Oregon RB Thomas Tyner ends playing career
Oregon running back Thomas Tyner is done playing football.
The school announced Friday that Tyner had elected to medically retire after he missed the 2015 season with a shoulder injury.
“We thank Thomas and wish him well,” Oregon coach Mark Helfrich said in a team statement. “We will continue to support his efforts to graduate from the University of Oregon.”
News of Tyner’s possible 2015 absence broke in August when his father said he had shoulder surgery. Tyner was also dogged by a right shoulder injury in 2014 and had tried to carry on without surgery.
Tyner was a five-star recruit in the class of 2013. He was ranked the No. 2 running back in the country by Rivals and the No. 17 player overall. A native of Oregon, he chose the Ducks over USC, Tennessee and others.
He ran for 711 yards and nine touchdowns as a freshman in 2013. He had 573 yards and five scores in 2014 as Oregon made it to the College Football Playoff Championship Game. He had two fewer carries in 2014 than he did in 2013 despite missing five games with the shoulder injury. He ran for 124 yards against Florida State and 62 yards against Ohio State in the title game.
Tyner would have likely split time with Royce Freeman in the Ducks’ backfield in 2016. Freeman ran for 1,836 yards in 2015 as Oregon’s bellcow back. No other Ducks’ RB had over 77 carries; Freeman had 283.
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