2021 Football Roster
Jersey Number 35
Tyler Sumpter
- Position:
- Kicker/Punter
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 219
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Birmingham, Ala.
- High School:
- Spain Park
- Prev School:
- Troy
- Played in 21 career games at WVU
2021 (S-Sr.)
- Played his sixth season, an NCAA COVID-19 eligible season
- Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
- All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
- Finished with 52 punts for 2,261 yards, an average of 43.5 yards per punt and a long of 72 yards
- Placed 12 inside the opponent’s 20-yard line, had seven punts of 50 yards or more, 17 that resulted in a fair catch and six that found the end zone for a touchback
- Ranked No. 36 nationally and No. 2 in the Big 12 in punting average per game (43.5)
- Punted seven times for 299 yards against Minnesota in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl, good for a 42.7 average
- Booted four punts for 177 yards against Texas; long went 49 yards
- Placed one of his two punts inside the 20 at Kansas State
- Punted a season-high eight times against Oklahoma State, registering two 50+ boots and two inside the 20
- Placed two of his four punts inside the 20 against Iowa State
- Punted twice at TCU with a long of 52
- Punted seven times at Baylor, including a 72-yarder in the fourth quarter, good for the 10th-longest in school history
- Placed two punts inside the 20 at Oklahoma
- Punted four times against Virginia Tech, including a career-long 68 yarder
- Punted five times at Maryland, with a long of 50
2020 (r-Sr.)
- Appeared in nine games
- Ranked No. 4 in the Big 12 in punting (40.5)
- Made a 31-yard field goal against Army in the Liberty Bowl; also punted four times for 168 yards (42.0 avg)
- Punted four times for 166 yards for a 41.5 average at Iowa State and made his first two field goals of his Mountaineer career vs. the Cyclones from 32 and 36 yards
- Placed three of his five punts inside the 20 against TCU
- Placed two of his four punts at Texas inside the 20; totaled 163 yards and a 40.8 average on the day
- Punted three times at Texas Tech, placing two inside the 20
- Lone punt against Kansas went for 37 yards and was downed at the 1-yard line
- Had a season-high eight punts against Baylor, totaling 289 yards; placed three inside the Baylor 20-yard line
- Punted six times at Oklahoma State, placing two inside the 20; totaled 239 yards
- Made his Mountaineer debut against Eastern Kentucky, punting twice for 110 yards, including a long of 56
- Enrolled at WVU in August 2020 after transferring from Troy
2019 (r-Jr.) - Troy
- Played for coach Chip Lindsey as a junior at Troy in 2019 after playing for WVU coach Neal Brown his previous two seasons
- Two-time All-Sun Belt Conference as a punter (2018, 2019) and once as a kicker (2018)
- Connected on 14-of-18 field goals and hit 46-of-46 extra point attempts for a team-high 88 points
- Averaged 41.4 yards on 42 punts
- Placed 13 inside the opponent’s 20-yard line, hit six punts of more than 50 yards and had a long of 63 yards
- Hit seven straight field goals during the season
- Had a season-long field goal of 43 yards against Missouri
- Hit three field goals against Arkansas State and South Alabama
2018 (r-So.) - Troy
- Hit 18-of-24 field goal attempts, all 45 extra point attempts and had a season-best 99 points
- Hit 8-of-11 from more than 40 yards, including a season-long of 50 yards against Liberty
- Averaged 45.1 yards per punt on 55 punts with a long of 79 yards at Nebraska
- Had 18 punts of 50 yards or more, including three of 70 yards or more and placed 17 inside the opponent’s 20-yard line
- Finished with 18 punts of 50-plus yards and opponents only returned 11 of his 55 punts
- Made 18-of-24 field goal attempts
- Ranked No. 16 nationally with his 18 field goals
- Connected on all 45 of his extra-point attempts
2017 (r-Fr.) - Troy
- Served as Troy’s punter the entire season and took over the place kicking duties for the last seven games
- Averaged 40.0 yards on 59 punts with only three touchbacks and 16 inside the 20-yard line
- Perfect on 34 extra-point attempts
- Successful on 7-of-9 field goal attempts
- Booted a season-long 40-yard field goal against Idaho
2016 (Fr.) - Troy
- Redshirted
High School
- Played for coach Shawn Raney at Spain Park High
- AL.com Super All-State First Team and Birmingham All-Metro Team as a kicker as a senior
- Earned Alabama Sports Writers Association All-State First Team honors as a punter, averaging 37.1 yards on his 63 punts
- Helped lead the Jaguars to the Alabama 7A State Championship Game and a 12-2 record his senior season
Personal
- Son of Tina and Chris Sumpter
- One of four children (2 brothers, 1 sister)
- Graduated with a bachelor’s degree in K-6 elementary education from Troy
- Pursuing a master’s degree in communication studies
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
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