Tyler Shough
American football player (born 1999)
Tyler James Shough ( SHUCK; born September 28, 1999) is an American professional football quarterback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oregon Ducks, Texas Tech Red Raiders and Louisville Cardinals. Shough was selected by the Saints in the second round of the 2025 NFL draft.
Early life
Shough is a native of Chandler, Arizona, and Glenn and Dana Shough's fourth of five children. Shough's parents met as students at Arizona State University. His father Glenn is a retired police officer, currently teaching criminal justice and driver's education, and his mother Dana is a retired educator. In 2009, Dana was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer.
His elder sisters attended Hamilton High School in Chandler, where Shough and his younger brother Brady played in the football program. According to the family, he was special friends with future Major League Baseball player Cody Bellinger while they were students at Hamilton.
Shough became the starting varsity quarterback as a junior at the high-profile Hamilton High School football program in the 2016 season.
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