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36 Tyshaun Freeman
Tyshaun Freeman
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Weight:
    250
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Macon, Ga.
  • High School:
    Westside
  • Position:
    SB
  • gp
    9
  • yds
    35
  • yds/g
    3.9
  • td
    0

Bio

Junior (2022-23): Played in nine games...Recorded one tackle...Rushed 128 times for 633 yards and five touchdowns...Caught nine passes for 35 yards...Named HCAC All-Conference Honorable Mention.

Sophomore (2021-22): Named Honorable Mention All-HCAC...Played in nine games...Recorded career-best 114 rushes for 528 yards...Caught career-high 18 passes for 59 yards.

Freshman(2020-21): Named Second Team All-HCAC ... Played in seven games ... Rushed for 466 yards and five touchdowns on 110 carries ... Caught two passes for 41 yards.

Prep: Graduated in 2019 from Westside High School... Played football and baseball... Started out as a quarterback before moving to running back... Chosen first team all-region as a senior and second team all-region as a junior... Rushed for 2031 yards on 346 carries (5.9 average) and 23 touchdowns during his career... Ran 209 times for 1250 yards (6.0 average) and 15 touchdowns his final year... Team went 8-4 overall with a second-round Class AAA playoff appearance his senior season... Averaged 104.2 rushing yards per game over 12 contests in 2018... Had eight games in which he ran for 100 yards or more, including seven his senior year... Named his squad's Offensive Player of the Game seven times over his career... In baseball, he finished his career with a .320 batting average, .424 on-base percentage, 25 runs batted in, 25 runs scored and 14 stolen bases... Batted .406 as a sophomore... Originally committed to play football at Bayou Prep in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Personal: Son of Christina Ford and John Freeman ... Majoring in sport management.

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Oct 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 55-35
Oct 15 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-19
Oct 22 Anderson (Ind.) W, 32-22
Oct 29 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 76-35
Nov 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 24-21
Nov 12 at Bluffton W, 17-14
  Total Conference
Receptions 9 5
Yards 35 28
Yards per game 3.9 4.7
Yards per catch 3.9 5.6
Touchdowns 0 0

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 3 at Mount Union L, 65-0 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 Kalamazoo L, 42-23 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at Alfred St. L, 42-33 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 Hanover (Ind.) L, 37-20 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 55-35 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-19 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 Anderson (Ind.) W, 32-22 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 76-35 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 24-21 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 at Bluffton W, 17-14 - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 3 at Mount Union L, 65-0 10 22 2.2 11 0 - -
Sep 17 Kalamazoo L, 42-23 22 134 6.1 23 0 - -
Sep 24 at Alfred St. L, 42-33 24 96 4.0 19 1 - -
Oct 1 Hanover (Ind.) L, 37-20 - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 55-35 11 45 4.1 13 2 - -
Oct 15 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-19 20 142 7.1 24 1 1 1
Oct 22 Anderson (Ind.) W, 32-22 29 144 5.0 33 1 - -
Oct 29 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 76-35 12 50 4.2 17 0 1 1
Nov 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 24-21 - - - - - - -
Nov 12 at Bluffton W, 17-14 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 3 at Mount Union L, 65-0 3 1 0.3 4 0 - -
Sep 17 Kalamazoo L, 42-23 - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at Alfred St. L, 42-33 1 6 6.0 6 0 - -
Oct 1 Hanover (Ind.) L, 37-20 - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 55-35 - - - - - - -
Oct 15 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-19 - - - - - 1 1
Oct 22 Anderson (Ind.) W, 32-22 3 17 5.7 10 0 - -
Oct 29 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 76-35 2 11 5.5 6 0 1 1
Nov 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 24-21 - - - - - - -
Nov 12 at Bluffton W, 17-14 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 3 at Mount Union L, 65-0 - - - - - 0
Sep 17 Kalamazoo L, 42-23 - - - - - 0
Sep 24 at Alfred St. L, 42-33 - - - - - 0
Oct 1 Hanover (Ind.) L, 37-20 - - - - - 0
Oct 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 55-35 - - - - - 0
Oct 15 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-19 - - - - - 0
Oct 22 Anderson (Ind.) W, 32-22 - - - 0 0 0
Oct 29 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 76-35 - - - - - 0
Nov 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 24-21 - - - - - 0
Nov 12 at Bluffton W, 17-14 - - - - - -

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 3 at Mount Union L, 65-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 Kalamazoo L, 42-23 - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at Alfred St. L, 42-33 - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 Hanover (Ind.) L, 37-20 - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 55-35 - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-19 - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 Anderson (Ind.) W, 32-22 - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 76-35 - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 24-21 - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 at Bluffton W, 17-14 - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 3 at Mount Union L, 65-0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 Kalamazoo L, 42-23 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at Alfred St. L, 42-33 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 Hanover (Ind.) L, 37-20 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 55-35 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-19 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 Anderson (Ind.) W, 32-22 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 76-35 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 24-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 at Bluffton W, 17-14 - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 3 at Mount Union L, 65-0 1 22 1 - - 23
Sep 17 Kalamazoo L, 42-23 1 134 - - - 134
Sep 24 at Alfred St. L, 42-33 1 96 6 - - 102
Oct 1 Hanover (Ind.) L, 37-20 1 - - - - 0
Oct 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 55-35 1 45 - - - 45
Oct 15 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-19 1 142 - - - 142
Oct 22 Anderson (Ind.) W, 32-22 1 144 17 - - 161
Oct 29 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 76-35 1 50 11 - - 61
Nov 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 24-21 1 - - - - 0
Nov 12 at Bluffton W, 17-14 - - - - - -

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 3 at Mount Union L, 65-0 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 17 Kalamazoo L, 42-23 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 24 at Alfred St. L, 42-33 6 1 0 - - - - - - 0 0 0
Oct 1 Hanover (Ind.) L, 37-20 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 55-35 12 2 - - - - - - - 0 0 0
Oct 15 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-19 6 1 - - - - - - - 0 0 0
Oct 22 Anderson (Ind.) W, 32-22 6 1 0 - - - - 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 29 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 76-35 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0 0 -
Nov 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 24-21 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 12 at Bluffton W, 17-14 - - - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 3 at Mount Union L, 65-0 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 Kalamazoo L, 42-23 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at Alfred St. L, 42-33 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 1 Hanover (Ind.) L, 37-20 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 55-35 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 15 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-19 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 22 Anderson (Ind.) W, 32-22 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 29 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 76-35 0 1 1.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Nov 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 24-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 at Bluffton W, 17-14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2020-21 7 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2021-22 9 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2022-23 9 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2023-24 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Total 35 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Career Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2020-21 7 110 466 66.6 4.2 5 44 1 1
2021-22 9 114 528 58.7 4.6 0 26 3 2
2022-23 9 128 633 70.3 4.9 5 33 2 2
2023-24 10 156 976 97.6 6.3 13 55 2 1
Total 35 508 2603 74.4 5.1 23 55 8 6

Career Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2020-21 7 2 0.3 41 5.9 20.5 0 34
2021-22 9 18 2.0 59 6.6 3.3 0 10
2022-23 9 9 1.0 35 3.9 3.9 0 10
2023-24 10 11 1.1 124 12.4 11.3 1 40
Total 35 40 1.1 259 7.4 6.5 1 40

Career Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2020-21 7 - - - - 0 0 - 0
2021-22 9 - - - - - - - 0
2022-23 9 - - - - 0 0 - 0
2023-24 10 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Total 35 - - - - 0 0 - 0

Career Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2020-21 7 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 9 - - - - - - - -
2022-23 9 - - - - - - - -
2023-24 10 - - - - - - - -
Total 35 - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2020-21 - - - - - - - - - -
2021-22 - - - - - - - - - -
2022-23 - - - - - - - - - -
2023-24 - - - - - - - - - -
Total - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2020-21 7 466 41 - - 507 72.4
2021-22 9 528 59 - - 587 65.2
2022-23 9 633 35 - - 668 74.2
2023-24 10 976 124 - - 1100 110.0
Total 35 2603 259 - - 2862 81.8

Career Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2020-21 32 4.6 5 0 - - - - 0 - 1 0
2021-22 0 0.0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0
2022-23 30 3.3 5 0 - - - - 0 - 0 0
2023-24 84 8.4 13 1 - - - - 0 - 0 0
Total 146 4.2 23 1 - - - - 0 - 1 0

Career Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2020-21 7 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 9 1 0 1.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022-23 9 0 1 1.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023-24 10 1 0 1.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 35 2 1 3.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Splits Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event                      
Total 9 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Conference 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location                      
Home 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result                      
Wins 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 7 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Month                      
September 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 1 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Splits Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event                  
Total 9 128 633 70.3 4.9 5 33 2 2
Conference 6 72 381 63.5 5.3 4 33 2 2
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 4 51 278 69.5 5.5 1 33 - -
Away 5 77 355 71.0 4.6 4 24 2 2
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 2 29 144 72.0 5.0 1 33 - -
Losses 7 99 489 69.9 4.9 4 24 2 2
Month                  
September 3 56 252 84.0 4.5 1 23 - -
October 5 72 381 76.2 5.3 4 33 2 2
November 1 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event                
Total 9 9 1.0 35 3.9 3.9 0 10
Conference 6 5 0.8 28 4.7 5.6 0 10
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 4 3 0.8 17 4.3 5.7 0 10
Away 5 6 1.2 18 3.6 3.0 0 6
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 2 3 1.5 17 8.5 5.7 0 10
Losses 7 6 0.9 18 2.6 3.0 0 6
Month                
September 3 4 1.3 7 2.3 1.8 0 6
October 5 5 1.0 28 5.6 5.6 0 10
November 1 - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event                  
Total 9 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Conference 6 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location                  
Home 4 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Away 5 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result                  
Wins 2 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Losses 7 - - - - - - - 0
Month                  
September 3 - - - - - - - 0
October 5 - - - - 0 0 - 0
November 1 - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event                  
Total 9 - - - - - - - -
Conference 6 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 4 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 2 - - - - - - - -
Losses 7 - - - - - - - -
Month                  
September 3 - - - - - - - -
October 5 - - - - - - - -
November 1 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event                    
Total - - - - - - - - - -
Conference - - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location                    
Home - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result                    
Wins - - - - - - - - - -
Losses - - - - - - - - - -
Month                    
September - - - - - - - - - -
October - - - - - - - - - -
November - - - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event              
Total 9 633 35 - - 668 74.2
Conference 6 381 28 - - 409 68.2
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location              
Home 4 278 17 - - 295 73.8
Away 5 355 18 - - 373 74.6
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result              
Wins 2 144 17 - - 161 80.5
Losses 7 489 18 - - 507 72.4
Month              
September 3 252 7 - - 259 86.3
October 5 381 28 - - 409 81.8
November 1 - - - - 0 .0

Splits Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event                        
Total 30 3.3 5 0 - - - - 0 - 0 0
Conference 24 4.0 4 0 - - - - 0 - 0 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location                        
Home 6 1.5 1 0 - - - - 0 - 0 0
Away 24 4.8 4 0 - - - - - - 0 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result                        
Wins 6 3.0 1 0 - - - - 0 - 0 0
Losses 24 3.4 4 0 - - - - - - 0 0
Month                        
September 6 2.0 1 0 - - - - - - 0 0
October 24 4.8 4 0 - - - - 0 - 0 0
November 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event                                
Total 9 0 1 1.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Conference 6 0 1 1.0 .2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location                                
Home 4 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Away 5 0 1 1.0 .2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result                                
Wins 2 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Losses 7 0 1 1.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Month                                
September 3 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
October 5 0 1 1.0 .2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
November 1 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -

News Mentions

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Thirteen Yellow Jackets among All-HCAC football selections

November 17, 2022

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Rose-Hulman powers past Yellow Jackets

October 29, 2022

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Football takes down Anderson for first win

October 22, 2022

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Football defeated at Franklin

October 15, 2022

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Slow start hurts Football in loss

October 8, 2022

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Football falls on the road at Alfred State

September 24, 2022

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Football loses to Kalamazoo in Home Opener

September 20, 2022

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Football falls in season opener at Mount Union

The Defiance football team fell in their season opener on Saturday afternoon on the road at Mount Union, 65-0.

September 3, 2022