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Torry McTyer

American football player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ29641092 ↗
Source-derived summary

Torry McTyer (born April 10, 1995) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the UNLV Rebels before signing with the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2017. McTyer was also a member of the Kansas City Chiefs, Cincinnati Bengals, and Washington Football Team.

Early life and college

A three-star recruit, McTyer committed to UNLV to play college football over an offer from California. In 2016, he started 11 games at cornerback for UNLV and finished the season with 49 tackles, 15 passes defensed with 3 interceptions.

Professional career

Miami Dolphins

McTyer signed with the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent on May 5, 2017. He was waived on August 31, 2019, .

Kansas City Chiefs

On September 3, 2019, McTyer signed with the Kansas City Chiefs' practice squad.

Cincinnati Bengals

On September 26, 2019, McTyer was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals off the Chiefs practice squad. He re-signed with the Bengals on March 23, 2020.

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“Torry McTyer” enters the record as american football player. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Torry, McTyer and American can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1995, 2017, 2016, 2019—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1995-04-10. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Torry, McTyer and American.
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“Torry McTyer” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Torry, McTyer and American provides the most credible route into that argument.

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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q29641092. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1995, 2017, 2016 and 2019.

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This entry incorporates text from “Torry McTyer” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.