Troy University Athletics
2016 Football Roster
Roster
Tyler Sumpter
- Position:
- K/P
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-10 / 240
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Hoover, Ala.
- High School:
- Spain Park HS
2018 All-Sun Belt Second Team (Kicker)
2018 All-Sun Belt Third Team (Punter)
2018 (Sophomore): Earned All-Sun Belt Second Team honors as a kicker and All-Sun Belt Third Team honors as a punter … Four-time Sun Belt Special Teams Player of the Week; only the second player in league history to win a player of the week award three straight weeks … Set the Troy single-season punting record with a 45.10 average … Helped lead Troy to rank fourth nationally in net punting … Had three 70-yard punts this season, including a 79-yard punt at Nebraska, which was the fourth longest punt in the country this season … Became the first player at the FBS level since 2015 to have two 70-plus yard punts in a game; had punts of 75 and 70 yards at App State … Finished with 18 punts of 50-plus yards and opponents only returned 11 of his 55 punts … Only four touchbacks on the season … Averaged 57.0 yards on two punts at Georgia Southern and 54.6 yards on five punts at App State … Made 18-of-24 field goal attempts … Ranked second in a single-season in Troy history with his 18 made field goals; ranked 16thnationally with his 18 field goals … Twice tied the Troy game record with four made field goals against Louisiana and Texas State … Set the Troy Division I record with 10 field goals over a three-game period (Louisiana, Georgia Southern, Texas State) … Connected on all 45 of his extra-point attempts … Completed a 10-yard pass on a fake punt at App State … 99 points scored on the season ranked as the seventh most in school history
2017 (RS-Freshman): Served as Troy’s punter the entire season and took over the place kicking duties for the last seven games … Averaged 40.0 yards on 59 punts with only three touchbacks and 16 inside the 20-yard line … Perfect on 34 extra-point attempts after taking over the place kicking duties in the Georgia State game; one of 10 players in school history (minimum 15 attempts) to not miss an extra point … One of 37 kickers nationally to be perfect on extra-point kicks with at least 34 attempts … Successful on 7-of-9 field goal attempts with one of the misses coming on a blocked attempt … Booted a season-long 40-yard field goal against Idaho
2016 (Freshman): Did not see game action ... Redshirted
High School: Named to the AL.com Super All-State First Team and Birmingham All-Metro Team as a kicker following his senior season at Spain Park High School … Earned Alabama Sports Writers Association All-State First Team honors as a punter after averaging 37.1 yards on his 63 punts … Helped lead the Jaguars to the Alabama 7A State Championship Game and a 12-2 record his senior season … Rated as one of the top 25 kickers in the country and one of the top 35 players in Alabama by ESPN … Rated as the 13th best punter in the country by 247 Sports
Personal: Son of Tina and Chris Sumpter … Born Nov. 25, 1997 … Has two brothers, Braxton and Cameron, and one sister, Jenna-Hope ... Majoring in K-6 elementary education
