2016 Football Roster
Roster
Gilfus, Tyler

Jersey Number 19
Tyler Gilfus
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 192
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Cape Vincent, N.Y.
- High School:
- Thousand Islands
Bio
Career Overview: Reserve wide receiver who enrolled in January 2016 as a quarterback ... Shifted to wide receiver during 2016 spring practice ... Redshirted in 2016.
Freshman Year (2017): Played in two games ... Made his college debut in the season opener versus Central Connecticut State (9/1) and caught one pass for 11 yards ... Also saw the field during the fourth quarter of the Orange’s 41-17 victory over Central Michigan (9/16) ... Named to the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the spring.
2016: Redshirt season … ACC Honor Roll selection … Member of the 2017 Spring SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
High School: Five-year starter at quarterback and three-year captain for his father, head coach Joseph Gilfus, at Thousand Islands High School ... Holds the Thousand Islands record for career passing yards and threw 40 career TD passes ... Named to the 2015 All-Central New York Second Team by Syracuse.com ... Selected to participate in the John Arcaro Memorial Classic... Team and league MVP ... As a senior, completed 70 percent of his passes for 917 yards and 14 touchdowns to lead the Vikings to a 6-2 record and the Section III Class C North title ... Class president.
Personal: Tyler John Gilfus ... Born in September 1997 in Oswego, N.Y. ... Son of Joseph and Jonna Gilfus ... One brother, one sister ... Political science major.
Freshman Year (2017): Played in two games ... Made his college debut in the season opener versus Central Connecticut State (9/1) and caught one pass for 11 yards ... Also saw the field during the fourth quarter of the Orange’s 41-17 victory over Central Michigan (9/16) ... Named to the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the spring.
2016: Redshirt season … ACC Honor Roll selection … Member of the 2017 Spring SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
High School: Five-year starter at quarterback and three-year captain for his father, head coach Joseph Gilfus, at Thousand Islands High School ... Holds the Thousand Islands record for career passing yards and threw 40 career TD passes ... Named to the 2015 All-Central New York Second Team by Syracuse.com ... Selected to participate in the John Arcaro Memorial Classic... Team and league MVP ... As a senior, completed 70 percent of his passes for 917 yards and 14 touchdowns to lead the Vikings to a 6-2 record and the Section III Class C North title ... Class president.
Personal: Tyler John Gilfus ... Born in September 1997 in Oswego, N.Y. ... Son of Joseph and Jonna Gilfus ... One brother, one sister ... Political science major.
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