Tyler Shough

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Tyler Shough
Texas Tech Red Raiders – No. 12
PositionQuarterback
Class
Redshirt
Junior
Personal information
Born: (1999-09-28) September 28, 1999 (age 22)
Chandler, Arizona
Height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight219 lb (99 kg)
Career history
College
Bowl games
High schoolHamilton
(Chandler, Arizona)

Tyler Shough (/ʃʌk/ SHUCK; born September 28, 1999) is an American football quarterback for the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Shough began his college career with the Oregon Ducks from 2018 to 2020 before transferring to Texas Tech in 2021.[1]

Early life[]

Shough is a native of Chandler, Arizona and Glenn and Dana Shough's fourth of five children. Shough's parents met as students at Arizona State University. His father Glenn is a retired police officer, currently teaching criminal justice with driver’s education, and his mother Dana is a retired educator.[2] In 2009, Dana was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer.[3]

His elder sisters attended Hamilton High School in Chandler, Arizona, where Shough and his younger brother Brady played in the football program. According to the family, he was friends with future Major League Baseball player Cody Bellinger while they were students at Hamilton.[4]

High school career[]

Shough became the starting varsity quarterback as a junior at the high-profile Hamilton High School football program in the 2016 season. His performance garnered an honorable mention in Arizona's 6A Premier League,[5][6] listed in the 6th toughest football regions in the nation.[7] The team ended their season in the 6A quarterfinals with a 7–5 record, the worst in the school's history until they scored 3–7 in 2018.

As a senior, Shough played for Hamilton in its 2017 season when allegations of hazing were publicized, which resulted in the conviction of three players and the permanent reassignment of three administrators, including head coach Steve Belles, to Chandler Unified School District (CUSD) offices.[8] Shough was not implicated in the hazing scandal.[9] His team made it to the 6A state quarterfinals, and he earned a first-team 6A Premier League and all-CUSD awards.[10][11] He was also selected as an Semper Fidelis All-American, from the US Marine Corps.[12] Hamilton had an overall 15–9 record with Shough as a starter setting school records with the most losses, completions, attempts, yards, and touchdowns in the school's 20-year history.

Varsity Career Statistics[13]
Passing Rushing
Year G GS C Att Yrd C% Avg Y/G TD Int Lng QB Car Yrd Y/G Lng TD
2016 12 12 142 228 2079 .623 14.6 173.3 27 9 64 115.0 57 102 8.5 41 2
2017 12 12 176 282 3071 .624 17.4 255.9 30 5 94 127.5 46 101 2.2 8.4 1
Total 24 24 318 510 5150 .624 16.2 214.6 57 14 94 121.9 103 203 8.5 41 3

Shough was a highly sought after player being a consensus 4-star pro-style quarterback by both Scout and 247Sports. Scout ranked him 16th best at quarterback and 183rd best player overall nationwide.[14] Multiple athletic scholarships were offered from Alabama, California, Georgia, Florida State, Michigan, South Carolina, and Indiana.[15] After an initial verbal commitment to North Carolina in June 2017,[16] Shough signed an early letter of intent to Oregon in December 2018.[17][18]

College career[]

Oregon[]

2018[]

Shough appeared in three games, and played eighteen snaps before redshirting the rest of the season.[19][20]

2019[]

As a redshirt freshman, Shough served as the Ducks backup quarterback during the 2019 season behind Justin Herbert,[21] finishing the season with 144 yards and three touchdowns in eight games played off the bench.[22][23]

2020[]

Going into 2020, Oregon head coach Mario Cristobal indicated early that Shough would be the starting quarterback (vacated by Justin Herbert being moved to the National Football League (NFL)).[21]

Oregon and the other Pac-12 conference member schools began play in November with strict policies regarding testing, positivity rate, and contact tracing for the COVID-19 pandemic. Shough became the starter, winning the season opener against Stanford 35-14.[24] Shough started every game including the Pac-12 Championship Game, a 31–24 win against USC.

Shough's performance was questioned when the heavily-favored Oregon team lost back-to-back games against Oregon State and California. Due to the losses, Oregon would not have made it to the Pac-12 championship if Washington had not cancelled a regular season game against Oregon due to COVID-19 restrictions, a game that would have decided the Pac-12 North race between Oregon and Washington.[25][26] Despite Shough starting the Pac-12 Championship Game against USC, Boston College transfer Anthony Brown began to take offensive series.[27]

Oregon was selected to the Fiesta Bowl held in Glendale, Arizona, which is inside the Phoenix Metropolitan Area where Shough grew up. The opponent was Iowa State led by quarterback Brock Purdy of Gilbert, Arizona. Oregon lost the game but the 98-yard touchdown drive orchestrated by Brown made the quarterback position uncertain.[28]

On February 12, 2021, Shough had entered the NCAA Transfer Portal with three years left for eligibility.

Texas Tech[]

On February 22, 2021, Shough announced that he was transferring to Texas Tech University. Arriving at Texas Tech, Shough battled for the starting quarterback position against senior Henry Colombi and freshmen Maverick McIvor, Donovan Smith, and Behren Morton.[29] In the team's spring game, Shough led the team in passing, finishing 8-of-15 for 106 yards.[30] On August 24, head coach Matt Wells announced that Shough would be the starter for the team's week one game against Houston.[31] In his first start for Texas Tech, Shough finished 17-of-24 for 231 yards with one touchdown along with a rushing touchdown as the Red Raiders won 38–21.[32] During the team's week 4 game against Texas, Shough broke his collarbone.[33]

Statistics[]

Year Team GP Passing Rushing
Cmp Att Pct Yds Y/A TD Int Rtg Att Yds Avg TD
2019 Oregon 4 12 15 80.0 144 9.6 3 0 226.6 2 11 5.5 0
2020 Oregon 7 106 167 63.5 1,559 9.3 13 6 160.4 66 271 4.1 2
2021 Texas Tech 4 64 92 69.6 872 9.5 6 3 164.2 16 14 0.9 2
Career 15 182 274 66.4 2,575 9.4 22 9 165.3 84 296 3.5 4

Source:[34]

Personal life[]

Shough is a Christian. In 2019, Shough was baptized with Justin Herbert and Mycah Pittman.[35]

References[]

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  2. ^ Cadeau, Christopher W. (Dec 6, 2016). "Fighter's mentality: Hamilton's Shough shaped by mom's battle with cancer". East Valley Tribune. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  3. ^ "Dana Shough's fight and win over breast cancer the "largest championship game" she's ever been in". RSN. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  4. ^ Thorburn, Ryan. "Oregon Ducks quarterback Tyler Shough ready for the spotlight". The Register-Guard. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
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  6. ^ Menec, Andrew (December 25, 2017). "Pac-12 football recruiting rankings: Ducks 2nd, Beavers 12th after early signing period". The Oregonian. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
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  9. ^ Obert, Richard. "Hamilton football begins spring practice, 'healing'". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
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  28. ^ Young, Ashley (January 2, 2021). "Oregon QB Anthony Brown leads impressive 98-yard touchdown drive in Fiesta Bowl". NBC Sports. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
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  31. ^ Williams, Don (August 24, 2021). "Texas Tech names Tyler Shough starting QB for regular season opener". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
  32. ^ "Shough, Brooks lead Texas Tech to 38-21 win over Houston". KHOU. September 4, 2021. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
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  35. ^ Mercer, Kevin. "5 College QBs to Watch in 2021: Texas Tech's Tyler Shough is 'trusting in the Lord'". Sports Spectrum. Retrieved 28 August 2021.

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