Tyce Daniel

Photo by: UofM Athletic Media Relations

Photo by: Matthew A. Smith

Photo by: Matthew Smith

Position:
TE
Ht./Wt.:
6-4 / 240
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Paducah, Ky.
Prev School:
McCracken County HS

Honors

• 2018-19 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team
• Tiger 3.0 Club for 2017 fall, 2018 fall and 2020 spring semesters.

2020 (Redshirt Junior)

• Member of the 8-3 Tigers who won the 2020 Montgomery Bowl
• Appeared in eight games on the season

2019 (Redshirt Sophomore)

• Appeared in 12 of 14 games for Memphis in 2019, helping the Tigers to their first outright American Athletic Conference championship and a spot in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl
• While helping block for a Memphis offense that rolled up 6,791 yards of offense, also added two catches for 12 yards and a touchdown
• Scored his first collegiate touchdown in conference play at Temple
• Added a catch for nine yards in the Cotton Bowl against Penn State.

2018 (Redshirt Freshman)

• After redshirt season in 2017, played in eight games
• Game action came primarily on special teams
• Logged one tackle, a solo hit
• Made collegiate debut in the season-opening win over Mercer
• Recorded a solo stop vs the Bears
• Made his first American Athletic Conference appearance in a home win over Connecticut
• Saw action in the regular-season finale win over Houston, a victory that clinched the league’s West Division crown

2017 (Freshman)

• Redshirted
• Member of 2017 squad that went 10-3, won The American West Division title (7-1 league record) and played in The American Championship Game
• Squad earned the program’s first Liberty Bowl bid and played in the hometown’s postseason classic

Prior to Memphis/Personal

• Played WR, DB and KR for McCracken County High School
• Three-year varsity performer for the Mustangs
• Career statistics included: 1,052 receiving yards, 65 catches and 14 TDs
• Rated among the top-50 players in the state of Kentucky heading into 2016 campaign
• In his last two seasons (junior/senior), had 55 receptions for 940 yards and 14 TDs • Had four TD catches his senior season
• Member of Mustangs receiving corps that rolled up more than 2,000 receiving yards in 2016
• Helped lead McCracken High School to a Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) Class 6A state playoffs berth
• Pulled in 10 TD catches his junior season
• Also played basketball at McCracken County High School
• Son of Lisa Jones
• Has one sister, Lakken