2017-18 Men's Basketball Roster
Davis, Tyler

Jersey Number 34
Tyler Davis
- Height:
- 6-10
- Weight:
- 266
- Position:
- Center
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Plano, Texas
- High School:
- Plano West HS
Bio
Texas A&M Accolades
• 2017-18 – USBWA All-District VII
• 2017-18 – NABC All-District 21
• 2017-18 – First Team All-SEC (Coaches)
• 2017-18 – Co-SEC Player of the Week (1/22/18)
• 2017-18 – Honorable Mention Preseason All-America (NBC Sports)
• 2017-18 – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award Watch List
• 2016-17 – SEC Player of the Week (12/12/16)
• 2016-17 – Second Team All-SEC (Coaches)
• 2016-17 – USBWA All-District VII
• 2015-16 – SEC All-Freshman Team (Coaches)
2017-18 (Junior)
First Team All-SEC as well as All-District (US Basketball Writers Association & National Association of Basketball Coaches) performer during a standout junior season … stood out as the only Aggie to start all 35 games as he helped guide Texas A&M to the Sweet 16 for the second time in three collegiate seasons … led the SEC in field goal percentage (58.5 percent) for the third consecutive season … paced the Aggies in scoring at 14.9 points per game, which ranked 13th in the SEC … saw his scoring average increase to 15.1 points-per-contest during league play … checked in at second in the SEC with an 8.9 rebounding average on the season, including a league-leading 8.9 average during conference games … pulled down 313 rebounds, falling just four boards short of the A&M single season record of 317 set by Claude Riley in 1982 … joined Texas A&M’s exclusive 1,000-Point, 500-Rebound and 100-Block Clubs as a junior, becoming the fifth Aggie to reach all three milestones during their playing career … posted a team-high 12 double-doubles on the season, second most in the SEC to only Georgia’s Yante Maten … tipped off the season with a double-double against No. 11 West Virginia (11/10) during the Armed Forces Classic at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, finishing with 23 points, 13 rebounds and a block in 30 minutes … scored 15 points and made his first career 3-point basket against Penn State (11/21) as the Aggies won the Legends Classic at Barclays Center … made 6-of-7 field goal attempts to post 13 points in a win over UTRGV (11/30) … hit 20-point mark for the second time on the season, making 9-of-12 field goal attempts, during the Aggies’ first setback of the year vs. Arizona (12/5) ... blocked a season-best four shots against Prairie View A&M (12/9) … posted a double-double that included 17 rebounds during a win over Savannah State (12/13) … the 17 boards were the most by an SEC player in a game during the 2017-18 campaign … registered a third straight double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds against Buffalo (12/21), posted his 1,000th career point against the Bulls to become 36th member of the 1,000-point club at Texas A&M ... also dished out a season-best four assists vs. Buffalo … cracked the 20-point mark for the third time at Kentucky (1/9), finishing with 21 points on 8-for-10 shooting from the floor ... posted 13th career double-double with 11 points and 14 rebounds against Missouri (1/20) ... named SEC Player of the Week on Jan. 22 for his contributions to Aggie wins over Ole Miss and Missouri … contributed a third straight double-double at LSU (1/23), finishing with 12 points and 12 rebounds ... recorded his fourth double-double in five games with a 13-board, 15-rebound performance in a win over Arkansas (1/30) including a career-high 11 offensive rebounds ... scored a season-high 25 on 9-for-11 shooting and recorded 11 rebounds against Mississippi State (2/20) ... contributed 22 points and nine boards in the win at Vanderbilt (2/24) ... notched his 11th double-double of the season by scoring 20 points with 10 rebounds in regular season finale against Alabama (3/3) ... during the Aggies’ NCAA Tournament opener vs. Providence (3/18), notched a double-double by finishing with 14 points and 15 boards to pass Ronnie Peret (735 rebounds from 1966-69) for 12th on A&M’s all-time rebounding list … the 15 rebounds tied for the second most by an Aggie in an NCAA Tournament game … dominated the paint scoring 18 points and corralling nine rebounds in the NCAA Second Round match up against North Carolina (3/18) … by registering three blocks against the Tar Heels, Davis joined Brian Davis (no relation) as the only other Aggie to register three or more blocks in multiple tournament games … led the Aggies with 24 points on 11-of-17 shooting as the season came to an end with a Sweet 16 loss to No. 3 seed Michigan at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
2016-17 (Sophomore)
Garnered Second Team All-SEC and US Basketball Writers Association All-District VII honors following an impressive sophomore campaign ... led the SEC and ranked 14th nationally in field goal percentage at 61.7 percent ... paced the Aggies and ranked 12th in the SEC with a 14.1 point-per-game scoring averaged while checking in at eighth in the league by grabbing an average of 7.0 rebounds per contest ... grabbed four double-doubles on the season while totaling 44 assists, 29 blocked shots and 15 steals ... finished third in the SEC and ranked 39th nationally in offensive rebounding at 3.1 boards off the offensive glass per game ... shot 69.3 percent in a team-leading 153 chances from the free throw line ... got off to a hot start with a double-double during the season-opener against Northwestern State (11/11), finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds in 21 minutes on the floor against the Demons ... averaged 12 points per game to earn All-Tournament Team honors at Wooden Legacy Classic by registering a double-double against Virginia Tech (11/25) with 12 points and 10 rebounds ... followed the VaTech showing with a 16-point, eight-rebound performance in Wooden championship game against No. 14 UCLA (11/27) ... scored season-high 25 points against A&M Corpus Christi (12/5), shooting 9-for-12 from the floor and 7-for-9 from the free throw line ... added eight rebounds and pair of blocks in 30 minutes against Islanders ... scored 20-plus point for second time in career against SC State (12/10), finished with 22 points and eight rebounds against Bulldogs ... named SEC Player of the Week on Dec. 12 after averaging 18 points and eight rebounds per game in games against A&M-Corpus Christi, Denver & South Carolina State ... eclipsed 20-point mark for third time in four games against Arizona (12/17), going 8-for-14 from the floor with 10 rebounds, two assists and two blocks ... contributed 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting vs. Saint Francis (12/21) ... scored 16 points and collected five rebounds at Mississippi State (1/14), scored 12 of his 16 points in the second half despite dealing with foul trouble for much of the game ... finished with 20 points on 9-of-11 shooting to reach the 20-point plateau for the fourth time in his career at Ole Miss (1/25) ... carded his fourth double-double of the season by finishing with 19 points and a career-high 18 rebounds at No. 18 West Virginia (1/28) ... his 18 boards at WVU marked the most by an Aggie since David Harris grabbed 19 vs. Houston on Feb. 24, 1990 ... additionally, the 18-rebound performance was the most by any player in the history of WVU Coliseum, which opened in 1970 ... scored a game-high 18 points on 8-of-9 shooting against Vanderbilt (1/31) ... tied his season-high with 25 points, converting 11-of-18 shot attempts, at Vanderbilt (2/16) ... hit the 20-point mark again at Arkansas (2/22), finishing with 21 points on 9-of-10 shooting while adding seven boards, two blocks and an assist against the Hogs ... contributed 18 points and eight rebounds against Vanderbilt during the SEC Tournament (3/9).
2015-16 (Freshman)
Wasted no time establishing himself as one of the SEC’s best players as a rookie, garnering SEC All-Freshman team accolades … started 34 contests while playing 36 games and averaging 22.8 minutes per outing … contributed 11.3 points and 6.2 rebounds per outing while racking up 26 assists and 20 steals … led the team with 41 blocked shots … stood out as one of the country’s most efficient players on the offensive end, converting 150-of-299 to lead the SEC with a 65.5 shooting percentage … scoring average ranked eighth among all SEC rookies … made A&M debut on opening night vs. USC Upstate (11/13), finishing with 16 points, making all five of his shots from the field and 6-of-7 free throws ... registered first career double-double against SE Louisiana (11/16), contributing 18 points and 12 rebounds … made 6-of-8 field goals while tallying three assists and a pair of steals against the Lions ... chipped in 16 points on 5-of-6 shooting with a game-high eight boards against A&M-CC (11/19) ... scored 11 points vs. UNC Asheville (11/21) ... reached double-digits for a fifth straight contest to begin the season, scoring 14 points in Battle4Atlantis opening-round victory over Texas (11/25) on 5-of-7 shooting from the floor and 4-for-5 from the free throw line ... pulled down seven rebounds in Battle4Atlantis title game vs. Syracuse (11/27) with eight points, three blocks and a pair of assists ... scored 10 points in win over Kansas State (12/12) ... named SEC Freshman of the Week on Dec. 21 after scoring 15 points and grabbing five rebounds in win over then 16th-ranked Baylor (12/19) … was perfect 6-for-6 from the floor vs. the Bears ... returned to double-digit scoring in A&M's comeback win at Tennessee (1/6), finishing with 11 points, six rebounds and a block in 25 minutes of action against Vols ... scored a season-best 18 points for the third time vs. LSU (1/19), shooting 7-for-9 from the floor ... after missing the Missouri game (1/23) due to injury, returned to action at Arkansas (1/27), scoring 14 points and collecting eight rebounds in 26 minutes of action ... against Iowa State (1/30), finished with 14 points on 6-for-8 shooting from the floor to go along with six rebounds and a steal in 22 minutes ... provided one of the season’s highlights with a buzzer-beating putback in overtime to lift A&M to a win over No. 14 Kentucky (2/20) … finished with a double-double against the Wildcats, logging 15 points and 12 rebounds ... Named SEC Co-Freshman of the Week on Feb. 22 following the UK win ... scored 15 points for second straight game, helping A&M defeat Mississippi State (2/24) ... came one rebound shy of double-double at Auburn (3/1), finishing with 14 points and nine rebounds in 26 minutes of action against the Tigers ... scored 16 points in regular season finale against Vanderbilt (3/5) going 6-for-9 from the floor to help A&M secure share of SEC Championship ... scored 12 points in 21 minutes of action against Green Bay (3/18) in Aggies’ First Round NCAA win ... scored 10 points in 17 minutes against UNI (3/24) … scored 17 points on 7-of-8 shooting during the Sweet 16 match-up against Oklahoma (3/24) … averaged 13 points and 7.3 rebounds during the Aggies’ NCAA Tournament run.
Before A&M
Honored as Mr. Basketball in the state of Texas by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches following a standout senior season at Plano West High School in Plano, Texas, where he helped lead the Wolves to a 33-2 overall record and Class 6A State Championship ... regarded as the top player in the state by ESPN as well as the No. 7 center nationally ... ranked as a consensus four-star prospect by 247 Sports, ESPN, Rivals and Scout ... 247 Sports ranked Davis as the country’s No. 5 center prospect ... member of the ESPN top 100 (No. 27 overall) ... averaged 18.7 points, 12.2 rebounds and 3.4 blocks per contest as a senior while shooting 68 percent from the floor to garner Class 6A Player of the Year and first team All-State accolades by TABC as well as earned honorable mention All-America recondition by MaxPreps ... also dished out 68 assists during his final prep season at Plano West, while totaling 108 blocked shots and 27 steals ... earned a spot in the 2015 Jordan Brand Classic game, held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., scoring seven points and grabbing seven rebounds at the event which featured many of the country’s top high school seniors ... attended Frisco Liberty High School as a freshman and sophomore before transferring to Plano West High School for his junior year, sitting out of competition as a junior per UIL transfer rules ... during AAU competition, played with the Texas Titans, where he averaged 15.5 points, 7.8 rebounds and just under two blocks per contest while helping the Titans make a final four appearance in the 2014 Nike Elite Youth Basketball playoffs.
Personal
• 2017-18 – USBWA All-District VII
• 2017-18 – NABC All-District 21
• 2017-18 – First Team All-SEC (Coaches)
• 2017-18 – Co-SEC Player of the Week (1/22/18)
• 2017-18 – Honorable Mention Preseason All-America (NBC Sports)
• 2017-18 – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award Watch List
• 2016-17 – SEC Player of the Week (12/12/16)
• 2016-17 – Second Team All-SEC (Coaches)
• 2016-17 – USBWA All-District VII
• 2015-16 – SEC All-Freshman Team (Coaches)
2017-18 (Junior)
First Team All-SEC as well as All-District (US Basketball Writers Association & National Association of Basketball Coaches) performer during a standout junior season … stood out as the only Aggie to start all 35 games as he helped guide Texas A&M to the Sweet 16 for the second time in three collegiate seasons … led the SEC in field goal percentage (58.5 percent) for the third consecutive season … paced the Aggies in scoring at 14.9 points per game, which ranked 13th in the SEC … saw his scoring average increase to 15.1 points-per-contest during league play … checked in at second in the SEC with an 8.9 rebounding average on the season, including a league-leading 8.9 average during conference games … pulled down 313 rebounds, falling just four boards short of the A&M single season record of 317 set by Claude Riley in 1982 … joined Texas A&M’s exclusive 1,000-Point, 500-Rebound and 100-Block Clubs as a junior, becoming the fifth Aggie to reach all three milestones during their playing career … posted a team-high 12 double-doubles on the season, second most in the SEC to only Georgia’s Yante Maten … tipped off the season with a double-double against No. 11 West Virginia (11/10) during the Armed Forces Classic at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, finishing with 23 points, 13 rebounds and a block in 30 minutes … scored 15 points and made his first career 3-point basket against Penn State (11/21) as the Aggies won the Legends Classic at Barclays Center … made 6-of-7 field goal attempts to post 13 points in a win over UTRGV (11/30) … hit 20-point mark for the second time on the season, making 9-of-12 field goal attempts, during the Aggies’ first setback of the year vs. Arizona (12/5) ... blocked a season-best four shots against Prairie View A&M (12/9) … posted a double-double that included 17 rebounds during a win over Savannah State (12/13) … the 17 boards were the most by an SEC player in a game during the 2017-18 campaign … registered a third straight double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds against Buffalo (12/21), posted his 1,000th career point against the Bulls to become 36th member of the 1,000-point club at Texas A&M ... also dished out a season-best four assists vs. Buffalo … cracked the 20-point mark for the third time at Kentucky (1/9), finishing with 21 points on 8-for-10 shooting from the floor ... posted 13th career double-double with 11 points and 14 rebounds against Missouri (1/20) ... named SEC Player of the Week on Jan. 22 for his contributions to Aggie wins over Ole Miss and Missouri … contributed a third straight double-double at LSU (1/23), finishing with 12 points and 12 rebounds ... recorded his fourth double-double in five games with a 13-board, 15-rebound performance in a win over Arkansas (1/30) including a career-high 11 offensive rebounds ... scored a season-high 25 on 9-for-11 shooting and recorded 11 rebounds against Mississippi State (2/20) ... contributed 22 points and nine boards in the win at Vanderbilt (2/24) ... notched his 11th double-double of the season by scoring 20 points with 10 rebounds in regular season finale against Alabama (3/3) ... during the Aggies’ NCAA Tournament opener vs. Providence (3/18), notched a double-double by finishing with 14 points and 15 boards to pass Ronnie Peret (735 rebounds from 1966-69) for 12th on A&M’s all-time rebounding list … the 15 rebounds tied for the second most by an Aggie in an NCAA Tournament game … dominated the paint scoring 18 points and corralling nine rebounds in the NCAA Second Round match up against North Carolina (3/18) … by registering three blocks against the Tar Heels, Davis joined Brian Davis (no relation) as the only other Aggie to register three or more blocks in multiple tournament games … led the Aggies with 24 points on 11-of-17 shooting as the season came to an end with a Sweet 16 loss to No. 3 seed Michigan at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
2016-17 (Sophomore)
Garnered Second Team All-SEC and US Basketball Writers Association All-District VII honors following an impressive sophomore campaign ... led the SEC and ranked 14th nationally in field goal percentage at 61.7 percent ... paced the Aggies and ranked 12th in the SEC with a 14.1 point-per-game scoring averaged while checking in at eighth in the league by grabbing an average of 7.0 rebounds per contest ... grabbed four double-doubles on the season while totaling 44 assists, 29 blocked shots and 15 steals ... finished third in the SEC and ranked 39th nationally in offensive rebounding at 3.1 boards off the offensive glass per game ... shot 69.3 percent in a team-leading 153 chances from the free throw line ... got off to a hot start with a double-double during the season-opener against Northwestern State (11/11), finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds in 21 minutes on the floor against the Demons ... averaged 12 points per game to earn All-Tournament Team honors at Wooden Legacy Classic by registering a double-double against Virginia Tech (11/25) with 12 points and 10 rebounds ... followed the VaTech showing with a 16-point, eight-rebound performance in Wooden championship game against No. 14 UCLA (11/27) ... scored season-high 25 points against A&M Corpus Christi (12/5), shooting 9-for-12 from the floor and 7-for-9 from the free throw line ... added eight rebounds and pair of blocks in 30 minutes against Islanders ... scored 20-plus point for second time in career against SC State (12/10), finished with 22 points and eight rebounds against Bulldogs ... named SEC Player of the Week on Dec. 12 after averaging 18 points and eight rebounds per game in games against A&M-Corpus Christi, Denver & South Carolina State ... eclipsed 20-point mark for third time in four games against Arizona (12/17), going 8-for-14 from the floor with 10 rebounds, two assists and two blocks ... contributed 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting vs. Saint Francis (12/21) ... scored 16 points and collected five rebounds at Mississippi State (1/14), scored 12 of his 16 points in the second half despite dealing with foul trouble for much of the game ... finished with 20 points on 9-of-11 shooting to reach the 20-point plateau for the fourth time in his career at Ole Miss (1/25) ... carded his fourth double-double of the season by finishing with 19 points and a career-high 18 rebounds at No. 18 West Virginia (1/28) ... his 18 boards at WVU marked the most by an Aggie since David Harris grabbed 19 vs. Houston on Feb. 24, 1990 ... additionally, the 18-rebound performance was the most by any player in the history of WVU Coliseum, which opened in 1970 ... scored a game-high 18 points on 8-of-9 shooting against Vanderbilt (1/31) ... tied his season-high with 25 points, converting 11-of-18 shot attempts, at Vanderbilt (2/16) ... hit the 20-point mark again at Arkansas (2/22), finishing with 21 points on 9-of-10 shooting while adding seven boards, two blocks and an assist against the Hogs ... contributed 18 points and eight rebounds against Vanderbilt during the SEC Tournament (3/9).
2015-16 (Freshman)
Wasted no time establishing himself as one of the SEC’s best players as a rookie, garnering SEC All-Freshman team accolades … started 34 contests while playing 36 games and averaging 22.8 minutes per outing … contributed 11.3 points and 6.2 rebounds per outing while racking up 26 assists and 20 steals … led the team with 41 blocked shots … stood out as one of the country’s most efficient players on the offensive end, converting 150-of-299 to lead the SEC with a 65.5 shooting percentage … scoring average ranked eighth among all SEC rookies … made A&M debut on opening night vs. USC Upstate (11/13), finishing with 16 points, making all five of his shots from the field and 6-of-7 free throws ... registered first career double-double against SE Louisiana (11/16), contributing 18 points and 12 rebounds … made 6-of-8 field goals while tallying three assists and a pair of steals against the Lions ... chipped in 16 points on 5-of-6 shooting with a game-high eight boards against A&M-CC (11/19) ... scored 11 points vs. UNC Asheville (11/21) ... reached double-digits for a fifth straight contest to begin the season, scoring 14 points in Battle4Atlantis opening-round victory over Texas (11/25) on 5-of-7 shooting from the floor and 4-for-5 from the free throw line ... pulled down seven rebounds in Battle4Atlantis title game vs. Syracuse (11/27) with eight points, three blocks and a pair of assists ... scored 10 points in win over Kansas State (12/12) ... named SEC Freshman of the Week on Dec. 21 after scoring 15 points and grabbing five rebounds in win over then 16th-ranked Baylor (12/19) … was perfect 6-for-6 from the floor vs. the Bears ... returned to double-digit scoring in A&M's comeback win at Tennessee (1/6), finishing with 11 points, six rebounds and a block in 25 minutes of action against Vols ... scored a season-best 18 points for the third time vs. LSU (1/19), shooting 7-for-9 from the floor ... after missing the Missouri game (1/23) due to injury, returned to action at Arkansas (1/27), scoring 14 points and collecting eight rebounds in 26 minutes of action ... against Iowa State (1/30), finished with 14 points on 6-for-8 shooting from the floor to go along with six rebounds and a steal in 22 minutes ... provided one of the season’s highlights with a buzzer-beating putback in overtime to lift A&M to a win over No. 14 Kentucky (2/20) … finished with a double-double against the Wildcats, logging 15 points and 12 rebounds ... Named SEC Co-Freshman of the Week on Feb. 22 following the UK win ... scored 15 points for second straight game, helping A&M defeat Mississippi State (2/24) ... came one rebound shy of double-double at Auburn (3/1), finishing with 14 points and nine rebounds in 26 minutes of action against the Tigers ... scored 16 points in regular season finale against Vanderbilt (3/5) going 6-for-9 from the floor to help A&M secure share of SEC Championship ... scored 12 points in 21 minutes of action against Green Bay (3/18) in Aggies’ First Round NCAA win ... scored 10 points in 17 minutes against UNI (3/24) … scored 17 points on 7-of-8 shooting during the Sweet 16 match-up against Oklahoma (3/24) … averaged 13 points and 7.3 rebounds during the Aggies’ NCAA Tournament run.
Before A&M
Honored as Mr. Basketball in the state of Texas by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches following a standout senior season at Plano West High School in Plano, Texas, where he helped lead the Wolves to a 33-2 overall record and Class 6A State Championship ... regarded as the top player in the state by ESPN as well as the No. 7 center nationally ... ranked as a consensus four-star prospect by 247 Sports, ESPN, Rivals and Scout ... 247 Sports ranked Davis as the country’s No. 5 center prospect ... member of the ESPN top 100 (No. 27 overall) ... averaged 18.7 points, 12.2 rebounds and 3.4 blocks per contest as a senior while shooting 68 percent from the floor to garner Class 6A Player of the Year and first team All-State accolades by TABC as well as earned honorable mention All-America recondition by MaxPreps ... also dished out 68 assists during his final prep season at Plano West, while totaling 108 blocked shots and 27 steals ... earned a spot in the 2015 Jordan Brand Classic game, held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., scoring seven points and grabbing seven rebounds at the event which featured many of the country’s top high school seniors ... attended Frisco Liberty High School as a freshman and sophomore before transferring to Plano West High School for his junior year, sitting out of competition as a junior per UIL transfer rules ... during AAU competition, played with the Texas Titans, where he averaged 15.5 points, 7.8 rebounds and just under two blocks per contest while helping the Titans make a final four appearance in the 2014 Nike Elite Youth Basketball playoffs.
Personal
Tyler Davis is the son of Deon Davis and Yvette Rubio and was born on May 22, 1997, in San Jose, Calif. ... has a brother, Logan, and two sisters, Mariah and Bria ... majoring in university studies leadership.
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