Tyler Anthony Ervin (born October 7, 1993) is an American former professional football player who was a running back and return specialist. He played college football for the San Jose State Spartans.
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Position: | Running back Return specialist | ||||||||||
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Born: | San Bernardino, California, U.S. | October 7, 1993||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 192 lb (87 kg) | ||||||||||
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High school: | Colton (Colton, California) | ||||||||||
College: | San Jose State | ||||||||||
NFL draft: | 2016 / Round: 4 / Pick: 119 | ||||||||||
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Ervin was born in San Bernardino, California. He attended Colton High School, where he played high school football.[1]
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | 40‡ | Commit date |
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Tyler Ervin RB |
Colton, CA | Colton HS | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | 165 lb (75 kg) | 4.48 | Jan 16, 2011 |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 71 | ||||||
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A two-star recruit, Ervin attracted two offers from Idaho and San Jose State. On January 16, 2011, Ervin signed with San José State University.[2]
Ervin began playing for the San Jose State Spartans as a true freshman in 2011 at running back and return specialist. He became the first player to return a kickoff for a touchdown since 2005, when he returned a kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown on November 12 against Utah State.[1] Ervin had 672 return yards and 107 rushing yards.[3]
In the 2012 season, Ervin had 205 rushing and 599 return yards.[1] On September 28, in a 38–34 win over San Diego State, Ervin had a 97-yard kickoff return touchdown.[4] Ervin also caught a 36-yard touchdown reception and returned a kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown on October 20 at UTSA.[5] To cap off an 11–2 season with a year-end #24 ranking in the AP Poll, Ervin had 49 receiving yards and 38 return yards in the Spartans' win over Bowling Green in the 2012 Military Bowl.[6]
Ervin took a medical redshirt year in 2013 after suffering an injury during the season opener against Sacramento State on August 29.[1]
As a redshirt junior in 2014, he had 888 rushing yards, 506 kickoff return yards, and 81 punt return yards.[1] On August 28, Ervin got his first punt return touchdown, a 40-yarder against North Dakota.[1] On September 6, Ervin had a 75-yard touchdown reception against Auburn, tied for the longest passing play against Auburn that year.[1] Ervin also had an 89-yard rushing touchdown in the Spartans' homecoming game win over UNLV on October 4.[1] Sports Illustrated named Ervin to its honorable mention All-America team .[1]
In his redshirt senior season of 2015, Ervin rushed for a single-game school record 300 yards against Fresno State and for 263 yards against New Mexico.[7][8] In the 2015 Cure Bowl, his final collegiate game, Ervin got his longest career punt return touchdown, for 85 yards in the Spartans' 27–16 win over Georgia State.[9] He finished his senior year with 1,601 rushing yards on 294 carries with 13 touchdowns and 45 receptions for 334 yards with two touchdowns.[1] Along with first-team All-Mountain West Conference, Ervin earned multiple national honors, the Athlon Sports All-American second team and his second straight Sports Illustrated honorable mention All-American title.[1]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |||
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5 ft 9+7⁄8 in (1.77 m) |
192 lb (87 kg) |
29+3⁄4 in (0.76 m) |
9+1⁄8 in (0.23 m) |
4.41 s | 1.56 s | 2.59 s | 39 in (0.99 m) |
10 ft 10 in (3.30 m) |
17 reps | |||
Measurables taken at the NFL Combine.[10][11] |
Ervin was selected by the Houston Texans in the fourth round (119th overall) of the 2016 NFL draft.[12] On May 5, 2016, Ervin signed a four-year, $2.9 million contract with Houston.[13] Ervin has been compared to established all-purpose players in the NFL like Jamaal Charles and Darren Sproles.[14] He finished his rookie season with three receptions for 18 receiving yards to go along with return duties.[15]
On October 4, 2017, Ervin was placed on injured reserve after suffering a torn patellar tendon in Week 4.[16] He finished the 2017 season with eight receptions for 38 receiving yards to go along with four carries for 12 rushing yards.[17]
On November 7, 2018, Ervin was waived by the Texans.[18]
On November 14, 2018, Ervin was signed to the practice squad of the Baltimore Ravens.[19] He signed a reserve/future contract with the Ravens on January 8, 2019.[20] He was waived on August 31, 2019.[21]
On September 1, 2019, Ervin was claimed off waivers by the Jacksonville Jaguars.[22] He was waived on November 30, 2019.[23]
On December 2, 2019, Ervin was claimed off waivers by the Green Bay Packers.[24] He was re-signed on March 30, 2020.[25] He was placed on injured reserve on December 9, 2020.[26]
Year | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | Kick return | Punt return | Fumbles | ||||||||||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Ret | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Ret | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Fum | Lost | ||||
2016 | HOU | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 263 | 18.8 | 33 | 0 | 27 | 261 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
2017 | HOU | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 38 | 4.8 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 93 | 18.6 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 60 | 7.5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2018 | HOU | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 253 | 25.3 | 36 | 0 | 21 | 175 | 8.3 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
2019 | JAX | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 107 | 21.4 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
2019 | GB | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 160 | 26.7 | 45 | 0 | 11 | 106 | 9.6 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
2020 | GB | 8 | 0 | 13 | 67 | 5.2 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 84 | 7.6 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 196 | 19.6 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Career | 43 | 0 | 19 | 92 | 4.8 | 40 | 0 | 11 | 84 | 7.6 | 24 | 0 | 50 | 1,072 | 21.4 | 45 | 0 | 77 | 631 | 8.2 | 57 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||
Source: NFL.com |
Year | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | Kick return | Punt return | Fumbles | ||||||||||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Ret | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Ret | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Fum | Lost | ||||
2016 | HOU | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
2019 | GB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Career | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 5.9 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
Source: pro-football-reference.com |
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