| Virginia Cavaliers–No. 4 | |
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| Position | Wide receiver |
| Class | Graduate Student |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | December 5, 2001 [1] Chester, Virginia, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| Bowl games | |
| High school | Thomas Dale (Chester, Virginia) |
Christopher Sean Tyree (born December 5, 2001) is an American college football wide receiver for the Virginia Cavaliers of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). He previously played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
Tyree grew up in Chester, Virginia and attended Thomas Dale High School. He was rated a five-star recruit by 247Sports and a four-star recruit by Rivals [2] and ESPN [3] and he committed to play college football at Notre Dame over offers from other schools such as Oklahoma, Alabama, Boston College, Florida State, Michigan, Mississippi State, Penn State and South Carolina. [4]
During Tyree's true freshman season in 2020, he appeared in all 12 games at running back and kick returner. He finished the season with 1,017 all-purpose yards (496 rushing, 65 receiving, and 456 kick returns), 6.8 yards per carry, and four touchdowns. [5]
During the 2021 season, he played in 12 games and started two of them. He finished the season with 827 all-purpose yards (222 rushing, 258 receiving and 347 kick returns) and three touchdowns. [6]
During the 2022 season, he played in all 13 games and started six of them. He finished the season with 444 rushing yards and three touchdowns, 24 passes for 138 yards and 15 returning kicks for 254 yards. [7] Prior to the season, he was named on the Doak Walker Award Watchlist. [8]
Prior to the 2023 season, he was named on the Paul Hornung Award Watch List. [9]
| Season | Games | Receiving | Rushing | Kick returns | Punt returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 65 | 8.1 | 0 | 73 | 496 | 6.8 | 4 | 22 | 456 | 20.7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2021 | 12 | 2 | 24 | 258 | 10.8 | 2 | 56 | 222 | 4.0 | 1 | 13 | 347 | 26.7 | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2022 | 13 | 6 | 24 | 138 | 5.8 | 2 | 100 | 444 | 4.4 | 3 | 15 | 254 | 16.9 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2023 | 12 | 6 | 26 | 484 | 18.6 | 3 | 3 | –1 | –0.3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 119 | 10.8 | 1 | |
| Virginia Cavaliers | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | 10 | 6 | 24 | 136 | 5.7 | 0 | 11 | 43 | 3.9 | 0 | 12 | 211 | 17.6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Career | 59 | 20 | 106 | 1,081 | 10.2 | 7 | 243 | 1,204 | 5.0 | 8 | 62 | 1,270 | 20.5 | 1 | 12 | 130 | 10.8 | 1 | |