Eastern Michigan Athletics
2010 Football Roster
Oct 11 (Sat)
1 p.m.
Roster
Tyler Palsrok
- Position:
- DL
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Vicksburg, Mich.
- High School:
- Vicksburg
PERSONAL: Full name: Tyler Gerrit Palsrok...Son of Rocky and Kelli Palsrok...Born 2-13-89...Has one sister, Jordan...Father, Rocky, played three years of football at Hope College before finishing his bachelor’s degree at Western Michigan University while mother, Kelli, has a bachelor’s degree from Kalamazoo College and a master’s from Western Michigan...EMU: Has earned three letters in his first three seasons on the team after playing as a true freshman in 2007...Has played in 29 games for the Eagles, earning five starts on the defensive line...One of the top scholar-athletes on the team with a 3.69 GPA as an art major...Has totaled...2009: Earned his third letter after playing in all 12 games, starting three times, at home against Army (Sept. 5) and on the road at Northwestern (Sept. 12) and Michigan (Sept. 19)...Named to the CoSIDA All-District IV Scholar-Athlete second team and was an honorable mention All-Mid-American Conference All-Academic Team selection with as 3.69 GPA as an art major...Had 12 tackles while battleing injuries all season...Turned in 0.5 tackle-for-loss of two yards at home against Temple ()Oct. 3)...Had a career-best six tackles in the season opener against Army...2008: Battled injuries through most of the season, but still managed to play in seven games, starting twice, against Indiana State (Aug. 28) and Michigan State (Sept. 6)...Recorded four tackles on the year and had one sack for four yards, against Indiana State...2007: One of nine true freshmen to earn a letter...Played in 10 games as a defensive lineman and also as a tight end...Had three tackles on the year, one sack for seven yards, and one forced fumble, against Northwestern (Oct. 19)...Named a Championship Special Teams honoree for the Western Michigan (Oct. 27) game...HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Vicksburg H.S. in Vicksburg, Mich. where he played football for Head Coach Jim Rasmussen...Member of the National Honor Society and was also a National Merit Scholarship winner and was a Michigan High School Athletic Association Scholar-Athlete nominee...Earned a 3.75 GPA...Senior Year: Recorded 72 tackles, six sacks and 14 tackles-for-loss...Served as captain of the football team...First-team All-Wolverine Conference...Detroit Free Press: First-team Division 4 All-State selection...Named No. 35 on Mick McCabe’s Fab 50 list of the top state of Michigan recruits...Named to the Kalamazoo Gazette’s All-Area Top 10 team in the preseason...Junior Year: First-team All-League selection...Also lettered in basketball and track...Detroit Free Press: First-team Division 3 All-State.
