CAREER NOTES
Appeared in 55 career games, making 13 starts...Finished his career with 100 tackles (61 solo), four tackles for loss, one sack, two fumble recoveries and five pass breakups.
2024 • SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.
Season: Appeared in 16 games, making 23 tackles (10 solo) and breaking up two passes.
at West Virginia (8/31): Assisted on four tackles. Bowling Green (9/7): Made three tackles and broke up a pass. Kent State (9/21): Broke up a pass. Illinois (9/28): Made two solo stops. UCLA (10/5): Collected five tackles. at USC (10/12): Assisted on a tackle. at Wisconsin (10/26): Made two solo tackles. at Minnesota (11/23): Recorded one tackle. SMU (12/22): Made two solo stops. vs. Boise State (12/31): Assisted on two tackles. vs. Notre Dame (1/9): Made a solo tackle.
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 with six 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 Bolinsky, 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.