Tight end, Notre Dame, 2009–12
Tyler Eifert
- Number
- No. 80
- Height
- 6′6″
- Hometown
- Ft. Wayne, IN
- Born
- Sep 8, 1990, in Fort Wayne, Indiana
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Tyler Eifert played tight end at Notre Dame (2009–12). He won the 2012 John Mackey Award. The Cincinnati Bengals took Eifert in the first round, No. 21 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
8catches, career highthree times; last vs. Maryland, 201198receiving yards, career highvs. Purdue, 2012Honors
All-America: Walter Camp first team 2011; AP second team 2011 and 2012; Walter Camp second team 2012; Scout.com first team 2011; College Football News first team 2012; Pro Football Weekly 2012; Scout.com second team 2012
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Receiving
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010* | Notre Dame | 27 | 352 | 13.0 | 2 | 39 |
| 2011* | Notre Dame | 63 | 803 | 12.7 | 5 | 38 |
| 2012* | Notre Dame | 50 | 685 | 13.7 | 4 | 38 |
| Career | 140 | 1,840 | 13.1 | 11 | 39 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Notre Dame | 80 | TE | |
| 2010 | Notre Dame | 80 | TE | |
| 2011 | Notre Dame | 80 | TE | |
| 2012 | Notre Dame | 80 | TE | 6′6″ |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2012 Notre Dame 12 games, 50 catches, 685 yards, 4 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Navy | W 50–10 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 6 |
| Sep 8 | vs. Purdue | W 20–17 | 4 | 98 | 0 | 29 |
| Sep 22 | vs. Michigan | W 13–6 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 38 |
| Oct 6 | vs. Miami | W 41–3 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 23 |
| Oct 13 | vs. Stanford | W 20–13 | 4 | 57 | 1 | 24 |
| Oct 20 | vs. BYU | W 17–14 | 4 | 73 | 1 | 33 |
| Oct 27 | at Oklahoma | W 30–13 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 11 |
| Nov 3 | vs. Pittsburgh | W 29–26 | 6 | 62 | 0 | 11 |
| Nov 10 | at Boston College | W 21–6 | 6 | 67 | 0 | 20 |
| Nov 17 | vs. Wake Forest | W 38–0 | 6 | 85 | 1 | 38 |
| Nov 24 | at USC | W 22–13 | 4 | 69 | 0 | 36 |
| Jan 7 ✦ | vs. Alabama | L 14–42 | 6 | 61 | 0 | 16 |
2011 Notre Dame 13 games, 63 catches, 803 yards, 5 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. South Florida | L 20–23 | 6 | 93 | 0 | 37 |
| Sep 10 | atMichigan | L 31–35 | 4 | 51 | 0 | 22 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Michigan State | W 31–13 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 16 |
| Sep 24 | atPittsburgh | W 15–12 | 8 | 75 | 1 | 18 |
| Oct 1 | atPurdue | W 38–10 | 4 | 38 | 1 | 13 |
| Oct 8 | vs. Air Force | W 59–33 | 8 | 81 | 1 | 22 |
| Oct 22 | vs.USC | L 17–31 | 7 | 66 | 0 | 11 |
| Oct 29 | vs.Navy | W 56–14 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| Nov 5 | atWake Forest | W 24–17 | 3 | 60 | 1 | 38 |
| Nov 12 | vs. Maryland | W 45–21 | 8 | 83 | 1 | 34 |
| Nov 19 | vs.Boston College | W 16–14 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 37 |
| Nov 26 | atStanford | L 14–28 | 4 | 79 | 0 | 24 |
| Dec 29 ✦ | vs. Florida State | L 14–18 | 6 | 90 | 0 | 34 |
2010 Notre Dame 8 games, 27 catches, 352 yards, 2 TD
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2013 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′5½″ |
| Weight | 250 lb |
| Arm length | 33⅛″ |
| Hand size | 9⅛″ |
| Wingspan | 78⅜″W |
| 40-yard dash | 4.68 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.65 sW |
| Vertical jump | 35½″ |
| Broad jump | 9′11″ |
| Bench press | 22 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 6.92 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.32 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
8 seasons, 74 games with a stat; latest team: Jacksonville Jaguars.
Pro Bowl: 2015
| Season | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Cincinnati Bengals | 15 | 39 | 445 | 2 |
| 2014 | Cincinnati Bengals | 1 | 3 | 37 | 0 |
| 2015 | Cincinnati Bengals | 13 | 52 | 615 | 13 |
| 2016 | Cincinnati Bengals | 8 | 29 | 394 | 5 |
| 2017 | Cincinnati Bengals | 2 | 4 | 46 | 0 |
| 2018 | Cincinnati Bengals | 4 | 15 | 179 | 1 |
| 2019 | Cincinnati Bengals | 16 | 43 | 436 | 3 |
| 2020 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 15 | 36 | 349 | 2 |
| NFL career | 74 | 221 | 2,501 | 26 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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