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Notre Dame offered QB Tyler Lyon. I haven't heard anything about this kid, not really listed as high as some other QB's. Pretty strange considering ND hasn't offered some highly touted QB's like Tebow, and Hartline yet. Weis must really see something in this kid. I bet alot of schools start to take interest in him now, because Weis has offered him so early. Even Lyon was surprised about the offer.
3/26/2005 - By Cary Osborne
Hart High junior Tyler Lyon has received a scholarship offer from the University of Notre Dame to play quarterback for the storied program.
Lyon, who threw for 3,108 yards and 27 touchdowns to 20 interceptions, and had a 59 percent completion percentage in 2004, received the offer from new Notre Dame head coach Charlie Weis on Thursday.
“(Weis) said. ‘We have a spot on our roster for you,’ and offered a scholarship,” Lyon said. “I was pretty surprised talking to Charlie Weis and surprised they (offered a scholarship). It’s pretty cool you know.”
Lyon said a Fighting Irish assistant coach made the initial contact to Hart football head coach Mike Herrington on Tuesday.
“It was kind of out of the clear blue,” Herrington said. “You don’t think a school like that would give an offer right away. They see the potential of a 6-6 guy that can throw and run well.”
Lyon then called Notre Dame back on Thursday.
The All-Foothill League second teamer, who led Hart to a 7-5 record last season, also received a scholarship offer from the University of Arizona in February.
Although he could verbally commit, but not sign with a university until the signing period begins for seniors in February, Lyon said a decision on what he will do is not imminent.
“I have no idea yet,” Lyon said. “I don’t know where I’m going to go. I’ll see how the rest of my high school career goes and I’ll go from there.” Complicating the situation for the 6-foot-6, 215-pounder is interest from schools wanting him to play baseball. Already this month, Lyon said, he’s received contact from USC, UCLA, UC-Santa Barbara and Santa Clara.
“It’s all up in the air right now. I don’t know what school or what sport I’ll be playing.”
Lyon, a pitcher on the Indians’ varsity baseball squad showed much promise in last year’s Valley Invitational Baseball League championship team and into 2005.
In his sophomore year, Lyon was a spot starter, throwing in nine games, compiling a 4-2 record with a 4.81 ERA.
Coming into this season, the right-hander was a favorite for the No. 2 spot in the Indians’ rotation.
In his second game of the year, on March 8 against Dos Pueblos, Lyon left in the second inning after throwing a fastball and feeling a pop in his throwing arm.
“It was pretty scary when it happened,” Lyon said. “I thought it was a one-time thing, but it kept hurting. It was kind of scary.”
It was found out days later after an MRI that Lyon had strained a ligament in his elbow.
He is out for the season.
Lyon has already gone through a couple of weeks of physical therapy and said there is no pain.
He will receive a second MRI next week.
Lyon will be ready for football season, though, he said.
“(The injury) shouldn’t affect football,” Lyon said. “I should be ready for summer.”
He admitted, the Notre Dame offer has excited him going into his senior year.
Hart has had six consecutive quarterbacks receive scholarships to Division I colleges, beginning with David Neill to Nevada in 1998. Lyon would be the seventh.
Herrington said, of all those quarterbacks, Lyon has had the earliest interest.
“I don’t think we’ve had a quarterback receive early attention like this,” Herrington said. “(Current Baltimore Raven and former Cal-Berkeley quarterback) Kyle Boller got his first offer in May, but not this early at the end of March.”
3/26/2005 - By Cary Osborne
Hart High junior Tyler Lyon has received a scholarship offer from the University of Notre Dame to play quarterback for the storied program.
Lyon, who threw for 3,108 yards and 27 touchdowns to 20 interceptions, and had a 59 percent completion percentage in 2004, received the offer from new Notre Dame head coach Charlie Weis on Thursday.
“(Weis) said. ‘We have a spot on our roster for you,’ and offered a scholarship,” Lyon said. “I was pretty surprised talking to Charlie Weis and surprised they (offered a scholarship). It’s pretty cool you know.”
Lyon said a Fighting Irish assistant coach made the initial contact to Hart football head coach Mike Herrington on Tuesday.
“It was kind of out of the clear blue,” Herrington said. “You don’t think a school like that would give an offer right away. They see the potential of a 6-6 guy that can throw and run well.”
Lyon then called Notre Dame back on Thursday.
The All-Foothill League second teamer, who led Hart to a 7-5 record last season, also received a scholarship offer from the University of Arizona in February.
Although he could verbally commit, but not sign with a university until the signing period begins for seniors in February, Lyon said a decision on what he will do is not imminent.
“I have no idea yet,” Lyon said. “I don’t know where I’m going to go. I’ll see how the rest of my high school career goes and I’ll go from there.” Complicating the situation for the 6-foot-6, 215-pounder is interest from schools wanting him to play baseball. Already this month, Lyon said, he’s received contact from USC, UCLA, UC-Santa Barbara and Santa Clara.
“It’s all up in the air right now. I don’t know what school or what sport I’ll be playing.”
Lyon, a pitcher on the Indians’ varsity baseball squad showed much promise in last year’s Valley Invitational Baseball League championship team and into 2005.
In his sophomore year, Lyon was a spot starter, throwing in nine games, compiling a 4-2 record with a 4.81 ERA.
Coming into this season, the right-hander was a favorite for the No. 2 spot in the Indians’ rotation.
In his second game of the year, on March 8 against Dos Pueblos, Lyon left in the second inning after throwing a fastball and feeling a pop in his throwing arm.
“It was pretty scary when it happened,” Lyon said. “I thought it was a one-time thing, but it kept hurting. It was kind of scary.”
It was found out days later after an MRI that Lyon had strained a ligament in his elbow.
He is out for the season.
Lyon has already gone through a couple of weeks of physical therapy and said there is no pain.
He will receive a second MRI next week.
Lyon will be ready for football season, though, he said.
“(The injury) shouldn’t affect football,” Lyon said. “I should be ready for summer.”
He admitted, the Notre Dame offer has excited him going into his senior year.
Hart has had six consecutive quarterbacks receive scholarships to Division I colleges, beginning with David Neill to Nevada in 1998. Lyon would be the seventh.
Herrington said, of all those quarterbacks, Lyon has had the earliest interest.
“I don’t think we’ve had a quarterback receive early attention like this,” Herrington said. “(Current Baltimore Raven and former Cal-Berkeley quarterback) Kyle Boller got his first offer in May, but not this early at the end of March.”
But for now, im Charlie I trust.