No. 16 – Houston Texans | |||||||||||||
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Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||||
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Born: | Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. | October 3, 1994||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 234 lb (106 kg) | ||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||
High school: | Xavier (Middletown, Connecticut) | ||||||||||||
College: | UConn (2013–2015) Eastern Kentucky (2016–2017) | ||||||||||||
Undrafted: | 2018 | ||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||
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* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||||||
Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||
Career NFL statistics as of 2023 | |||||||||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Timothy Kevin Boyle (born October 3, 1994) is an American football quarterback for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at UConn and Eastern Kentucky before signing with the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2018. He has also played for the Detroit Lions, Chicago Bears and New York Jets.
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] A 3-star recruit, Boyle was the top-ranked quarterback in Connecticut his senior year, and accepted a scholarship offer from home state Connecticut over offers from Boston College, Delaware, Harvard, Houston, Maine, Massachusetts, Syracuse, and Western Michigan, as well as preferred walk-ons from Notre Dame, Oregon, Pittsburgh, and Rutgers. [2]
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. [3]
Season | GP | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||
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Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
UConn Huskies | |||||||||||||||
2013 | 5 | 59 | 133 | 44.4 | 621 | 4.7 | 36 | 0 | 8 | 71.6 | 27 | −73 | −2.7 | 19 | 0 |
2014 | 9 | 43 | 82 | 52.4 | 335 | 4.1 | 39 | 1 | 3 | 83.5 | 16 | −42 | −2.6 | 4 | 0 |
2015 | 11 | 31 | 60 | 51.7 | 281 | 4.7 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 84.3 | 6 | −7 | −1.2 | 4 | 0 |
Eastern Kentucky Colonels | |||||||||||||||
2016 | 0 | DNP | |||||||||||||
2017 | 11 | 201 | 327 | 61.5 | 2,134 | 6.5 | 50 | 11 | 13 | 119.4 | 19 | −40 | −2.1 | 7 | 1 |
Totals [4] [5] | 36 | 334 | 602 | 55.5 | 3,371 | 5.6 | 50 | 12 | 26 | 100.5 | 68 | -162 | -2.4 | 19 | 1 |
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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6 ft 3+1⁄2 in (1.92 m) | 232 lb (105 kg) | 33 in (0.84 m) | 9+5⁄8 in (0.24 m) | 4.77 s | 1.72 s | 2.65 s | 4.49 s | 7.04 s | 35.5 in (0.90 m) | 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) | 16 reps | |
All values from Pro Day [6] |
Boyle signed with the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent on May 4, 2018. [7] [8] 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. [9]
Boyle did not play during the 2018 regular season. He saw his first professional playing time in a regular season 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 three times for −3 yards to run out the clock. [10] He saw more extended playing time five weeks later on November 24 during a lopsided loss to the San Francisco 49ers, completing his first NFL pass to backup tight end Robert Tonyan, and finished the game 3-of-4 for 15 yards. [11]
Boyle was scheduled to become a restricted free agent following the 2020 season, [12] 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. [13]
On March 22, 2021, Boyle signed a one-year contract with the Detroit Lions. [14] He was placed on injured reserve on September 2, [15] and activated on November 20, making his first career start in Week 11 in place of an injured Jared Goff. He completed 15 of 23 pass attempts for 77 yards, but also threw two interceptions in a 13–10 loss to the Cleveland Browns. [16] He made his second career start in a Week 16 game against the Atlanta Falcons with Goff sidelined due to COVID-19, completing 24 of 34 pass attempts for 187 yards and a touchdown, but also threw a loss-sealing interception with less than a minute to play on goal-to-go, losing 20–16. [17] In Week 17, against the Seattle Seahawks, he passed for 262 yards, two touchdowns, and three interceptions in the 51–29 loss. [18]
On March 14, 2022, Boyle signed a one-year contract extension with the Lions. [19] He was released on August 30, 2022, and re-signed to the practice squad. [20] [21]
On November 30, 2022, Boyle was signed by the Chicago Bears off the Lions practice squad. [22]
On April 6, 2023, Boyle signed with the New York Jets. [23] He was released on August 29, 2023, and re-signed to the practice squad. [24] [25] He was promoted to the active roster on September 16. [26] On November 19, Boyle replaced Zach Wilson late in the third quarter and completed 7 of 14 passes for 33 yards and an interception in a 32–6 loss to the Buffalo Bills. The next day, the Jets announced that Boyle would start against the Miami Dolphins in Week 12. In a 34–13 defeat, he completed 27 of 38 passes for 179 yards while throwing 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions; 1 of which was returned for a 99-yard touchdown by Jevon Holland. [27] Boyle started again in the Jets' Week 13 game against the Falcons, but was benched during the fourth quarter in favor of Trevor Siemian as the Jets lost 13–8. After going 0–2 in his starts, the Jets released Boyle on December 5. [28]
On December 19, 2023, Boyle was signed to the Houston Texans practice squad. [29] He signed a reserve/future contract on January 22, 2024. [30]
Year | Team | Games | Passing | Rushing | Sacks | Fumbles | ||||||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | Lng | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Sck | SckY | Fum | Lost | ||
2018 | GB | 0 | 0 | — | DNP | |||||||||||||||||
2019 | GB | 3 | 0 | — | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 15 | 3.8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 80.2 | 5 | −7 | −1.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | GB | 8 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | −9 | −0.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
2021 | DET | 5 | 3 | 0–3 | 61 | 94 | 64.9 | 526 | 5.6 | 42 | 3 | 6 | 63.5 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2022 | CHI | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 8 | 25.0 | 33 | 4.1 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 4.7 | 2 | −2 | −1.0 | −1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | NYJ | 3 | 2 | 0–2 | 48 | 77 | 62.3 | 360 | 4.7 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 56.2 | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 64 | 2 | 0 |
Career | 20 | 5 | 0–5 | 114 | 183 | 62.3 | 934 | 5.1 | 42 | 4 | 12 | 55.2 | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 75 | 4 | 0 |
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