Tyler Buchner
| Alabama Crimson Tide – No. 8 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Class |  Sophomore |
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| Born: | November 7, 2002 Evanston, Illinois, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
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| High school | The Bishop's School (La Jolla, California) |
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Tyler Buchner (born November 7, 2002) is an American football quarterback for the Alabama Crimson Tide. He previously played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
High school career
Buchner attended The Bishop's School in La Jolla, California, before transferring to Helix High School in La Mesa, California, for his senior year.[2] He did not play football his senior year in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] As a junior in 2019, Buchner passed for 4,474 yards with 53 passing touchdowns and 1,610 rushing yards and 28 rushing touchdowns.[4] He committed to the University of Notre Dame to play college football over offers from Alabama, TCU, Georgia, USC, and Michigan, among others.[5][6][7]
College career
Football
Notre Dame
Buchner spent his first year at Notre Dame in 2021 as a backup to Jack Coan.[8] He appeared in 10 games, completing 21 of 35 passes for 298 yards with three touchdowns and three interceptions. He also rushed for 336 yards and three touchdowns.[9] Buchner competed with Drew Pyne to take over as the team's starting quarterback in 2022.[10][11] He injured his shoulder during Notre Dame's loss to Marshall on September 10, 2022, and missed the remainder of the 2022 regular season.[12] He returned to the field for Notre Dame's victory against South Carolina in the 2022 Gator Bowl.
Alabama
In 2023, he entered the NCAA transfer portal and soon transferred to the University of Alabama. In week three, Buchner started against South Florida but struggled throughout the game and was later benched in favor of Ty Simpson. Nick Saban would announce Jalen Milroe as the starter for the rest of the season. They would go on to beat the Georgia Bulldogs in the 2023 SEC Championship Game, 27-24.
College statistics
| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Record | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | Avg | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | ||
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 10 | 0 | 0−0 | 21 | 35 | 60.0 | 298 | 8.5 | 3 | 3 | 142.7 | 46 | 336 | 7.3 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 | 1−2 | 46 | 83 | 55.4 | 651 | 7.8 | 3 | 5 | 121.2 | 36 | 123 | 3.4 | 4 | |
| Alabama Crimson Tide | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | 1–0 | 8 | 19 | 42.1 | 61 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 69.1 | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 1 | |
| Career[13] | 15 | 4 | 2−2 | 75 | 137 | 54.7 | 1010 | 7.4 | 6 | 8 | 119.4 | 85 | 479 | 5.6 | 8 | |
Lacrosse Transfer portal
On December 4, 2023, Buchner entered the transfer portal as a men's lacrosse player. Buchner is expected to finish the football season with Alabama during their college football playoff run before re-enrolling in the University of Notre Dame to join their lacrosse team for the 2024 season. Buchner was a high ranked lacrosse recruit in high school and had verbally committed to the University of Michigan for lacrosse in the 8th grade before eventually committing to Notre Dame for football.[14][15]
References
- ^ @PFF_College (December 30, 2022). "The Tyler Buchner experience tonight was WILD:" (Tweet). Retrieved December 30, 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Bishop's quarterback transferring to Helix". March 13, 2020.
- ^ "Buchner likely won't play a down for Helix". September 12, 2020.
- ^ "Pod of Gold: QB commit Tyler Buchner on preparing to join Notre Dame next season".
- ^ "Quarterback Tyler Buchner, a 2021 recruit, commits to Notre Dame".
- ^ "How incoming Notre Dame freshman Tyler Buchner prepared to be next-level QB Irish covet".
- ^ "Notre Dame Wants a Closer Look at Freshman Quarterback Tyler Buchner". Forbes.
- ^ "Notre Dame Quarterback Tyler Buchner and the Freshman Learning Experience". Forbes.
- ^ "Tyler Buchner Learning to Add Leadership to His Playmaking Skills".
- ^ John Fineran (August 9, 2022). "Buchner-Pyne QB battle highlights Irish preseason camp". AP News.
- ^ "ND's Pyne, Buchner battling for starting QB role".
- ^ "Notre Dame QB Buchner out for season with shoulder injury". WNDU.
- ^ "Tyler Buchner College Stats". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
- ^ Foy, Terry (December 4, 2023). "Breaking: Tyler Buchner Enters the NCAA Transfer Portal for Men's Lacrosse". Inside Lacrosse. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Alabama QB Tyler Buchner enters portal as lacrosse player". ESPN. December 5, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.