Sean Tyler Pledges and Gives Oklahoma State an Experienced D1 Thousand-Yard Rusher

STILLWATER – The good news just keeps on coming for Oklahoma State coming out of the recruiting weekend. The transfer portal that less than a week ago had the staff working to fill more 2023 class positions and had fans worried about future talent and depth, has now stabilized the Cowboys roster. Another portal addition from this past weekend’s visits is Western Michigan running back Sean Tyler. The 5-8, 185-pound Tyler is athletic, has speed, and this season even showed he could glide over snow in a game at Central Michigan.

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Tyler glides in the snow at Central Michigan.

In that snow game at Mount Pleasant, Mich. he had 177-yards on 26 carries with a 6.8-yards per carry average and a touchdown. On the season for the Broncos Tyler had 1,097-yards and seven touchdowns on 209 carries. He averaged 4.9-yards a carry. 

A native of Richton Park (Rich Central), Ill. he had 1,150-yards and nine touchdowns in his 2021 season. In his career at Western Michigan (four seasons) he has 2,830-yards and 23 touchdowns on 495 carries. He has averaged 5.9-yards a carry. Tyler appears to have two seasons, a fifth-year and his COVID-19 season left to play.

Watching Tyler on Saturday at the Cowboys practice for the Guaranteed Rate Bowl coming up Dec. 27 in Phoenix, Ariz. against Wisconsin, he spent much of his time interacting with the running backs and receivers and he seemed to already have made some connections with the Oklahoma State players.

Pokes Report contacted Tyler Monday morning to discuss the commitment and do a radio interview on Triple Play Sports Radio. Tyler told us he was excited and pumped up, but was working on homework and studying for an exam he had at noon CT on Monday. That should give you an idea the kind of player OSU is getting.

Tyler, like all NCAA Transfer Portal players, does not sign any paperwork other than a financial aid agreement, which binds Oklahoma State to providing academic aid and room and board for the transferring player. The player is not bound to the school until either attending a class or practicing with the program. Oklahoma State hopes to have as many of the transfer players as possible to Arizona on the bowl trip to practice, which the NCAA has now made possible again for mid-year transfers.