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Jersey Number 12
Tyler Benz
- Position:
- QB
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Park Ridge, Ill.
- High School:
- Maine Township South
PERSONAL: Full name: Tyler James Benz...Son of Al and Carol Benz...Born 5-31-92...Undecided major...Father, Al, played at Northwestern University while one brother, Couri, plays baseball at Long Island University, and another brother, Erek, played football at Northern Illinois University...EMU: 2012: Played in 10 games, starting nine...Named to the 2012 Academic All-MAC Honorable Mention list...Completed 114-of-212 passes for 1,511 yards and 14 touchdowns...Earned MAC West Division Player of the Week and Male Scholar Athlete of the Week accolades after notching a career-high 385 yards of total offense (369 pass yards) and five touchdowns against Army (Oct. 20)...Threw for 301 yards and a pair of touchdowns versus Toledo (Oct. 13)...Rushed 67 times for a total of 119 yards...Lone rushing touchdown came at Purdue (Sept. 15). ..Recorded a tackle against Kent State (Oct. 6)...2011: Saw action in a pair of games...Completed one pass at Toledo (Oct. 8) for 16 yards...Threw one pass at Michigan (Sept. 17) which was intercepted...2010: One of the 2010 recruits who sat out the season as a redshirt with freshman eligibility in 2011...HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Maine Township South in Park Ridge, Ill. where he played football for Head Coach David Inserra... Was a two-time Central Suburban League pick ...Led his team to back-to-back Class 8-A Illinois state championships...Did not lose a football game from the seventh grade through his high school career...Senior Year: Starting quarterback who led his team to a state title in 2009...Completed 70 percent of his passes for 2,650 yards and 26 touchdowns while also running for 636 yards and 10 touchdowns...Named first-team All-Area and All-State...High school team was ranked fifth in the nation by ESPN...Was a Rivals.com Illinois Top 50 selection...Also played on defense...Junior Year: Was an All-Conference linebacker who was second on his team in tackles and had five interceptions and three forced fumbles.
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