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2018 Football Roster

5 Avram Tynes

  • Position Defensive Back
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 180
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Omaha, Neb.
  • High School Millard North

Biography

2017 (Senior): Named second-team All-NSIC... A four-year starter for the Vikings... Google Cloud Academic All-America® first team honors... CoSIDA All-Region.... NSIC All-Academic .... Played in all 11 games...credited with 10 pass breakups this year, good for 1st on the team and 15th in the Northern Sun.... key piece to special teams blocking two kicks in week six, while later in week nine returning a punt 55-yards for his second career touchdown....Tynes was credited with 50 tackles and more than 130 punt return yards throughout the season.... Finished 4th on th Vikings with 36 solo takedowns... Blocked two total kicks on the year... finished with 3.5 TFLs (-4 yards)...

2017 (Junior): Academic All-NSIC selection ... CoSIDA Academic All-America second team selection ... played in all 11 games on the season, with starts in the final eight games ... finished the season with 33 tackles, 21 of them solo and 2.5 of them for a loss, including half a sack at St. Cloud State on Sept. 23 ... broke up nine passes on the season and grabbed his lone interception at Winona State on Nov. 9 ... returned 19 kickoffs for 401 yards, with a career-long return of 48 yards at Minnesota State on Oct. 7 ... returned 16 punts for 121 yards, with a long of 34 yards at Winona State ... set career-highs wit six tackles and with five pass breakups vs. Concordia-St. Paul on Nov. 4

2016 (Sophomore): Named Academic All-NSIC ... named NSIC Special Teams Player of the Week on Sept. 26 ... played in all 11 games as a return specialist and defensive back ... recorded nine tackles ... intercepted a pass and returned it 64 yards at U-Mary on Sept. 10 ... returned 16 kickoffs for 427 yards ... returned 24 punts for 297 yards ... returned seven kickoffs for 208 yards, including a season-long return of 81 yards at Minnesota Duluth on Sept. 24.

2015 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in eight games, making one start at cornerback ... recorded eight tackles ... picked off one pass ... returned three kickoffs for 21 yards ... returned one punt for 33 yards against Concordia-St. Paul on Nov. 14 ... recorded first career interception against Concordia-St. Paul ... registered a season-high four tackles at Humboldt State on Nov. 21.

2014 (Redshirt): Sat out season as a redshirt.

High School: Prepped at Millard North High School for coach Fred Petito ... three-year letterwinner and starter ... named team captain for junior and senior seasons ... named to All-Nebraska Second team as a senior ... earned honorable mention All-Nebraska honors as a junior ... member of Class A State Championship team as a junior.

Personal: Son Debra Kielty ... born Aug. 22, 1996 ... exercise science and fitness management major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2014Freshman

    Defensive Back
    5'11" 160 lbs
    18
  • 5

    2015Redshirt Freshman

    Defensive Back
    5'11" 173 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2016Sophomore

    Defensive Back
    5'11" 166 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2017Junior

    Defensive Back
    5'11" 175 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2018Senior

    Defensive Back
    5'11" 180 lbs
    5