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Tyler Ott

Long Snapper, Washington Commanders · #69.

Player facts

Team: Washington Commanders
Position: Long Snapper
Number: 69
Born: Feb 28, 1992 (age 34)
Birthplace: Tulsa, OK, USA
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 252 lbs
College: Harvard
Experience: 12 seasons
Status: Active

About

Tyler Ott (born February 28, 1992) is an American professional football long snapper for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Harvard Crimson and joined the NFL as an undrafted free agent in 2014. Ott has also been a member of the New England Patriots, St. Louis Rams, New York Giants, Cincinnati Bengals, Seattle Seahawks, and Baltimore Ravens.

From Wikipedia’s article on Tyler Ott, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Tyler Ott was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on February 28, 1992, to Dan and Laurie (now Applekamp) Ott. He attended grade school in the Jenks Public School system, and would go on to attend Jenks High School.

While attending Jenks High School, Ott was a three-year letter winner in football, basketball and track and field. During his high school career, he was a three-year captain in football, and a senior captain in basketball and track and field. He threw shot put and discus in track and field, and ended his career with personal records of 50 feet 2 inches in shot put and 148 feet 9 inches in discus. He would play in three football state championships, winning one in 2007 defeating Tulsa Union High School 42-24.

He played tight end and long snapper for Jenks High School, and finished his high school football career with 47 catches, 771 total receiving yards, and 7 receiving touchdowns.

College career

Ott played college football at Harvard University and was the team's tight end and long snapper all four years. Though he spent his first year at Harvard as a blocking tight end, he would emerge as the team's primary long snapper his sophomore year, and made his first catch as a tight end against Columbia in his junior season. In his senior season, he became one of the two starting tight ends in Harvard's two tight end offense. Following his senior season, Tyler was invited to play in the Senior Bowl after finishing the year with 15 receptions, 188 yards and four touchdowns. On October 28, 2013, he was named National Tight End of the Week by College performance awards, after catching three touchdowns in Harvard's triple overtime loss to Princeton. His three touchdowns against Princeton tied Harvard's record for single game touchdown receptions. Ott played on the Crimson with future San Francisco 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk.

He graduated from Harvard in 2014 with a Bachelors of Arts degree in Economics and a minor in Environmental Science & Public Policy. He was a key honorary member of the golf team once shooting an 87 during his Harvard tenure, where he lived in Dunster House.

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