AT SAN JOSE STATE: In his fifth season with the Spartans... Thrives on carrying a heavy load... Played in 39 games with 15 starts... Begins 2021 ranked 10th in career rushing as a Spartan... Joined Deoncé Whitaker in 2021 as the two Spartans to lead San José State in rushing in three different seasons (2017, 2018 and 2020)... His 7.8 yards per carry rushing as the team's leading rusher in 2020 is the highest per game rushing average for a Spartan that led the team in rushing yardage in a season... Only the third Spartan to average more than 7.0 yards per carry in a season and lead the team in rushing... Five games for the Spartans rushing for 100 or more yards... A pair of two touchdown rushing games as a Spartan... Signed a National Letter-of-Intent in February 2017.
2020: Appeared in all eight games for the Mountain West champions ... Bounced back from a subpar 2019 in which he averaged only 3.5 yards per carry to lead the team in rushing with 515 yards, yards per carry with a personal major college best 7.8, and rushing touchdowns with five ... Signaled he was back in the groove in the San Diego State win (11/6) with nine carries for 44 yards and a 3-yard go-ahead, fourth-quarter touchdown run... Teased he added speed to his repertoire with a 35-yard burst and a 2-yard touchdown run the following week in the UNLV victory (11/14)... Exploded for 152 yards on 16 carries and first-quarter touchdown runs of 72, a career long, and 10 yards at Hawai'i (12/5)... Carried the ball 12 times for a career-best 184 yards, including a 69-yard score in win over Nevada (12/11)... First Spartan since Tyler Ervin in 2015 to score a rushing touchdown in four consecutive games.
2019: Appeared in 11 games and was a starting running back in the Arkansas win (9/21)... Had six carries for 34 yards and his season-long 23-yard rush in the Spartans' first victory over a Southeastern Conference (SEC) opponent in school history... Season-high eight carries for 42 yards and an 8-yard touchdown in the Northern Colorado season-opening triumph (8/29)... Fourth on the team in rushing with 42 attempts for 145 yards and a touchdown... All his carries were in the first six games of the season... Caught a season-high two passes at Nevada (10/12)... Also had a pass reception at Air Force (9/27).
2018: Played in and started nine games... Led the team in rushing in all nine games... Season-high 103 yards and a touchdown on 22 carries in the UNLV victory... First multi-touchdown game of his career was in the season opener vs. UC Davis... Scored twice on 18 rushes for 79 yards... Led the Spartans with four rushing TDs which included 20 carries for 73 yards and a score vs. Colorado State... Major college career long run of 38 yards at Utah State (11/10)... Tripled his season's pass receiving total from four in 2017 to 12 in 2018... Caught a pass in six games... Season-high four receptions for 20 yards at Wyoming (11/3).
2017: Second freshman in school history to lead the Spartans in rushing for a season... Played in the final 11 games and was a starter in five of the last six contests... Leading freshman rusher in the Mountain West and #15 ground gainer among freshman running backs nationally in 2017... Became a factor in the offensive attack the fourth game of the season against Utah State (9/23) when he had 10 carries for 35 yards... By season's end he finished with 670 yards and one touchdown on 163 carries... Had two 100-plus yard rushing games including a season-high 118 yards and a touchdown on 21 carries at Nevada (11/11)... Rushed for 112 yards on a season-best 26 attempts at BYU (10/28)... Also caught four passes for 55 yards in his first season at the major college level.
HIGH SCHOOL: Highly productive running back for Los Altos High (Coach Dale Ziola) in Hacienda Heights, Calif. ... Rushed 712 times for 5,776 yards and 76 touchdowns in three seasons... Scored 81 touchdowns overall... Caught 39 passes for 571 yards and three TDs... 33 kickoff returns for 1,072 yards and two touchdowns... Rushed for 2,533 yards and 40 touchdowns in 2016... Was a CalHiSports.com first-team all-state selection for medium-sized schools, the Hacienda League's and the San Gabriel Valley Tribune's All-Area Player of the Year and an All-C.I.F. honoree as a senior. ...The 2015 Hacienda League's Most Valuable Player and an All-C.I.F. Southern Section choice... Named to CalHiSports.com's all-state team for sophomores after the 2014 season... Credits his durability to running a mile every day somewhere regardless of the location and conditions... Two-sport athlete was a sprinter on the track and field team.... Won the 100 and 200 meter dashes at the 2015 Hacienda League championship meet and qualified for the C.I.F. Southern Section Division II meet in the 100 meters as a sophomore.
MORE ON TYLER: A communication studies major... Interested in a video game development career... Enjoys listening to rap & hip hop... J Cole, Kendrick Lamar and Logic are three of his favorite performers... John Nevens, his uncle, played for the 1981 through 1984 Cal State Fullerton teams... He is a Los Angeles native.
CAREER STATISTICS
| RUSHING | G/S | NO. | YDS. | AVG. | TD | LG |
| 2017...FR | 11/5 | 163 | 670 | 4.1 | 1 | 21 |
| 2018...SO | 9/9 | 136 | 554 | 4.1 | 4 | 38 |
| 2019...JR | 11/1 | 42 | 145 | 3.5 | 1 | 23 |
| 2020...SR | 8/0 | 66 | 515 | 7.8 | 5 | 72TD |
| CAREER | 39/15 | 407 | 1884 | 4.6 | 11 | 72TD |
| RECEIVING | NO. | YDS. | AVG. | TD | LG | |
| 2017...FR | 4 | 55 | 13.7 | 0 | 31 | |
| 2018...SO | 12 | 85 | 7.1 | 0 | 30 | |
| 2019...JR | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| 2020...SR | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | 5 | |
| CAREER | 23 | 162 | 7.0 | 0 | 31 |