Stetson University Athletics

2019: Did not see playing time.

High School: Played linebacker and defensive end for coach Tyree Spinner at the Avalon School in Wheaton, MD … Lettered for three years … Also played baseball for two seasons, helping that team to a conference title in 2017 … Was named the Avalon Student-Athlete of the Year … Was a team captain … Graduated with honors … Chose Stetson over Georgetown, Delaware State and Gannon.
 
Personal: Full name is Tyler John Ward … Was born on September 21, 1999, in Cleveland, OH … Is the son of James and Andria Darby … Has three brothers – Seth, Ezra and Silas – and one sister, Janea Harris … His father played college football at South Carolina State … His mother played professional football with the Cleveland Fusion … His uncle, Ronald Darby, played college football at Marshall University in the late 1980s … Is a Computer Science major.