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TylerPack

  • height 6-4
  • Weight 275
  • class Redshirt Freshman
  • Hometown Paintsville, Ky.
  • High school Johnson Central

2016 – Freshman

  • Redshirt season

High School

  • Three-year starting punter and placekicker at Johnson Central High School for head coach Jim Matney
  • Set state records for longest punt (89 yards vs. Greenup County) and longest field goal (60 yards vs. Greenup County) during his senior season … Also hit a 58 yard field goal vs. Perry County Central
  • Made two field goals and 52 extra points in helping the Golden Eagles finish 12-2 overall and reach the Class 4-A state final as a senior
  • Named first-team All-State by the Courier Journal
  • An all-around athlete as he also lettered four seasons on the soccer team as the goalkeeper and forward and the basketball team as a center
  • Chose Kentucky over Eastern Kentucky, Georgetown and Western Kentucky

Personal

  • Born in Pikeville, Ky.
  • Son of Michelle and Shane Pack
  • Major is undecided

Tyler Says

  • His nickname is “Big Country”
  • He chose Kentucky because after growing up in Kentucky, going to school and playing football at UK was a dream come true
  • Other than playing in the NFL, his dream job is to be a criminal profiler
  • One word to describe him on the field is “focused”
  • Most people don’t know he’s quite possibly the largest kicker in the country
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