Tylan Grable | |
Current Team: | Buffalo Bills |
Number: | 68 |
Position: | Offensive tackle |
Birth Date: | 4 October 1999 |
Birth Place: | Gordon, Georgia, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 6 |
Weight Lb: | 306 |
High School: | Wilkinson County (GA) |
College: | Jacksonville State (2018–2021) UCF (2022–2023) |
Draftyear: | 2024 |
Draftround: | 6 |
Draftpick: | 204 |
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Status: | Active |
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Pfr: | G/GrabTy00 |
Tylan Grable (born October 4, 1999) is an American professional football offensive tackle for the Buffalo Bills in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Jacksonville State and UCF.
Grable was born on October 4, 1999, in Gordon, Georgia, and grew up there.[1] He attended Wilkinson County High School where he won four varsity letters as both a football and basketball player.[1] In football, he was a quarterback.[2] [3] He won the starting job as a sophomore and threw for over 5,000 yards in two seasons before missing his senior year due to injury.[1] He was a zero-star recruit with only one offer from Division II school West Alabama. He decided to walk-on to play for the FCS Jacksonville State Gamecocks.[1]
As a true freshman at Jacksonville State in 2018, Grable redshirted while transitioning to tight end.[4] He then began transitioning to the offensive line in 2019 and won a starting role at left tackle in 2020, earning first-team All-Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) and second-team FCS All-America honors.[4] He was a unanimous all-conference selection in 2021.[5]
Grable transferred to the UCF Knights for the 2022 season.[6] He started all 14 games for the team that year and was named third-team All-American Athletic Conference (AAC) by Pro Football Focus.[5] He returned for a final season in 2023 and started 13 games, being named honorable mention all-Big 12.[1] [5] [7] He was invited to the East–West Shrine Bowl and to the NFL Scouting Combine.[8]
Grable was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the sixth round (204th overall) of the 2024 NFL draft.[9]