2019 Football Roster
Francis, Tyler
vs
Wyoming
Sep 20 (Sat)
8:15 p.m.
Jersey Number 93
Tyler Francis
- Position:
- Place Kicker
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 170
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Carlsbad, Calif.
- High School:
- Carlsbad
Bio
AT COLORADO: 2019 (Fr.-2)—Did not see game action … Dressed for five games, including the last three after James Stefanou was injured … In two scrimmages and the Spring Game, he hit on 3-of-3 field goals.
2018 (Fr.)—He appeared in just two games, thus under the new NCAA redshirt rules, he does not lose a year of eligibility and will be a second-year freshman in 2019 … Pressed into action due to injuries and illness, he scored 10 points in CU’s 42-34 loss at Arizona; he made all four PAT kicks and both field goal tries, from 25 and 48 yards … The 48-yard kick was the fifth-longest by a freshman in CU history and the second-longest on the road … He was the CU’s Male Arrow Athlete of the Week for his efforts at Arizona, and was also CU’s nominee for the Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week … He made his only other kick of the season, a PAT against Washington State, to finish with 11 points for the year … When he attempted his first kick at Arizona, he became the fourth player to attempt a placekick during the season for CU, tying the most to do so since the end of the platoon era (1965-on); four attempted kicks in 1976 and 2016 … He joined the team as a recruited walk-on for August camp.
HIGH SCHOOL—He joined the football team as a senior and was Carlsbad’s long range field goal kicker, connecting on 5-of-6 attempts for 15 points … Also handled kickoffs, with 90 percent of his attempts going for touchbacks … Earned first-team All-Avocado West League honors in addition to being selected as the league’s Special Teams Player of the Year … Made three field goals over 40 yards against ranked opponents: in a 22-14 win over St. Augustine, the top ranked team in Carlsbad's CIF Section, he made a 42-yarder which was also his first game and first field goal attempt; connected on a 47-yard boot in a 31-24 loss to El Camino, the state semifinalist; and made good on a 43-yard try in a 38-28 win over Cathedral Catholic, the defending state champions in the San Diego Section playoffs … Carlsbad was 6-6 his only year on team, reaching the San Diego CIF Section finals under coach Thadd MacNeal … He also lettered in once in soccer (defender; an all-league performer) and twice in track (sprints and relays).
ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Integrative Physiology at Colorado and is on a Pre-Health track … Named a CU Boulder Chancellor’s Achievement Scholar … An AP and Swaim Memorial Scholar, he owned a 4.2 grade point average in high school (on a 4.0 scale) … An All-CIF Scholar Athlete his sophomore through senior years … Named to the San Diego Tribune Scholar-Athlete team as both a junior and senior in high school and was the 2018 High Schools Sports Association of Sand Diego Scholar Athlete of the Year … Carlsbad (High School) Hi-Noon Rotary Scholar.
PERSONAL—He was born November 15, 1999 in Palo Alto, Calif. … Nickname is Frosty … Hobbies include body-surfing and playing soccer … Has tutored high students in the summer in physics, math, biology and chemistry … Participates annually in the U.S. Marine Corps 10K Mud Run to support “Save The Brave,” a military charity for veterans returning from their tours … Aspires to be a trauma surgeon after his playing days are over … He is a third generation Buff: grandmother Rita (class of ’57), mother Lisa (’84) and father Steve (’90; he was Dean’s Award recipient and outstanding MBA graduate) … His father was on the 12-1 UC Davis football team lost the 1982 Division II I-AA championship game … A cousin (Brent Ashton) played 14 years (998 games) in the National Hockey League for nine different teams, including the Colorado Rockies in their final year in Denver in 1981-82.
2018 (Fr.)—He appeared in just two games, thus under the new NCAA redshirt rules, he does not lose a year of eligibility and will be a second-year freshman in 2019 … Pressed into action due to injuries and illness, he scored 10 points in CU’s 42-34 loss at Arizona; he made all four PAT kicks and both field goal tries, from 25 and 48 yards … The 48-yard kick was the fifth-longest by a freshman in CU history and the second-longest on the road … He was the CU’s Male Arrow Athlete of the Week for his efforts at Arizona, and was also CU’s nominee for the Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week … He made his only other kick of the season, a PAT against Washington State, to finish with 11 points for the year … When he attempted his first kick at Arizona, he became the fourth player to attempt a placekick during the season for CU, tying the most to do so since the end of the platoon era (1965-on); four attempted kicks in 1976 and 2016 … He joined the team as a recruited walk-on for August camp.
HIGH SCHOOL—He joined the football team as a senior and was Carlsbad’s long range field goal kicker, connecting on 5-of-6 attempts for 15 points … Also handled kickoffs, with 90 percent of his attempts going for touchbacks … Earned first-team All-Avocado West League honors in addition to being selected as the league’s Special Teams Player of the Year … Made three field goals over 40 yards against ranked opponents: in a 22-14 win over St. Augustine, the top ranked team in Carlsbad's CIF Section, he made a 42-yarder which was also his first game and first field goal attempt; connected on a 47-yard boot in a 31-24 loss to El Camino, the state semifinalist; and made good on a 43-yard try in a 38-28 win over Cathedral Catholic, the defending state champions in the San Diego Section playoffs … Carlsbad was 6-6 his only year on team, reaching the San Diego CIF Section finals under coach Thadd MacNeal … He also lettered in once in soccer (defender; an all-league performer) and twice in track (sprints and relays).
ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Integrative Physiology at Colorado and is on a Pre-Health track … Named a CU Boulder Chancellor’s Achievement Scholar … An AP and Swaim Memorial Scholar, he owned a 4.2 grade point average in high school (on a 4.0 scale) … An All-CIF Scholar Athlete his sophomore through senior years … Named to the San Diego Tribune Scholar-Athlete team as both a junior and senior in high school and was the 2018 High Schools Sports Association of Sand Diego Scholar Athlete of the Year … Carlsbad (High School) Hi-Noon Rotary Scholar.
PERSONAL—He was born November 15, 1999 in Palo Alto, Calif. … Nickname is Frosty … Hobbies include body-surfing and playing soccer … Has tutored high students in the summer in physics, math, biology and chemistry … Participates annually in the U.S. Marine Corps 10K Mud Run to support “Save The Brave,” a military charity for veterans returning from their tours … Aspires to be a trauma surgeon after his playing days are over … He is a third generation Buff: grandmother Rita (class of ’57), mother Lisa (’84) and father Steve (’90; he was Dean’s Award recipient and outstanding MBA graduate) … His father was on the 12-1 UC Davis football team lost the 1982 Division II I-AA championship game … A cousin (Brent Ashton) played 14 years (998 games) in the National Hockey League for nine different teams, including the Colorado Rockies in their final year in Denver in 1981-82.
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