Tyler Dale Davis (born September 29, 1994) is an American former

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. He played

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of the

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Early life

Davis went to

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in St. Charles, Illinois, but did not participate in football. However, he played for his high school

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team, and participated at the

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. During his sophomore year of high school, he had to sit out the year due to a car crash. He came back in his junior year and scored a school record with 25 goals.

College career

Davis started his college career at

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, where he did not play football but soccer. After a year at Bradley, Tyler transferred to

, where he walked on to the football team as a

. During the 2015 season, Davis went a perfect 8 for 8 on

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and 11 for 11 for

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s. He shared kicking duties that year with freshman Joey Julius. During his junior season, he went 22 for 24 on FGs (both misses being blocked), and remained perfect with extra points going 55/55. He finished the regular season with 121 points in total and received All-Big Ten honors. In his senior season, Davis struggled only going 9 of 17 and only making two kicks from 40 yards or beyond. In the

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, Penn State was up a touchdown and Davis had a chance to secure the Penn State win with a 45-yard field goal, but pulled the kick. Penn State went on to win the game.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the

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, Davis signed with the

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as an undrafted free agent on May 11, 2018. He was waived on August 21, 2018.

References

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