Tim Boyle (American football)
Timothy Kevin Boyle (born October 3, 1994) is an American football quarterback for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Connecticut and Eastern Kentucky. He played for the Green Bay Packers from 2018 to 2020.
 Boyle as a member of the Green Bay Packers in 2019 | |||||||||||||
| No. 12 – Detroit Lions | |||||||||||||
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| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
| Born: | October 3, 1994 Hartford, Connecticut | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 232 lb (105 kg) | ||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||
| High school: | Xavier (Middletown, Connecticut) | ||||||||||||
| College: | UConn (2013–2015) Eastern Kentucky (2016–2017) | ||||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2018 | ||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||
| Career NFL statistics as of Week 11, 2021 | |||||||||||||
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| Player stats at NFL.com · PFR | |||||||||||||
High school career
Boyle grew up in Middlefield, Connecticut, and attended Xavier High School in Middletown, Connecticut, where he won three championships under head coach Sean Marinan.[1]
College career
While playing for the Connecticut Huskies, Boyle started 10 games and then transferred to Eastern Kentucky, where he started all 11 games as a redshirt senior and finished first in passing yards in the Ohio Valley Conference.[2]
College statistics
| Season | Team | GP | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||
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| Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | |||
| 2013 | UConn | 5 | 59 | 133 | 44.4 | 621 | 4.7 | 36 | 0 | 8 | 33.4 | 27 | −73 | −2.7 | 19 | 0 |
| 2014 | UConn | 9 | 43 | 82 | 52.4 | 335 | 4.1 | 39 | 1 | 3 | 51.6 | 16 | −42 | −2.6 | 4 | 0 |
| 2015 | UConn | 11 | 31 | 60 | 51.7 | 281 | 4.7 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 50.8 | 6 | −7 | −1.2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017 | EKU | 12 | 201 | 327 | 61.5 | 2,134 | 6.5 | 50 | 11 | 13 | 75.2 | 19 | −40 | −2.1 | 7 | 1 |
| Totals[3][4] | 37 | 334 | 602 | 55.5 | 3,371 | 5.6 | 50 | 12 | 26 | 60.3 | 68 | -162 | -2.4 | 19 | 1 | |
Professional career
Green Bay Packers
Boyle signed with the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent on May 4, 2018.[5][6] After an impressive preseason, Boyle made the 53-man roster in September 2018, as the team's third string quarterback behind Aaron Rodgers and DeShone Kizer.[7]
Boyle did not play during the 2018 regular season. He saw his first professional playing time on October 20, 2019, during a Week 7 win over the Oakland Raiders. Boyle took over for Rodgers during the final minutes of the game after victory was assured, kneeling the ball 3 times for −3 yards to run out the clock.[8] He saw more extended playing time on November 24, 2019 during a lopsided Week 12 loss to the San Francisco 49ers, completing his first NFL pass to backup tight end Robert Tonyan. He finished the game 3-of-4 for 15 yards.[9]
Boyle was scheduled to become a restricted free agent following the 2020 season,[10] but the team did not extend a tender to him at the start of the new league year, so he became an unrestricted free agent on March 17, 2021.[11]
Detroit Lions
On March 22, 2021, Boyle signed a one-year contract with the Detroit Lions.[12] He was placed on injured reserve on September 2, 2021.[13] He was activated on November 20, 2021, and made his first career start in Week 11 in place of an injured Jared Goff.
NFL career statistics
Regular season
| Year | Team | Games | Passing | Rushing | Fumbles | |||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Fum | Lost | ||
| 2019 | GB | 3 | 0 | 0–0 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 80.2 | 5 | −7 | −1.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | GB | 8 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | −9 | −0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | DET | 1 | 1 | 0–1 | 15 | 23 | 65.2 | 77 | 3.3 | 0 | 2 | 34.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 12 | 1 | 0–1 | 18 | 27 | 66.7 | 92 | 3.4 | 0 | 2 | 41.0 | 18 | −16 | −0.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Source: NFL.com | ||||||||||||||||||
References
- "Paul Augeri's news and notes: Tim Boyle impresses in first action with Packers". Middletown Press. Middletown Press. August 13, 2018. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
- "Packers' Tim Boyle: Looks good in first pro action". CBS Sports. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
- "Tim Boyle – Football – University of Connecticut Athletics". uconnhuskies.com.
- "Tim Boyle – Eastern Kentucky University Athletics". ekusports.com.
- "Packers sign rookie free agents". Packers.com. May 4, 2018. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
- "Undrafted rookie quarterback Tim Boyle unfazed by shaky resume". The Mountaineer. The Mountaineer. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
- Hodkiewicz, Wes. "Packers keep eight receivers: Here's the 53-man roster". packers.com. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
- "Oakland Raiders at Green Bay Packers – October 20th, 2019". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
- "Green Bay Packers at San Francisco 49ers – November 24th, 2019". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
- Kruse, Zach (March 17, 2021). "Packers won't offer restricted free agent tender to QB Tim Boyle". USA Today. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
- Williams, Charean (March 17, 2021). "Darious Williams only one of 26 RFAs in NFL to receive first-round tender". NBCSports.com. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
- "Lions sign free agents QB Tim Boyle, K Randy Bullock & WR Breshad Perriman". DetroitLions.com. March 22, 2021.
- "Lions announce roster moves". DetroitLions.com. September 2, 2021.