Tyler Macon

Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
St. Louis, Mo.
High School:
East St. Louis

Tyler Macon

A four-star prospect who is the nation’s No. 13-ranked dual-threat quarterback by both Rivals.com and 247Sports.com … Rated as the No. 5 prospect in the state of Illinois at any position by Rivals … Participated in the prestigious Elite 11 Quarterback Camp where he finished among the top 11 and fifth overall in the week’s final pro day session … Rivals Illinois Player of the Year … Player of the Year in Illinois by three additional sites … Max Preps All-American … Rated No. 4 on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Super 30 Countdown, which attempts to rank the top players in the St. Louis metro area … As a junior, he posted 4,241 yards and 39 touchdowns passing while pitching in another 827 yards with 17 scores on the ground, guiding ESL to an Illinois Class 6A Championships and a 14-0 record … The team averaged 51 points per game during his junior season quarterbacking the offense, with four games of 60+ points … In the state 6A championship game he went 14-for-19 for 304 yards and three touchdowns while rushing 10 times for 104 yards … Had at least three TD passes in nine of 14 games as a junior, including a season-high five against Alton on Sept. 27 … Threw just seven interceptions on 314 pass attempts (one every 45 attempts) … Completed nearly 70 percent of his passes, checking in at 219-of-314 as a junior, good for a 69.8 percent mark … Averaged 13.5 yards per attempt as a junior … As a sophomore, he went 138-for-233 (59.2 percent) with 28 TDs and just four interceptions, amassing 2,930 passing yards … Added 1,190 rushing yards on 131 attempts with 18 scores on the ground as a sophomore … Helped ESL to a 9-3 record as a sophomore … Plans to enroll at Mizzou in January … Did not get a chance to play for ESL during his senior season due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Birthday: Feb. 21, 2003 … High school coach: Darren Sunkett … Primary recruiters: Bush Hamdan, Curtis Luper … Chose Mizzou over offers from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Iowa State, Michigan State, UCLA and Vanderbilt, among others.