2007: Got into nine games as a back-up tight end ... five catches for 67 yards and one score ... picked up his TD pass in the first game vs. Georgetown (9/1) on a three-yard lob ... it was his first career catch ... career-long 23-yard reception at Youngstown St. (9/15) ... two catches for a career-high 28 yards vs. Bryant (10/27).

2006: Got into six games as a true freshman.

High School: A 2006 graduate of Rocky Hill High School ... lettered all four years in football for the Terriers as a tight end ... two-time all-conference player ... all-state and All-New Britain Herald as a senior ... also participated in track in which he set school records in the discus and shot put.

Personal: Born Chris B. Tyler on January 30, 1988 in Hartford, Connecticut ... son of Clyde and Barbara Tyler ... one sister.