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Tyler Kroft

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Born
1992 (31 years old)

Birth Place

Downingtown, PA, USA

Position
Tight End

Status
Active

Ethnicity
White

Team Number
48

Height
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)

Weight
252 lb (114 kg)

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Miami Dolphins

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Tyler Kroft (born October 15, 1992) is an American football tight end for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Rutgers. He was drafted in the third round, 85th overall, in the 2015 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals. He has also played for the Buffalo Bills, New York Jets and San Francisco 49ers.

Early years
Kroft attended Downingtown East High School in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. He played tight end and wide receiver for the football team. He was rated by Rivals.com as a three-star recruit. He committed to Rutgers University to play college football.

College career
Kroft was redshirted as a freshman in 2011 at Rutgers. As a redshirt freshman in 2012, he played in 11 games and had three receptions for 59 yards and a touchdown. As a redshirt sophomore in 2013, Kroft started 12 of 13 games, including a career-best 133 yards against Arkansas in game 4. On the season, he had a team-leading 43 receptions and 573 yards, along with four touchdowns, and was a first-team all-conference selection. Kroft started 12 of 13 games as a redshirt junior in 2014, but took on a restricted role and reached neither five receptions nor 50 yards in any of them. On the season, he had 24 receptions for 269 yards. He was awarded the "Loyal Knight" award for his willingness to scale back.

After his redshirt junior season, he entered the 2015 NFL Draft. He finished his collegiate career with 70 receptions for 901 yards and five touchdowns.