Tyler Dressler

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Position:
Linebacker
Height:
6-3
Weight:
245
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Covington, Va.
High School:
Covington

Career

Three-time First Team All-Colonial Athletic Association selection.
Named Capital Cup Most Valuable Player as a senior.
Played in 43 career games as a Spider, making 25 starts.
Finished his career with 249 tackles, 99 solo and 150 assisted.
Added 27.5 tackles for loss and 7.5 sacks.
Tallied four interceptions in his career.

2021 (Fall)

Named First Team All-Colonial Athletic Association.
Started all 10 games that he played, missing one game due to injury.
Finished second on the team with 92 tackles, ranking third in the CAA with 9.2 tackles per game.
Led the team with three interceptions.
Posted 11.0 tackles for loss, including 2.5 sacks.
Forced one fumble and registered five quarterback hurries.
Named Capital Cup MVP (Nov. 20)
Generated 11 total tackles, including a half tackle for loss and two quarterback hurries as Richmond defeated William & Mary in the Capital Cup (Nov. 20)
Gathered eight total tackles (two solo, six ast.), including two tackles for loss in a win over Delaware (Nov. 13).
Posted half a sack, one interception (third interception of the season and fourth of career), one pass breakup and one quarterback hurry vs. Delaware.
Posted eight total tackles (four solo, four ast.), including one tackle for loss in a win over Towson (Nov. 6)
Secured his first career pick-six, (third career interception) in a win over Towson.
Delivered a team-high 15 total tackles (seven solo, eight ast.), including two tackles for lost in a win over New Hampshire (Oct. 30).
Recorded seven total tackles (two solo, five ast.), including a half tackle for loss in a contest vs. James Madison. University (Oct. 16).
Notched six total tackles four tackles (two solo, four ast.) in a contest vs. Elon (Oct. 2).
Named CAA Football Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 27).
Notched a team-high 12 total tackles (four solo, eight ast.), including two tackles for loss, including a sack, in a contest vs. Virginia Tech (Sept. 25).
Added a team-high 11 total tackles (one solo, 10 ast.) vs. Villanova (Sept. 18).
Recorded five tackles (one solo, four ast.) in contest vs Lehigh (Sept. 11).
Tallied his second career interception vs. Lehigh.
Recorded a team-high nine total tackles (five solo, four ast.) in a win over Howard (Sept. 4).
Posted two tackles for loss, one sack and one forced fumble against Howard.
Named Preseason All-CAA Football.

2021 (Spring)

Named First Team All-Colonial Athletic Association.
Named Second Team All-State by VaSID.
Named one of the Spiders' five team captains.
Started all four games in the spring.
second on the team with 29 total tackles, ranking seventh in the CAA and 92nd in NCAA FCS.
Recorded 3.5 tackles for loss and one sack.
Tallied one interception and two quarterback hurries.
Tallied six tackles against William & Mary (March 6).
Posted two tackles for loss against the Tribe.
Tallied his first career interception at Elon (March 13), in the second offensive play from scrimmage for the Phoenix.
Recorded seven tackles in the second meeting against Elon (March 27).
Led the team with 13 tackles against James Madison (April 17).
Tallied a quarteback sack against JMU and one quarterback hurry.

2019

Named First Team All-Colonial Athletic Association, becoming the first Spider linebacker to earn First Team honors since Omar Howard in 2016.
Tied for the team lead with 104 tackles.
Joined freshman Tristan Wheeler as the first pair of Spiders to both eclipse the 100-tackle mark in a single season since 2007 when Eric McBride (126) and Collin McConaghy (121) accomplished the task.
Led the Colonial Athletic Association in tackles per game at 9.5, a half tackle more than any other player.
Played in 11 games this season, making 10 starts. Missed the Delaware (Oct. 26) game due to an injury.
Ranked 25^th in the NCAA FCS in tackles per game at 9.5
Posted a career-high 20 tackles in the Spiders’ win at No. 18 Maine.
His 20 tackles are the most by any player in the NCAA FCS in 2019 and the most by a player in the CAA since 2017 (Nate Hatalsky, UAlbany 21).
His 20 tackles are the most for a Richmond Spider in a single game since Darius McMillan recorded 20 tackles against William & Mary in 2011. The 20 tackles are the most in the NCAA FCS since October 6, 2018 when BJ Blunt of McNeese State also had 20 tackles
Named the CAA Defensive Player of the Week after his performance at Maine.
Recorded four games with 10 or more tackles.
Posted a team-high 15 tackles against Yale (Oct. 19).
Added 10 tackles against both No. 25 Elon (Sept. 14) and William & Mary (Nov. 23).
Finished the year with 4.0 sacks, ranking third on the team and the top mark of any non-defensive lineman on the team.
Recorded 12.0 tackles for loss on the season.
Posted a career-high 4.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks against William & Mary (Nov. 23).
Added 3.0 tackles for loss against Yale (Oct. 19).

2018

Appeared in 10 games making one start
Started the final game of the season against William and Mary (Nov. 17)
Made 18 tackles, six solo and 12 assisted
Recorded one tackle for a three-yard loss against William and Mary
Went for three solo tackles, three assisted tackles and a pass breakup at William and Mary

2017

Made six tackles, primarily as a member of special teams coverage
Appeared in nine games

High School

He played four years of football, basketball and baseball at Covington, earning All-Conference, All-Region and All-State accolades on both the gridiron and the diamond
His versatility was shown as he also lined up in the backfield at Covington, leading his team to the playoffs in each of his four seasons
In addition to his athletic achievements, he earned Academic Scholar recognition in each of his four years.