University of Richmond Athletics
2020-21 Men's Basketball Roster
Tyler Burton
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Uxbridge, Ma.
- High School:
- Marianapolis Prep (Ct.)
CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• 11th on Richmond's career scoring list (1,634 points), sixth on Richmond's career rebounding list (819 rebounds) at conclusion of 2022-23 season
• Ranked sixth in program history with 395 free throws made at conclusion of 2022-23 season
• Third player in school history with 1,500 points and 750 rebounds (Grant Golden, Peter Woolfolk)
• 2-time All-Atlantic 10 selection
SENIOR (2022-23)
• Second Team All-Atlantic 10 selection
• Second Team All-District in NABC District 4 (A-10)
• Named First Team All-A-10 by KenPom and HoopsHD
• Led Richmond with 19.0 points and 7.4 rebounds per game ... 1 of 14 D-I players to average 19 points and seven rebounds per game
• 19.0 points per game ranked third in A-10, 7.4 rebounds per game ranked sixth in A-10 ... 1 of 2 players to rank in top six in conference in scoring and rebounding along with Dayton's DaRon Holmes
• First Richmond player to average 19 points per game since 2000-01 (Greg Stevenson) ... 19.0 PPG was 19th highest single-season scoring average in program history
• 627 total points were ninth most in a season in program history and third most in the Atlantic 10
• Ranked second in A-10 with 6.3 defensive rebounds per game
• Led team, ranked seventh in A-10 with 1.48 steals per game
• Ranked fifth in A-10 with 36.2 minutes per game
• Ranked second in A-10 in free throws (156, sixth most in a season in Richmond history) and free-throw attempts (205)
• Scored a career-high 38 points at Charleston on Nov. 14, the most by a Spider since Jan. 29, 2013 (Darien Brothers - 39 vs Charlotte)
• 2-time A-10 Player of the Week (Dec. 27, Jan. 9)
• Named Preseason First Team All-Atlantic 10 at the conference’s media day on October 13 ... Became the sixth Spider to earn Preseason First Team All-A-10 honors, joining Jacob Gilyard (2019-21), Grant Golden (2018, 2021), T.J. Cline (2016), Kendall Anthony (2014), and Kevin Anderson (2009-10)
• Returned to Richmond in June after declaring for NBA Draft in April
GAME-BY-GAME
3/7 vs UMass - Scored 28 points before being taken out with 5:35 remaining, at which point he had outscored UMass 28-25 ... Passed Pete Woolfolk and ShawnDre’ Jones to move to 12th on UR’s career scoring list ... 3/4 vs George Mason - Led Richmond with 17 points ... 3-pointer with 33 seconds remaining gave UR a 2-point lead ... 2/25 vs Saint Louis - Scored 18 of his team-high 20 points in second half as UR completed 15-point comeback ... Led UR with 9 rebounds ... 2/15 at La Salle - Led UR with 16 points and 10 rebounds for his 22nd career double-double ... 2/11 vs Loyola Chicago - Scored a game-high 23 points ... Entered the top 15 on UR’s career scoring list ... Became the 15th Richmond player with 1,500 career points on a free throw with 1:07 remaining ... 2/5 vs Fordham - Led all players with 13 points in the 2nd half as UR overcame an 11-point deficit ... 1st Spider with 18 or more points on 7 or fewer FG attempts since Nathan Cayo on Feb. 13, 2019 at VCU ... 2/1 vs St. Bonaventure - Scored a game-high 22 points with a team-high 9 rebounds ... Jumped from 21st to 18th on Richmond’s career scoring list ... Collected his 750th career rebound ... 1/25 at UMass - Led UR with 20 points and 10 rebounds for his 21st career double-double ... Passed Mike Perry to move into seventh on UR’s career rebounding list ... Played in front of a crowd of 40+ family and friends ... 1/17 vs Rhode Island - Scored a game-high 23 points ... Moved into ninth place on UR’s career rebounding list ... 1/11 at Davidson - Led Richmond with a game-high 17 points and 12 rebounds for his 20th career double-double ... Added a career-high 5 steals ... 1/9 - Named A-10 Player of the Week for second time in three weeks and fifth time in his career ... joined SLU’s Yuri Collins as the only players to win multiple A-10 POTW awards this season ... 1/7 vs Duquesne - Scored a game-high 23 points (19 in 1st half) to lead UR to 22-point comeback win ... Added eight rebounds to become 10th Spider with 700 career rebounds ... Sixth straight game with 20 or more points, the longest streak by a Spider since Kevin Anderson in March 2009 (6 games) ... 1/4 vs GW - Scored a game-high 26 points, one more than A-10 leading scorer James Bishop of GW ... Fifth straight game with 20 or more points, the longest streak by a Spider since Justin Harper in 2010 -11 (5 games) ... Played all 40 minutes ... 12/31 at George Mason - Led UR with 21 points, becoming the first Spider with 20 points in 4 straight games since Grant Golden in 2018 ... Played all 40 minutes ... 12/28 vs Coppin St - Led Richmond with 20 points and eight rebounds, his third straight 20-point game ... 12/27 - Named A-10 Player of the Week for the fourth time in his career and first since Feb. 7, 2022 ... 12/21 vs Bucknell - Scored a game-high 29 points ... Shot 6-6 from three-point range and 11-16 from the field ... Became first player in program history to shoot 6-6 or better from three-point range in a game ... Passed UR’s all-time leading scorer John Newman to move into 10th on UR’s career rebounding list ... 12/17 vs Clemson - Led Richmond with 21 points and 7 rebounds ... Became the 35th player in program history to reach 1,200 career points ... 12/3 at William & Mary - Outscored William & Mary in the 2nd half (22-20) ... 11/21 vs Syracuse - Recorded his 19th career double-double, finishing with 13 points and a career-high 15 rebounds (most rebounds by a Spider since De’Monte Buckingham on Jan. 3, 2018 - 16) ... Played a career-high 45 minutes ... 11/14 at Charleston - Scored a career-high 38 points, the most by any Spider since Jan. 19, 2013 (Darien Brothers - 39 vs Charlotte) ... Scored 29 points after halftime, including eight of UR’s nine points in OT ... Helped Richmond erase a 21-point 2nd-half deficit ... Scored 10 straight for UR over 3:36 span between end of regulation and start of OT ... 1st D-I player this season to score 38 or more points and shoot 65 percent or better from the field (last - Javon Freeman-Liberty of DePaul on Feb. 27, 2022) ... 11/7 vs VMI - Recorded 12 points and a team-high 11 rebounds for his 18th career double-double
JUNIOR (2021-22)
• Second Team All-Atlantic 10 selection
• Selected First Team All-District in NABC District 4 (A-10)
• Named Second Team All-State by the Virginia Association of Sports Information Directors (VaSID)
• Led Richmond with 16.1 points and 7.7 rebounds per game ... 1 of 37 D-I players to average 16 points and 7.5 rebounds per game
• 1 of two players to rank in top seven in A-10 in scoring (7th) and rebounding (6th), along with George Mason's Josh Oduro
• Ranked 3rd in A-10, 38th in D-I with 6.2 defensive rebounds per game
• Ranked 2nd in A-10, 36th in D-I with 11 double-doubles
• 285 total rebounds were seventh most in a season in program history and second most in the A-10
• 594 total points were most in A-10 and 14th most in a season in Richmond history
• Led Atlantic 10 in free throws (163 - 13th in D-I) and free throw attempts (206 - 18th in D-I) ... 163 free throws were fifth most in a season in program history
• Led Richmond with 36.5 three-point FG pct (57-156)
• 2nd on team in minutes per game (33.0) and blocks per game (0.5)
• Became 51st member of Richmond's 1,000-point club with a free throw with 15:34 to play in UR's First Round NCAA Tournament win vs Iowa
• Scored a career-high 36 points vs St. Bonaventure on Feb. 4, the most by a Spider since March 1, 2016 (T.J. Cline - 36 vs Dayton)
• 2-time A-10 Player of the Week (Dec. 20, Feb. 7)
GAME-BY-GAME
3/17 vs Iowa - Scored 18 points and grabbed a team-high 11 rebounds for his 11th double-double of the season ... Scored his 1,000th career point on a free throw with 15:34 to play ... 3/13 vs Davidson - Recorded a game-high 12 rebounds along with 16 points for his 10th double-double of the season ... Drove to basket, scored, and was fouled (and made free throw) on consecutive possessions at 1:22 and 1:06 of the 2nd half ... Baskets cut UR’s deficit from six to two (2 Davidson FT in between) ... 3/10 vs Rhode Island - Recorded ninth double-double of season ... 11 rebounds were five more than any other Spider ...3/8 - Named Second Team All-Atlantic 10 ... 3/4 at St. Bonaventure - Led Richmond with 21 points and 8 rebounds ... 3/1 vs Dayton - Limited to 3 minutes in 1st half due to foul trouble ... 2/22 vs Saint Louis - Recorded his eighth double-double of the season with 23 points and 10 rebounds, both team highs ... 13 points, 7 rebounds in 2nd half as UR overcame 10-point halftime deficit ... 2/18 at VCU - Led Richmond with 13 points and 11 rebounds for his second straight double-double and seventh of the season ... 2/12 vs La Salle - Led Richmond with 15 points and 10 rebounds for his 12th career double-double and sixth this season ... 2/7 - Named A-10 Co-Player of the Week along with Yuri Collins of Saint Louis ... Averaged 27 points and 9.5 rebounds in wins vs SBU and Duquesne ... 2/4 at St. Bonaventure - Scored a career-high 36 points, the most by a Spider since March 1, 2016 (T.J. Cline - 36 vs Dayton) ... Scored more than half of UR’s 71 points ... 36 points were 20 more than any other player in the game ... 2/1 at Duquesne - Led Richmond with 18 points and 12 rebounds for his 11th career double-double, fifth of the season ... Halftime buzzer-beater three-pointer snapped streak of 11 straight misses from three-point range over three games ... 1/25 at Rhode Island - Matched a career-high with 13 rebounds, added 14 points for 10th career double-double ... 10 rebounds in 2nd half ... 1/5 vs UMass - Recorded 13 rebounds and 12 points for his ninth career double-double ... 1/2 at Saint Louis - Led UR with 24 points and 12 rebounds, becoming the first Spider to reach those totals in a game since Feb. 4, 2017 (T.J. Cline vs GW) ... Registered eighth career double-double ... Scored 19 points in 2nd half ... 12/20 - Named A-10 Player of the Week after averaging 22.5 points and 9.0 rebounds while shooting 56% from the field in wins vs NC State and ODU ... his second career A-10 POTW award ... 12/19 vs ODU - Led Richmond with 29 points and 10 rebounds for his seventh career double-double ... Fouled on 3-point attempt with 16 seconds remaining, made all 3 free throws to put UR up 65-51 ... 12/17 vs NC State - Scored 12 of 16 points, grabbed 7 of 8 rebounds in 2nd half ...12/11 vs Toledo - Led the team in points and rebounds with 17 and 9 respectively ... Gave the Spiders their first lead of the game with 8:28 remaining after making 3 straight free throws ... 12/5 at Northern Iowa - Scored 26 points, 13 more than any other player in the game ... Added six rebounds, three steals, and a highlight-reel block of a UNI dunk attempt at the rim ... 12/1 at Wofford - Limited to 22 minutes due to foul trouble ... Driving And-1 layup in transition with 44 seconds remaining stretched UR’s lead to 7 and sealed the game ... 11/27 vs Mississippi State - Scored a game-high 23 points and led Richmond with 7 rebounds ... Made two free throws with 9 seconds left in regulation to force overtime ... Named to Bahamas Championship All-Tournament Team following the game after totaling 34 points, 12 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 3 steals in two games ... 11/22 vs Hofstra - Scored a game-high 22 points and tied for the team lead with 7 rebounds ... First Spider to score 20 points in 3 straight games since Jacob Gilyard in 2019 (3 games from Jan. 30 to Feb. 6) ... 11/20 vs Drake - Scored a game and career-high 30 points, the most by any Spider since Grant Golden scored 33 vs Wyoming on Nov. 21, 2018 ... Scored 21 points in the 1st half ... Added a team-high 9 rebounds ... 11/16 vs Georgia St - Scored 14 of his game-high 20 points in the 1st half ... 8 rebounds tied for most on the team
SOPHOMORE (2020-21) HIGHLIGHTS
• Won Chris Daniels Award, given to Atlantic 10's Most Improved Player ... First Spider to ever win the Award
• Scored 12.0 points per game, fifth on the team
• Led Richmond with 7.6 rebounds per game, sixth in the the A-10 ... Ranked third in A-10 with 6.1 defensive rebounds per game
• Registered third-most rebounds per game by a Spider in the last 15 years, trailing only T.J. Cline in 2016-17 and Terry Allen in 2015-16
• One of three players in A-10 to average 12 points and 7.5 rebounds per game (Jordan Goodwin, Marcus Weathers)
• Led Richmond with 6 double-doubles, third most in the A-10 ... Most double-doubles by a Spider in a season since 2016-17 (T.J. Cline - 11)
• Ranked second on team and ninth in A-10 in free throw percentage at 80.3 (49-61)
• Led Richmond with 0.6 blocks per game
• One of three Spiders to start all 23 games ... Played 30.3 minutes per game, third on the team
• Named A-10 Player of the Week on December 14 for his performances vs Wofford, Northern Iowa, and West Virginia
GAME-BY-GAME
3/17 vs Toledo - Led Richmond with 18 points and 10 rebounds for his second straight double-double and sixth of his career ... Hit a career-high four three-pointers ... 3/10 - Named the winner of the Chris Daniels Award, given annually to the most improved player in the A-10 ... First Spider to ever win the Award ... 3/4 vs Duquesne - Led Richmond with 18 points and 11 rebounds for his fifth career double-double, all coming in 2020-21 ... 1/26 at Saint Joseph’s - Scored a career-high 25 points, seven more than any other player ... Added 5 rebounds, 3 steals, and 2 blocks ... 1/23 vs La Salle - Collected game-high 12 rebounds with 16 points for fourth career double-double ... 1/2 vs St. Bonaventure - Limited to a season-low 24 minutes with foul trouble ... Fouled out with 1:24 to play in 1-point game ... 12/30 at Davidson - Posted 18 points and 11 rebounds for his third career double-double ... 11 rebounds were 8 more than any other Spider ... Registered 5 of Spiders final 6 rebounds of game ... 12/22 vs Hofstra - 15 Pts were tied for most on Spiders and led UR with 7 rebounds ... 12/9 vs UNI - Led Richmond with 21 points and 13 rebounds, both career highs ... Recorded 1st career double-double ... 1st Spider freshman/sophomore with 21 Pts, 13 Reb in game since Dan Geriot vs Norfolk St on 11/10/2007 ... Played career-high 37 minutes ... 12/7 vs Wofford - Scored 9 of his 12 points in 2nd half, including turnaround jumper in lane with 1:08 remaining to give Spiders a lead they wouldn’t relinquish ... 11/29 at Kentucky - Led Richmond with 11 points in 2nd half ... Scored all 11 of his points after halftime ... 11/27 vs Morehead St - In his second career start, collected a game and career-high 12 rebounds, seven more than any other Spider
FRESHMAN (2019-20)
• Ranked sixth on the team with 4.6 points per game and fourth on the team with 3.9 rebounds per game
• Appeared in 30 games, making one start (at Hampton) and averaging 14.1 minutes per game (seventh on team)
• Recorded a team-high 11.0 rebounds per 40 minutes, most by a Spiders freshman since Darrius Garrett in 2008-09
• Scored in double digits five times, all in a 10-game span from January 18 to February 22
• Scored a career-high 14 points vs La Salle on January 22
• Finished third on the team with 14 blocks
GAME-BY-GAME
2/22 at St. Bonaventure - Came within one rebound of his first career double-double, finishing with 11 points and a team-high 9 boards ... 2/12 at La Salle - Scored a team-high 10 of his 12 points after halftime ... Led Richmond in rebounds (7) for second straight game ... 2/8 at Fordham - Recorded a team-high 9 rebounds ... Only Spider to score off bench (8 points) ... Had 6 points, 5 rebounds, 1 steal during crucial 4-minute stretch late in game in midst of game-changing 14-0 run ... 2/1 vs George Washington - Scored 12 points, third-most on the team ... Total included a highlight reel dunk in transition in 1st half and an alley-oop layin in 2nd half ... 1/22 vs La Salle - Exploded for 14 points and a team-best 9 rebounds, both career highs ... Sealed the game with a monster baseline dunk with 2:00 remaining ... Second straight game with career highs in points and rebounds ... 1st Spider with 14 points and 9 rebounds off the bench since Marshall Wood vs Stetson on Nov. 15, 2005 ... 1/18 at George Mason - Recorded a career-high 12 points and led Richmond with a career-high 6 rebounds ... Made back-to-back three-pointers in 2nd half after a Mason run tied the game at 50 ... 1/5 at Rhode Island - Played in front of a crowd of nearly 50 family and friends ... Made both of his three-point attempts, accounted for 6 of Richmond’s 8 bench points ... 12/22 vs Radford - Scored a season-high eight points, tied for fourth-most on the team ... 12/8 vs South Alabama - Did not play due to illness ... 12/3 at Hampton - Made his first career start, filling in for an injured Nathan Cayo ... Played a career-high 28 minutes ... 11/30 vs Boston College - Played a career-high 23 minutes, registering 5 rebounds (career high) and 4 steals (career high) ... Started game-deciding 23-2 run in 2nd half with slam dunk off a baseline cut ... 11/26 vs Auburn - Fouled out with 6 minutes remaining in the second half ... 11/22 vs McNeese - Led Richmond’s bench with 7 points ... 11/8 vs Saint Francis - First man off the bench in his Spiders debut ... First career points came on a back-door cut and slam with 5:09 remaining in 1st half ... Stole pass at halfcourt and scored on breakaway dunk with 56 seconds left in regulation, the key play as Richmond erased 10-point deficit over final 1:41 of regulation
• Two-time All-State selection at Marianapolis Prep in Thompson, Ct.
• Team captain
• Named Class B Player of the Year by the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) following his junior and senior seasons
• Averaged 20 points and 11 rebounds as a junior and 18 points and 11 rebounds as a senior
• Rated as a top-10 Class of 2019 recruit in the state of Connecticut and a top-30 recruit in New England
PERSONAL
• Son of Quinton and Lynne
• Father Quinton played basketball at Providence, leading the Friars to the NCAA Tournament in 1989 and 1990 ... He averaged over 11 points per game as a senior ... He was also recruited by Richmond and took two official visits: to Richmond and to Providence
• Born on February 11, 2000
