Tyler Gant
DL · Freshman
6'3" · 280 lbs · Defense
Background
- Hometown
- St. Louis, Mo.
- High school
- Christian Brothers College
Recruiting
- Rating
- 3-star (0.8769 247 composite)
- National rank
- #674
- Class
- 2023
- Source
- 247 composite
2026 season
No 2026 stats recorded yet.
Season by season
2025tap to read
Played in seven games … Registered four total tackles and matched a career high in solo tackles (two) … Posted a solo tackle in the season opener at Tulane (8/30) … Added a stop in the GameAbove Sports Bowl against Central Michigan (12/26).
2024tap to read
Appeared in nine games, registering four tackles and two pass breakups ... Recorded two tackles in a win over Miami (Ohio) (8/31) ... Logged his first career pass breakup against Duke (9/6).
2023tap to read
Made collegiate debut and recorded first career tackle in home win versus Purdue (11/18) ... Redshirted. High School: Rated as a three-star prospect by 247Sports, and ranked as the No. 17 player in Missouri and No. 64 defensive lineman nationally … Attended Christian Brothers College High School in St. Louis, Mo. … Class 6A All-State Team during his senior year … Won the Class 6A state championship during his junior and senior seasons … Two-time First Team All-Metro … Also earned Academic All-State honors those two years … Named a Top 25 player in STL Metro by the NFF in 2023 … Chose Northwestern over Illinois, Wisconsin, and Arkansas.
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2025 Redshirt Sophomore:
Played in seven games … Registered four total tackles and matched a career high in solo tackles (two) … Posted a solo tackle in the season opener at Tulane (8/30) … Added a stop in the GameAbove Sports Bowl against Central Michigan (12/26).
2024 Redshirt First-Year:
Appeared in nine games, registering four tackles and two pass breakups ... Recorded two tackles in a win over Miami (Ohio) (8/31) ... Logged his first career pass breakup against Duke (9/6).
2023 First-Year:
Made collegiate debut and recorded first career tackle in home win versus Purdue (11/18) ... Redshirted.
High School:
Rated as a three-star prospect by 247Sports, and ranked as the No. 17 player in Missouri and No. 64 defensive lineman nationally … Attended Christian Brothers College High School in St. Louis, Mo. … Class 6A All-State Team during his senior year … Won the Class 6A state championship during his junior and senior seasons … Two-time First Team All-Metro … Also earned Academic All-State honors those two years … Named a Top 25 player in STL Metro by the NFF in 2023 … Chose Northwestern over Illinois, Wisconsin, and Arkansas.