Tyler Palsrok Earns Academic Honor

12/8/2009 4:08:57 PM | Football, E-Gridiron Group

Junior named second-team ESPN The Magazine All-District Academic selection

YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) — Eastern Michigan University junior defensive lineman Tyler Palsrok (Vicksburg, Mich.-Vicksburg) has been named to the 2009 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV Football Team. Palsrok has a 3.69 GPA as an art major.

A 6-foot-4, 265-pound junior, Palsrok was slowed by a lower leg injury through most of the 2009 season, but still saw action in all 12 games, earning three starts. He recorded 12 tackles on the year with 0.5 tackles-for-loss of two yards with one quarterback hurry.