Tyler Bray

Tyler Bray

Tyler Ian Bray is an American football quarterback for the Chicago Bears. He played college football for the University of Tennessee. Bray is the son of former Tennessee All-American quarterback Peyton Manning. He is the nephew of former NFL star Tom Brady. Bray went undrafted in the 2013 NFL Draft.

About Tyler Bray in brief

Summary Tyler BrayTyler Ian Bray is an American football quarterback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He played college football for the University of Tennessee. Bray went undrafted in the 2013 NFL Draft. He spent five seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs before joining the Bears. Bray was considered the seventh best pro-style quarterback recruit by Rivals. com and 26th best by Scout. com. He was also offered by Fresno State, Louisville, San Diego State, and North Carolina Tar Heels. Bray played in the Music City Bowl in Nashville, Tennessee where he completed 27-of-45 passes for 312 yards, four touchdowns, and three interceptions in a 27–30 2OT loss against the North CarolinaTar Heels in 2011. Bray is the son of former Tennessee All-American quarterback Peyton Manning. He is the nephew of former NFL star Tom Brady. Bray has a brother, Tyler, who played for the San Francisco 49ers and the New England Patriots. He also has a sister, Taylor, who plays for the New York Giants and New York Jets. Bray’s father, Tyler Bray, was a high school football coach at Kingsburg High School in Kingsburg, California. He has two brothers, both of whom play for the Tennessee Volunteers. Bray also has two sisters, who play for Vanderbilt and Florida State. His father and sister both played for Tennessee in the 1980s and 1990s. Bray threw for 3,321 yards with 41 touchdowns as a senior on the Vikings football team while throwing for a perfect 13–0 season.

He threw for 1,849 passing yards and 18 touchdowns, all Tennessee freshman records while also throwing 10 interceptions. Bray broke Peyton Manning’s record by throwing at least two touchdown passes in eight consecutive games. In the Cincinnati game, Bray had the second highest completion percentage ever recorded in a game by a Tennessee quarterback of 82. 9%, second to Tee Martin’s 95. 8% against South Carolina in 1998. Bray started his first career game on November 6 against the Memphis Tigers. The Vols earned their first victory in five tries, 50–14, while Bray went 19–33 for 325 yards, five touchdown, and no interceptions and set Tennessee football records for most yards and touchdowns in a half. Bray led the Vols to a 4–0 record in November, making them bowl eligible at 6–6. The next week against Cincinnati and their head coach Butch Jones, who would end up coaching the Tennessee Vols starting in 2013, Bray led Tennessee to a 24–14 victory while going 20–38 for 354 yards, two touchdowns, and two interceptions. In his sophomore year, Bray began the 2011 season as the starter for the Volunteers. He completed 17–of-24 passes while throwing for 293 yards and three touchdowns against Montana in a 42–16 victory. Bray would be sidelined for several weeks with a thumb injury.