2023 • JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Postseason: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors. Preseason: Named to the Reese's Senior Bowl watch list.
Season: Appeared in 13 games on defense and special teams...Finished with 21 tackles (16 solo), a tackle for loss, a fumble recovery, two pass breakups and a quarterback hurry.
West Virginia (9/2): Made a solo stop. at Illinois (9/16): Made three solo stops...Added a pass breakup. at Northwestern (9/30): Made a solo tackle and broke up a pass. UMass (10/14): Posted a solo tackle. at Ohio State (10/21): Recovered a muffed punt in the third quarter...Added a solo tackle. Indiana (10/28): Posted two solo stops. at Maryland (11/4): Recorded a tackle for loss. Michigan (11/11): Posted a solo tackle. at Michigan State (11/24): Assisted on two tackles. vs. Ole Miss (12/30): Made two solo stops.
2022 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.
Season: Made 13 starts at middle linebacker...Recorded 44 tackles (25 solo), three tackles for loss, a sack, two quarterback hurries, a fumble recovery and a pass breakup.
at Purdue (9/1): Made three solo tackles in first career start. Ohio (9/10): Paced the team with six tackles (3 solo), matching his career high...Added a half tackle for loss. at Auburn (9/17): Made four solo tackles...Added a tackle for loss. Central Michigan (9/24): Posted two solo stops. Northwestern (10/1): Recorded a pass breakup and assisted on a tackle. at Michigan (10/15): Matched a career high withsix total tackles. Minnesota (10/22): Recorded three solo tackles, including a tackle for loss and a quarterback hurry. Ohio State (10/29): Collected one solo stop. at Indiana (11/5): Picked up two tackles. Maryland (11/12): Recorded four total tackles (2 solo). at Rutgers (11/19): Totaled three tackles and his first career sack. Michigan State (11/26): Posted three total tackles (2 solo)...Added a fumble recovery and a quarterback hurry. vs. Utah (1/2): Posted six stops (3 solo).
2021 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.
Season: Appeared in 12 games on defense and special teams...Made 12 tackles (9 solo).
Ball State (9/11): Recorded three tackles. Villanova (9/25): Made a solo tackle. Indiana (10/2): Tallied a solo tackle. at Maryland (11/6): Recorded a solo tackle. vs. Arkansas (1/1): Made a career-high six tackles (5 solo).
2020 • TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Appeared in one game...Named the coaching staff's Developmental Squad Defensive Player of the Week (Nebraska, 11/14)...Earned the coaching staff's Developmental Squad Special Teams Player of the Week (Michigan, 11/28).
Illinois (12/19): Recorded a solo tackle.
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterman for head coach Walter Hall at North Schuylkill High School...Was a team captain as a senior...Helped the Spartans to back-to-back Schuylkill League Championships in 2018 and 2019...Guided North Schuylkill to the District 11 title in 2018...2019 Mr. PA Football 1A-3A Finalist...Named first-team Football News Class 3A All-State as a junior...Selected to the 2019 PennLive All-Pennsylvania High School Football Team...Earned first-team PA Writers Class 3A All-State accolades as a junior...Garnered WNEP Super 16 Dream Team and All-EasternPAFootball.com Team honors as a junior...Claimed Schuylkill League Defensive Player of the Year as a junior by the Schuylkill County Football Coaches Association (SCFCA), Standard Speaker and Pottsville Republican...Earned All-Schuylkill League first team honors in 2017 and 2018...Named to the Standard Speakers All-Area team and Republican Herald All-Area second team in 2017...Was a Schuylkill County Coaches Association All-Star in as a sophomore...Recorded 88 tackles, five sacks, 15 tackles for loss, three forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries and four pass breakups as a senior...Had 115 tackles, 23 tackles for loss, seven sacks, two interceptions and three blocked punts as a junior...Contributed 260 rushing yards, 10 touchdowns on offense in 2018...Had 80 tackles as a sophomore...Registered 50 tackles as a freshman...Rated a four-star prospect by 247Sports and a three-star recruit by ESPN and Rivals...Rated as the No. 344 overall prospect, No. 15 inside linebacker and No. 5 recruit in Pennsylvania by 247Sports...Ranked as the No. 17 inside linebacker, No. 99 player in the region and No. 6 prospect in Pennsylvania by ESPN...Ranked as the No. 9 recruit in Pennsylvania by Rivals...Lettered twice in track & field...Participated in the state meet in the 4x100 and 4x400.
PERSONAL
Full name is Tyler David Elsdon...Son of Nea and John Griffin...Has two brothers, Nathan and Mathew...Cousin, Aaron Bolinsky, was a long snapper for Syracuse (2019-22)...Cousin, Rick Bolinski, was a football letterman at Penn State in 1999...Aunt, Vanessa Lindenmuth, graduated from Penn State...Hobbies include hunting, riding, trap shooting and lifting weights...Majoring in health policy and administration.