University of Connecticut Athletics
2018 Football Roster
Tyler Coyle
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Windsor, Conn.
- High School:
- Windsor
2018: Played in all 12 games, started 10… Led the Huskies and was fourth in The American with 107 total tackles… Recovered one fumble and had one tackle for loss… Registered four games with 10 plus tackles… Secured 10 tackles in season opener vs. UCF (8/30)… Posted 13 tackles at Boise State (9/8)… Career-high 14 tackles vs. Cincinnati (9/29)… Notched seven tackles, one tackles for loss and recovered a fumble at Tulsa (11/3)… Wrapped up 13 tackles at ECU (11/17).
2017: Played in all 12 games, started nine…Led the Huskies with two interceptions...Second on the team with seven passes defended and five pass breakups…67 tackles ranked third-best for Huskies…Career-high 12 tackles at UCF (Nov. 17)…Returned an interception vs. Temple (Oct. 14) 34 yards for a touchdown…First career interception came at Virginia (Sept. 16)…Recorded five tackles or more on eight occasions…Nabbed a fumble recovery at UCF (Nov. 11).
2016: Redshirted
High School: Named to the Walter Camp Football Foundation All-Connecticut team... First Team New Haven Register All-Star...named to the All-Hartford Courant team...caught 12 TD passes in senior year, including four in the postseason, as team posted a 10-1 record...team advanced to Class L semifinals...had 29 receptions for 741 yards as a senior in the regular season...as a junior, had 28 receptions for 700 yards and 11 TDs as team won Class L-Small state championship...in that title game, had two TD receptions and an 8-yard fumble return for a TD...played in the Connecticut Super 100 Game on June 25 at Rentschler Field as he caused a fumble for Team Constitution, which won the game..an outstanding track athlete, ran the second leg of the 4x200 relay that won the high school national championship as a senior in June 2016...won three events as a senior as Class MM outdoor championship - 100 meters, 200 meters and 4x100 relay... won Class L high jump championship in spring 2015 as a junior..was part of New England champion 4x100 relay team in 2015...also played basketball.
