Joe Tryon

Joe Tryon is an American college football outside linebacker for the Washington Huskies.

Joe Tryon
Washington Huskies – No. 9
PositionOutside linebacker
Class
Redshirt
Junior
Career history
CollegeWashington (2017–present)
Bowl games
High schoolHazen
(Renton, Washington)
Personal information
Born: (1999-04-30) April 30, 1999
Height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight262 lb (119 kg)
Career highlights and awards

Early life and high school

Tryon grew up in Renton, Washington and attended Hazen High School, where he played baseball, basketball and football.[1] As a senior, he was named the North Puget Sound League Defensive Lineman of the Year by the Seattle Times. Tryon originally committed to play college football at Washington State, but flipped his commitment to the University of Washington.[2]

College career

Tryon redshirted his true freshman season.[3] As a redshirt freshman, he played in 12 games with 20 tackles, two tackles for loss and one sack.[4][5] Tryon made 41 tackles with 12.5 tackles for loss and eight sacks in his redshirt sophomore season and was named second team All-Pac-12 Conference.[6][7] Following the announcement that Pac-12 would postpone the 2020 season, Tryon announced that he would opt-out of season in order to focus on preparing for the 2021 NFL Draft.[8]

References
  1. Raley, Dan (April 4, 2020). "Never Quit Tryon: UW Defender Brings Relentless Pass Rush, Plenty of Swagger". SI.com. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  2. Brenden, Sarah (January 18, 2017). "Former Cougar commit flips to the Dawgs". Renton Reporter. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  3. Jude, Adam (November 20, 2018). "Washington turns to young Joe Tryon, a one-time WSU commit, in hopes of solving pass-rush problems in Apple Cup". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  4. Caple, Christian (August 20, 2019). "'Just starting to scratch the surface': Joe Tryon could lead what Washington hopes is improved pass rush in 2019". The Athletic. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  5. "Can sophomore Joe Tryon help improve 'pitiful' UW Huskies pass rush this fall?". Seattle Times. April 8, 2019. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  6. Caple, Christian (July 28, 2020). "Washington's most important players: No. 4 Joe Tryon". The Athletic. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  7. Rittenberg, Adam (August 30, 2020). "Washington linebacker Joe Tryon entering NFL draft". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  8. Smith, Michael David (August 30, 2020). "University of Washington pass rusher Joe Tryon enters NFL draft". Profootballtalk.com. NBC Sports. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
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