Torry McTyer (born April 10, 1995) is an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

cornerback A cornerback (CB) is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in gridiron football. Cornerbacks cover receivers most of the time, but also blitz and defend against such offensive running plays as sweeps and reverses. They create tur ...

. He played

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UNLV The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) is a public land-grant research university in Paradise, Nevada. The campus is about east of the Las Vegas Strip. It was formerly part of the University of Nevada from 1957 to 1969. It includes the S ...

before signing with the

Miami Dolphins The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami metropolitan area. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member team of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The team pla ...

as an

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in 2017. McTyer has also been a member of the

Kansas City Chiefs The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Chiefs compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division. The tea ...

Cincinnati Bengals The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional American football team based in Cincinnati. The Bengals compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) AFC North, North division. The c ...

, and

Washington Football Team The Washington Commanders are a professional American football team based in the Washington metropolitan area. The Commanders compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) E ...

Early life and college

A three-star recruit, McTyer committed to

to play

over an offer from

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. In 2016, he started 11 games at cornerback for UNLV and finished the season with 49 tackles, 15 passes defensed with 3 interceptions.

Professional career

Miami Dolphins

McTyer signed with the

as an

on May 5, 2017. He was waived on August 31, 2019, .

Kansas City Chiefs

On September 3, 2019, McTyer signed with the

' practice squad.

Cincinnati Bengals

On September 26, 2019, McTyer was signed by the

off the Chiefs practice squad. He re-signed with the Bengals on March 23, 2020. He was waived on September 5, 2020, but re-signed with the team two days later. He was waived again on September 15 and re-signed to the practice squad the following day. McTyer was elevated to the active roster on October 3 and October 10 for the team's weeks 4 and 5 games against the

Jacksonville Jaguars The Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida. The Jaguars compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) South division. The team play ...

and

Baltimore Ravens The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football team based in Baltimore, Maryland. The Ravens compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. The team plays its ...

, and reverted to the practice squad after each game. He was placed on the practice squad/injured list on October 24. His practice squad contract expired after the season on January 11, 2021.

Washington Football Team

McTyer signed with the

on January 12, 2021. He got significant playing time in the Week 4 win against the

Atlanta Falcons The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta. The Falcons compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. The Falcons joined th ...

due to an injury to cornerback

Benjamin St-Juste Benjamin St-Juste ( ; born September 8, 1997) is a Canadian gridiron football cornerback for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). A native of Montreal, he moved to the United States to play college football at Michigan ...

, but was injured on the last play of the game. McTyer was placed on

injured reserve The injured reserve list ( IR list) is a designation used in North American professional sports leagues for athletes who suffer injuries and become unable to play. The exact name of the list varies by league; it is known as "injured reserve" in th ...

on October 5, 2021.

Personal life

McTyer is the son of former NFL cornerback

Tim McTyer Timothy Thomas McTyer (born December 14, 1975) is the head American football coach at Adelanto High School in California and a former cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He played two seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles and one for ...

References

External links

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UNLV Rebels bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:McTyer, Torry 1995 births Living people American football cornerbacks Cincinnati Bengals players Kansas City Chiefs players Miami Dolphins players Players of American football from Los Angeles UNLV Rebels football players Washington Football Team players