2008 Football Roster
Tyler Scarbrough
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 240
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Stillwater, Okla.
- High School:
- Stillwater HS
Tulsa --A returning letterwinner . . . 2007 -- Played in all 14 games . . . was credited with three tackles . . . his tackle against UTEP was for a four-yard loss . . . also had one tackle each at UCF and Army . . . 2006 -- Was one of several true freshmen to sit out the 2006 season due to red-shirt status . . . Overall -- Possesses good size . . . plays well against the run . . . an intelligent player and a hard worker . . . will be a solid role player in 2008.
High School --Â Was a three-year letterwinner at Stillwater High School . . . started three years on defense and his final two seasons at tight end . . . earned honorable mention all-state merits as a senior . . . named to Oklahoma Coaches Association Class 6A All-Star Team . . . was ranked 29th in the state of Oklahoma by Rivals.com . . . named to play in the OCA All-State game for the East squad . . . earned first-team all-district honors his senior season . . . tallied 65 tackles and 10 sacks as a senior, while catching 12 passes for 97 yards and two TDs from his tight end position . . . totaled 147 tackles and 18 quarterback sacks in his career . . . high school football coach was Kirk Fridrich.
Personal --Enjoys fishing . . . favorite TV shows are "The Office" and "Everybody Loves Raymond" . . . his favorite NFL team is the Dallas Cowboys . . . Demarcus Ware is his favorite NFL player . . . his favorite sport to watch and play besides football is baseball . . . the Atlanta Braves is his favorite pro sports team, and Chipper Jones is his favorite athlete . . . the three words he uses to best describe himself are "hard-working, fun and passionate" . . . if he could play a role in any movie it would be Mel Gibson's role in Braveheart . . . he and his wife, Lauren, have a baby daughter . . . parents are Terry and Dorothy Scarbrough . . . majoring in business management. (pronunciation . . . Scar-bro)
Scarbrough's Career Statistics Defense G UT AT Tot Loss Sack FR FF PBU Int 2006 Red-shirt 2007 (Fr) 14 2 1 3 1/-4 0/0 0 0 0 0
