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2009 Football

3 Tyler Fisher

  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 175
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Gonzaga College

Biography

2009: Finished career with 37 catches, 387 receiving yards and three touchdown receptions ... Played in each of the last 30 games of his career ... Had one touchdown catch each as a sophomore and a junior and caught a touchdown at Lafayette for the Ivy League champions as a senior ... Also served as a kick returner and led the Ivy League in kick return average in 2007 ... His 96-yard kick return for a touchdown in 2007 is tied for sixth-longest in team history ... Tallied 678 return yards as a Quaker.  

2008: Appeared in all 10 games for Penn for the second straight season ... Was fifth on the team with 210 receiving yards and one touchdown on 20 receptions ... Had a season-best six catches and 74 yards at Lafayette (Sept. 27) ... His touchdown catch vs. Dartmouth (Oct. 4) was the eventual game-winner ... Rushed the ball twice for five yards on the season ... Returned five kickoffs for 100 yards ... Recorded a solo tackle against Lafayette.

2007: Appeared in all 10 games as a wide receiver and kick returner ... Led the Ivy League and 12th nationally in yards per kick return (27.7) ... Had two kick returns for 133 yards, including a 96-yarder for a TD, at Columbia (10/13) ... Returned three kicks for 91 yards at Dartmouth (9/29) ... Returned two kicks for 57 yards vs. Georgetown (10/6) ... Also caught 12 passes for 102 yards on the season ... Had five catches for 44 yards at Dartmouth (9/29) ... Caught two balls for 34 yards, including a TD, vs. Georgetown (10/6) .... Had two catches at Brown (10/27).

2006: Played in six games, against Brown, Yale, Columbia, Bucknell, Dartmouth and Villanova. ... Returned two kicks for 45 yards against Villanova (9/23) ... Returned two kicks for 46 yards at Bucknell (10/7) ... Returned two kicks for 31 yards against Brown (10/28).

Gonzaga College HS: Captained both his football and track teams ... All-WCAC football and honorable mention All-Metro selection as a senior ... All-WCAC football selection as a junior ... Helped his track team to a conference crown in 2004 ... Honor roll student and senior class representative at Gonzaga ... High school teammate of former Quaker Kory Gedin.

Personal: Born August 1, 1988 ... Son of Thelma Murray-Fisher and Terry Fisher ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences as a pre-med major.

 

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2006Freshman

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    5'10" 175 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2007Sophomore

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    5'10" 175 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2008Junior

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    5'10" 175 lbs
    14
  • 3

    2009Senior

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    5'10" 175 lbs
    3