Ty Okada
American football player (born 1999)
Tyler Okada (born June 4, 1999) is an American professional football free safety for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Montana State Bobcats.
Early life
Ty Okada grew up in Woodbury, Minnesota, and attended East Ridge High School. He was a two-time All-Section selection and 2017 All-Star selection in baseball during his high school career. Okada was a multiple team captain for wrestling and also a two-time MSHSL State qualifier, earning All-State honors his sophomore year. In football, Okada was named team captain his senior season and earned the All-District Offensive Player of the Year honors as a quarterback.
College career
Okada joined the Montana State Bobcats as a walk-on and redshirted his true freshman season where he won the "Young Gun" award. He played mostly on special teams as a redshirt freshman. During his redshirt sophomore season, Okada missed most of the regular season due to injury. Okada would return to start for the Bobcats after the injury to make his first career start at safety during the first round of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs against Incarnate Word.
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