| Tyler Steen | |
| Current Team: | Philadelphia Eagles |
| Number: | 56 |
| Position: | Guard |
| Birth Date: | 24 June 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 6 |
| Weight Lb: | 321 |
| Draftyear: | 2023 |
| Draftround: | 3 |
| Draftpick: | 65 |
| Pastteams: |
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| Status: | Active |
| Highlights: | |
| Statseason: | 2023 |
| Statlabel1: | Games played |
| Statvalue1: | 11 |
| Statlabel2: | Games started |
| Statvalue2: | 1 |
| Pfr: | SteeTy00 |
Tyler Maxwell Steen (born June 24, 2000) is an American football guard for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Vanderbilt before transferring to Alabama in 2022.
Steen was born on June 24, 2000, in Miami, Florida. He is the oldest of three sons to Samantha Steen, Esq, an attorney, and Daris Steen, a retired member of the U.S. Marine Corps. Steen attended St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale He played both offense and defense on the St. Thomas Aquinas High School football team. Steen was also a member of the track and field team.[1]
Steen enrolled at Vanderbilt University in 2018, playing four games at defensive end as a freshman for their football team, recording one tackle. He moved to right tackle as a sophomore in 2019 before moving to left tackle as a junior. Steen started thirty-four of thirty-eight games played at Vanderbilt, receiving All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) honors twice.[2]
In 2022, Steen was a graduate transfer to the University of Alabama to play his final season of eligibility for the Crimson Tide. He started all thirteen regular season games for Alabama.[3] Steen would be named second-team All-SEC and started in the 2023 Senior Bowl.[4] [5]
Steen was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the third round, 65th overall, of the 2023 NFL draft.[6] On November 5, 2023, Steen got his first professional start against the Dallas Cowboys.[7] As a rookie, he appeared in 11 games and started one in the 2023 season.[8]
Steen has two young brothers, Blake (2004) and Dylan Steen (2008). Blake is a member of the University of Virginia football team. Steen's grandfather, Sergeant Rodney Maxwell Davis, was a non-commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism above and beyond the call of duty in 1967, during the Vietnam War.[9]