2022 Football Roster
Yo'Heinz Tyler
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 204
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- New Orleans, La.
- Prev School:
- Warren Easton HS
- High School:
- Warren Easton HS
- Major:
- Marketing
Awards and Honors:
2020 All-Mid-American Conference Third Team
2020 Ray Louthen Most Improved Award
Career: Enters the 2022 season sixth in Ball State history with 21 career receiving touchdowns ... enters 2022 having caught a pass in each of his last 26 games, which is tied for the eighth-longest streak in the country.
2021: Appeared in all 13 games at wide receiver ... led the team with six receiving touchdowns ... touchdown total was eighth-best in the MAC ... finished third on the squad with 49 receptions and 487 receiving yards ... caught four passes for 32 yards in the season opener vs. Western Illinois (Sept. 2) ... in 3-game span, caught 15 passes (five in each game) for 166 yards and four touchdowns vs. Army (Oct. 2), at Western Michigan (Oct. 9) and at Eastern Michigan (Oct. 16) ... pulled in three receptions for 47 yards and a touchdown at Akron (Nov. 2) ... racked up 46 yards and a touchdown on a season-high six catches vs. Central Michigan (Nov. 17).
2020: An All-MAC Third Team selection … started all eight games at wide receiver … tied for the MAC lead and ranked 18th nationally with eight receiving touchdowns … caught at least one touchdown pass in each of the final seven games, including one each in the MAC Championship Game victory over No. 23 Buffalo and the Arizona Bowl win over No. 19 San Jose State … led the team in scoring with 52 points … finished second on the team in receptions (42) and receiving yards (607) … ranked ninth in the MAC with 5.3 receptions per game and 10th with 75.9 receiving yards per game … registered his first career 100-yard receiving games with 108 in the win over Northern Illinois and 103 in the bowl victory over San Jose State … his 64-yard TD catch against NIU was the team’s second-longest offensive play of the season … had a 48-yard TD catch against San Jose State … had at least three catches in every game, including a career-high eight grabs in the season opener at Miami … matched his career high with two touchdown catches in the win over Toledo.
2019: Saw action in all 12 games at wide receiver … logged his first career start at Northern Illinois on Oct. 5 … led the team and ranked third in the MAC in yards per reception (18.7) … finished fourth on the team in receptions (27) and receiving yards (504) … opened the season with a 36-yard touchdown catch against Indiana on Aug. 31 … racked up a career-best 88 yards receiving and equaled his career high with two touchdown catches against Miami (Ohio) … had the go-ahead 40-yard touchdown catch in the fourth quarter against Miami … tallied multiple catches in eight games, including four of the final five contests.
2018: Played in all 12 games … ranked fourth on the team in receiving yards (226) … his first two collegiate receptions went for touchdowns – a 20-yard jump ball in the end zone in the season opener against Central Connecticut and then a 63-yard catch-and-run also against CCSU … the 63-yard completion from Drew Plitt was the team’s longest pass play of the season … tallied a season-high three receptions in three games – versus Kent State on Sept. 29, vs. NIU on Oct. 6 and at Toledo on Oct. 31.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned three letters from head coach Jerry Phillips at Warren Easton High … 3-star recruit via 247Sports … first team all-district as a senior and all-metro as a junior … finished his prep career with more than 50 receptions and 1,000 yards receiving.
