Tyrone Tracy Jr.

Originally a 5th-round (166th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2024.

TRANSACTIONS:

• Originally a 5th-round (166^th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2024.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

• Tracy played wide receiver for 4 seasons at Iowa and one at Purdue before switching to running back in his final season with the Boilermakers…Played in 63 collegiate games with 30 starts, including 25 games with 14 starts for Purdue…Career totals include 146 rushing attempts for 947 yards (6.5-yard avg.) and 10 touchdowns, plus 113 receptions for 1,201 yards and 5 scores…Averaged 25.2 yards on 17 kickoff returns in his final 2 seasons.
• In 2023, played in 11 games with 9 starts…Led Purdue with career-high totals of 716 rushing yards and 8 touchdowns on 113 carries…Averaged 6.3 yards per carry), the 2^nd-highest single-season rushing average in school history, leading the Big Ten and ranking 14th in the nation…Added 19 catches for 132 yards…Led the team in total touchdowns with 9, including one on a kickoff return…Tallied 1,270 all-purpose yards, including 408 kick return yards, to rank 2ond in the conference in both categories; his 127.4 all-purpose yards in conference games led the Big Ten.
• Second-team All-Big Ten (AP), third-team All-Big Ten return specialist (coaches), honorable mention (media) in 2023 and honorable mention running back by coaches and media…Selected Academic All-Big Ten.
• Had his most productive career game at Northwestern, recording 276 all-purpose yards, the most by a Boilermaker since Rondale Moore (2019), which included a career-high 160 rushing yards on 10 carries…Rushed for 122 yards and 112 yards in wins over Minnesota and Illinois, respectively…Averaged 25.5 yards on 16 kickoff returns, the highest average by a Purdue player since Akeem Hunt in 2013 (26.1)…In the season opener, took the 2^nd half kickoff 98 yards to the end zone for his first career kickoff return touchdown, Purdue's first kickoff return TD since 2013…Was one of 3 Big Ten players to return a kickoff for a touchdown in 2023.
• In his first season at Purdue in 2022, played in all 14 games with 5 starts…Caught 28 passes for 198 yards and ran for 138 yards on 17 carries…Averaged 7.1 yards per catch and 8.1 yards per carry…Had 2 receptions for 17 yards in Purdue vs. Penn State…Totaled a season-high 71 all-purpose yards vs. Indiana State…Tallied 3 receptions for 48 yards, including season-long 32-yard reception, at Maryland…Had a season-long 20-yard carry in the Big Ten Championship Game vs. Michigan…Caught 2 passes for 13 yards and ran for 26 yards on 4 carries in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl vs. LSU.
• In his final season at Iowa in 2021, played in 13 games with 4 starts and caught 15 passes for 106 yards and one touchdown…Added 7 rushing attempts for 33 yards…Voted a team captain.
• In 2020, played in all 8 games with 4 starts…Recorded 14 receptions for 154 yards and one touchdown, with two rushing attempts for 22 yards…Had a 33-yard catch vs. Northwestern…Contributed 3 receptions for 36 yards at Minnesota and 4 for 4 for 38 yards vs. Michigan State.
• In 2019, played in 13 games with 8 starts and registered career-high totals of 36 receptions for 589-yards (career-best 16.2-yard avg.) and 3 touchdowns…Scored his first career touchdown on a 7-yard catch vs. Rutgers…Caught 3 passes for a career-high 85 yards vs. Middle Tennessee State…Posted a career-high 6 receptions, for 77 yards, vs. Minnesota…Scored on a 23-yard run in the Holiday Bowl vs. USC.
• As a freshman in 2018, played in 4 games…Recorded his only reception of the season, for 22 yards, in his collegiate debut vs. Northern Iowa.

PERSONAL:

• Graduated in May 2023 with a degree in communications…Starred at Decatur Central High School in Indianapolis…Gatorade Player of the Year in Indiana…Earned Offensive Player of the Year honors as a sophomore and senior…Named to Indiana Football Digest Top 25 and Indiana Football Coaches Association (IFCA) Top 50…First-team all-county, all-midstate, and all-state for 3 straight years…First-team all-midstate and all-county as a freshman…Four-year football letterman as running back, wide receiver, and defensive back…Helped team post four-year record of 35-8…Holds school records for receiving yards in a season (1,132) and career (2,643), becoming first player at Decatur Central with over 1,000 yards in a season…Set school records for receiving touchdowns in a season (16) and career (33), as well as total offensive touchdowns (70), total touchdowns (72), total points (444) and yards per rushing attempt in a season (11.5) and career (8.7).
• As a senior in 2017, rushed for 1,412 yards and 13 touchdowns, to go with 54 receptions for 1,132 yards and 17 touchdowns…As a junior, recorded 40 receptions for 651 yards and 9 touchdowns, while rushing for 296 yards and four touchdowns…As a sophomore, rushed for 1,239 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 27 receptions for 680 yards and seven touchdowns…Added 336 kickoff return yards…In his freshman season, rushed for 578 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 13 receptions for 180 yards and one touchdown…Team captain for 3 straight years…Also earned 4 letters in basketball and 3 in track as sprinter and long jumper.
• Father (Tyrone Sr.) starred at Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis before a prolific career at Division II Fort Hays State (1986-89), in which he set school records for all-purpose yards in a season and career (he was inducted into Fort Hays State's Hall of Fame in 2011).