Oklahoma State University Athletics
2017 Football Roster
Roster
Ferguson, Tyler

Jersey Number 47
Tyler Ferguson
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 260
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- McKinney, TX
- High School:
- Boyd
Bio
2017 First-Team Academic All-Big 12
2018 First-Team Academic All-Big 12
2018 Dr. L.L. Boger Award for academic and athletic achievement
Walk-on who converted from defensive tackle to Cowboy Back in the spring of 2017.
2018 (Senior): A first-team Academic All-Big 12 selection for the second straight season ... Saw action in each of OSU’s three non-conference games against Missouri State, South Alabama and Boise State, but did not record any statistics.
2017 (Junior): A First-Team Academic All-Big 12 selection ... Appeared in eight games - primarily on special teams - but did not record any statistics.
2016 (Sophomore): Saw action in a pair of games ... Logged two tackles and one tackle for loss in the season opener against Southeastern Louisiana, and played late but did not record any stats in the Cowboys’ Alamo Bowl win over No. 10 Colorado.
2015 (Freshman): Played late against UTSA and Kansas, recording a sack for a loss of 10 yards and a safety in OSU’s win over Kansas.
2014: Redshirt
High School: Attended Boyd HS in McKinney, Texas, where he was coached by Don Drake ... Two-time all-district defensive lineman ... All-region honoree after making 68 tackles and seven sacks and forcing four fumbles his senior year ... Honored with the Academic Excellence Award for maintaining a grade point average of 3.5 or above ... Also competed in lacrosse ... Participated with his church group and with PALS.
Personal: Tyler Vance Ferguson was born June 10, 1996, in Plano, Texas ... Son of Matthew and Donna Ferguson ... Chemical engineering major.
2018 First-Team Academic All-Big 12
2018 Dr. L.L. Boger Award for academic and athletic achievement
Walk-on who converted from defensive tackle to Cowboy Back in the spring of 2017.
2018 (Senior): A first-team Academic All-Big 12 selection for the second straight season ... Saw action in each of OSU’s three non-conference games against Missouri State, South Alabama and Boise State, but did not record any statistics.
2017 (Junior): A First-Team Academic All-Big 12 selection ... Appeared in eight games - primarily on special teams - but did not record any statistics.
2016 (Sophomore): Saw action in a pair of games ... Logged two tackles and one tackle for loss in the season opener against Southeastern Louisiana, and played late but did not record any stats in the Cowboys’ Alamo Bowl win over No. 10 Colorado.
2015 (Freshman): Played late against UTSA and Kansas, recording a sack for a loss of 10 yards and a safety in OSU’s win over Kansas.
2014: Redshirt
High School: Attended Boyd HS in McKinney, Texas, where he was coached by Don Drake ... Two-time all-district defensive lineman ... All-region honoree after making 68 tackles and seven sacks and forcing four fumbles his senior year ... Honored with the Academic Excellence Award for maintaining a grade point average of 3.5 or above ... Also competed in lacrosse ... Participated with his church group and with PALS.
Personal: Tyler Vance Ferguson was born June 10, 1996, in Plano, Texas ... Son of Matthew and Donna Ferguson ... Chemical engineering major.
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