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2022 Tufts University Jumbos Football Roster

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26 Tyler Johnson

26 Tyler Johnson

  • Height:
    5-9
  • Weight:
    185
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Fairfax Station, Va.
  • High School:
    South County
  • Major:
    Education and History

Summary

Biography

Awards
All NESCAC First Team (2022)
All NESCAC Second Team (2021)
Academic All District Team selected by College Sports Communicators (2022)
NESCAC All-Academic Team (2022)


2022 (Senior): Starting running back for the Jumbos ... Leading rusher in the NESCAC with 800 yards on 172 carries for eight touchdowns ... Recorded 24 receptions for 129 yards out of the back field ... Had his season high 164 rushing yards in a win against Middlebury on November 12 ... Scored two rushing touchdowns in a 49-13 win over Hamilton on October 29 ... As the top running back in the conference he helped his team finish 6-3 on the season which ranked them third in the NESCAC. 

2021 (Junior): Starter at running back...Led Jumbos with 568 yards on 142 carries (4.0 avg.) last year…Named to All-NESCAC second team…Rushed for 10 touchdowns and had 11 overall in 2021 …Sixth in the league for rushing yards, fourth in rushing touchdowns...Rushed for season-high 120 yards and two touchdowns in win at Middlebury…Had 109 yards and a touchdown versus Williams…Made eight pass receptions versus both Amherst and Wesleyan…Scored seven of his rushing touchdowns during the team’s four-game winning streak to finish the season.

2020 (Sophomore): Season canceled due to COVID-19.

2019 (Freshman): Voted as the team's Rookie of the Year...NESCAC's Special Teams Player of the Week on November 3 after 100-yard kickoff return versus Colby...was first Jumbo to bring a kickoff back 100 yards for a touchdown since Daryl "Moon" Brown in 1976...the kickoff return for a touchdown was the first of any distance at Tufts since 2015...led NESCAC with a 28.7-yard average on kickoff returns...rushed three times for 32 yards including a 17-yarder at Bowdoin...six carries for 35 yards overall, averaging 4.4 yards per tote...also made a special teams tackle.

Before Tufts: Was on the football team at South County High School...was a two-time All-District selection as a running back...named the 2018 Patriot League Player of the Year...was a two-time All-Region running back...earned Honorable Mention All-Met honors...was on the honor roll.

Personal: Son of Theodore and Sezlyn. 

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Historical Player Information

  • 26

    2019Freshman

    RB
    5'8" 185 lbs
    26
  • 26

    2020Sophomore

    RB
    5'8" 185 lbs
    26
  • 26

    2021Junior

    RB
    5'9" 195 lbs
    26
  • 26

    2022Senior

    RB
    5'9" 185 lbs
    26