2018: Saw action in 10 games with eight starts, splitting time between linebacker and defensive end and earning honorable mention All-Big 12 honors…Served as a team captain in seven games…Missed three games due to injury…Totaled 43 tackles (33 solo), 6½ tackles for a loss and tied his career high with four sacks…At SMU (Sept. 7): Registered two tackles (one solo) and sacked QB Ben Hicks on third-and-10 from the TCU 41-yard line to force a punt…Vs. Iowa State (Sept. 29): Finished No. 2 on the team with nine tackles (three solo)…Vs. Oklahoma (Oct. 20): Led the team with a season-best 10 tackles (seven solo)…At Baylor (Nov. 17): Registered a solo tackle and a sack. Recorded the sack on his first snap of the game…Vs. California (Cheez-It Bowl, Dec. 26): Tallied four tackles (one solo) and a sack. In the second quarter, took down QB Chase Garbers for a loss of 4 yards to make it third-and-11, which Cal did not convert.
2017: Appeared in 14 games with nine starts, registering 64 tackles (36 solo), an interception, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery while setting career highs in sacks (four), tackles for a loss (eight) and passes defensed (six)…Tied for No. 3 on the team in both tackles for a loss and sacks…Made one start at DE (at Oklahoma State, Sept. 23)…Named honorable mention All-Big 12 and second-team Academic All-Big 12…At Iowa State (Oct. 28): Led the team with a season-best 11 tackles (six solo) and a pass defensed. Early in the second quarter, broke up a pass from QB Kyle Kempt to RB David Montgomery on third-and-11 to force a punt…At Texas Tech (Nov. 18): Recorded five tackles (all solo), a fumble recovery and a career-best two sacks. Registered sacks on consecutive snaps in the second quarter, backing TTU up from the 17-yard line to the 29-yard line on second and third down to force a missed field goal by the Red Raiders. Early in the fourth quarter, TTU had first-and-10 in TCU territory when LB Sammy Douglas forced QB Nic Shimonek to fumble at the 14-yard line, which Summers recovered…Vs. Baylor (Nov. 24): Registered eight tackles (seven solo), a sack, and an interception. Marked his fourth sack in the last four games. Picked off QB Charlie Brewer at the Baylor 33-yard line early in the third quarter. The ensuing possession resulted in a TD to give TCU a 28-19 lead…Vs. Oklahoma (Big 12 Championship, Dec. 2): Matched season high and finished No. 2 on the team with 11 tackles (four solo) and a pass defensed.
2016: Played in all 13 games with 10 starts and earned second-team All-Big 12 honors after ranking No. 2 on TCU and in the conference with 121 tackles (59 solo)...Ranked No. 6 in the Power 5 conferences in tackles…It was the fourth-highest tackle total in a single season in Patterson’s first 16 years at TCU…Also registered five tackles for a loss, 1½ sacks and three passes defensed…Posted double-digit tackles in eight games…Vs. Arkansas (Sept. 10): Led the team with a career-high two passes defensed and finished No. 2 on the team with 10 tackles (three solo)…Vs. Iowa State (Sept. 17): Named Big 12 Defensive Player of Week after posting a season-best 16 tackles (five solo) and 1½ tackles for a loss...At Kansas (Oct. 8): Finished No. 2 on the team with 12 tackles (eight solo), marking his fifth consecutive game with 10-plus tackles and fourth straight with 12-plus tackles…At Texas (Nov. 25): Earned Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors with a game-high 14 tackles (season-best 11 solo), two tackles for loss, a sack and a pass defensed. In the first quarter, brought down QB Shane Buechele for a loss of 4 yards to force a third-and-14 that Texas did not convert, resulting in a punt on fourth down.
2015: Saw action in 13 games with five starts and was named honorable mention Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year as well as second-team Academic All-Big 12…Finished No. 3 on the team with 86 tackles (43 solo) along with four tackles for a loss, a sack, an interception and a pass defensed…Vs. Stephen F. Austin (Sept. 12): Made first career start and tallied three tackles (two solo)...Vs. West Virginia (Oct. 29): Led the team with 10 tackles (four solo), the first double-figure-tackle game of his career...Vs. Kansas (Nov. 14): Finished No. 2 on the team with eight tackles (five solo) and recorded his first career interception in the final three minutes of the game to help seal the 23-17 victory. With 3:04 on the clock, the Jayhawks had first-and-10 at their own 48-yard line when he picked off QB Ryan Willis at the TCU 33-yard line and returned it 12 yards to the 45-yard line…Vs. Baylor (Nov. 27): Selected as the Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week and Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week after finishing with a career-high 23 tackles (seven solo) in the 28-21 double-overtime victory. Ended the game with a stop on Baylor’s fourth-and-1 rush in the second overtime. Tied for the sixth most tackles in school history and was the most in a game since LB Scott Taft tied a single-game TCU record with 30 stops versus UTEP in 1997. Tied for the most in a game by a Big 12 player since statistical records were kept in 2000...Vs. Oregon (Valero Alamo Bowl, Jan. 2): Finished with 11 tackles (eight solo), two tackles for a loss and his first career sack. After trailing 31-0 at halftime, TCU recorded the largest comeback in school history to win, 47-41, in triple overtime.
2014: Received a medical redshirt after suffering a season-ending injury in the season opener vs. Samford.
HIGH SCHOOL: Unanimous All-District 26-5A selection as a senior at Reagan High School in San Antonio, Texas...Was a dual-threat quarterback and also played safety...Passed for 2,001 yards and 16 touchdowns while rushing for 1,773 yards and 31 scores...Earned a total of six letters in football (three), track (two) and baseball (one).Â
PERSONAL: Given name Tyler Christian Summers…Born in Plano, Texas…Father, Jerrod, played quarterback at Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas…Named a semifinalist for the 2018 Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year Award, which is presented annually to the Division I college football player who has best demonstrated a record of leadership by exhibiting exceptional courage, integrity and sportsmanship both on and off the field…Participated in the Frog It Forward initiative at TCU, a campaign promoting a pay-it-forward lifestyle by doing kind deeds for others…Was named one of the TCU Fellowship of Christian Athletes Bob Lilly Athletes of the Year award recipients for the 2017-18 academic year…Residence: San Antonio, Texas.
