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Robert Tonyan

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Born
1994 (30 years old)

Birth Place

Mchenry, IL, USA

Position
Tight End

Status
Active

Ethnicity
White

Team Number
18

Height
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)

Weight
240 lb (109 kg)

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Team
Minnesota Vikings

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Robert Joseph Tonyan Jr. (/tʌnjən/ TUN-yun; born April 30, 1994) is an American football tight end. He played college football at Indiana State, and signed with the Detroit Lions as an undrafted free agent in 2017. He has also played for the Green Bay Packers.

Early life
Tonyan attended McHenry Community High School – East Campus. He lettered twice in basketball and football. As a quarterback, he was named all-conference as a junior and senior, and set the school record with 5,000 career passing yards.

College career
Tonyan enrolled at Indiana State in 2012, and started for four years after red-shirting his first year. He appeared in 11 games in 2013, starting three as a quarterback. His first career completion was a 57-yard touchdown, and he completed 35 of 102 passes for 348 yards and three touchdowns. His second year, he moved to wide receiver, where he caught 54 passes for 747 yards (6th in school history) and four touchdowns, including a career-high 172 yards in the last game of the season (seventh in school history). In his 2015 junior season, Tonyan had 40 receptions for 601 yards (fourteenth in school history) and six touchdowns despite starting just six of 11 games, which earned him an honorable mention on the All-Missouri Valley Football Conference team. As a fifth-year senior, Tonyan had 56 receptions for 699 yards (ninth all-time) and a school-record ten touchdowns. He set several career records for the Sycamores, including 20 touchdown receptions, 21 consecutive games with a reception, two games with three receiving touchdowns, and was second all-time to Sam Logan with 150 receptions and 2,047 yards.

On May 16, 2024, Tonyan signed with the Minnesota Vikings. He was released on August 27, and re-signed to the practice squad.