Player of the Year, Cal-Hi Sports All-State first team, Cal-Hi Sports All-State Medium Schools MVP, All-CIF Northwest Division first team, Los Angeles Times All-Star Back MVP and Los Angeles Daily News All-Area Co-MVP as a senior at Oaks Christian High in Westlake Village (Calif.). He ran for 1,700 yards on 131 carries (13.0 avg.) with 25 TDs and caught 12 passes for 265 yards (22.1 avg.) with 4 TDs as a running back, plus made 51 tackles, 2 sacks, 2 interceptions and 1 fumble recovery (for a TD) as a linebacker in 2006 despite breaking his leg before the playoffs. Oaks Christian went 15-0 and won the 2006 CIF Northwest Division and California state Division III championships (winning 46 consecutive games). As a junior in 2005, he was named to the EA Sports All-American third team, Cal-Hi Sports Junior MVP, Cal-Hi Sports All-State second team, Cal-Hi Sports All-State Small Schools first team, Cal-Hi Sports All-State Underclass first team, All-CIF Southern Section first team, All-CIF Division XI Co-Offensive MVP and Los Angeles Daily News All-Area first team. He ran for 2,196 yards on 193 carries (11.4 avg.) with 45 TDs and had 28 receptions for 413 yards (14.8 avg.) with 6 TDs in 2005. As a sophomore in 2004, he made Student Sports Sophomore All-American, Cal-Hi Sports All-State Small Schools first team, Cal-Hi Sports All-State Sophomore first team, All-CIF Division XI first team, Los Angeles Times All-Ventura/North Coast first team and Los Angeles Daily News All-Area Small Schools first team. He ran for 802 yards and 12 TDs and caught 37 passes for 830 yards (22.4 avg.) with 12 TDs in 2004 as Oaks Christian was in the CIF Division XI championship game. In his 4-year career, he had 5,443 rushing yards on 431 carries (12.6 avg.), 1,645 receiving yards, 8,000 all-purpose yards and 123 touchdowns. Current Trojan Marshall Jones also attended Oaks Christian. PERSONAL: His father, Wendell Tyler, was a running back at UCLA (1973-76) who led the Bruins in rushing in 1975 (they won the Rose Bowl that season), earned All-Conference first team honors in 1976 and is fifth on the school's career rushing list, then was an All-Pro with the Los Angeles Rams (1977-82) and San Francisco 49ers (1983-86), appearing in the Super Bowl in 1980 and 1985. |
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