Tyrese Johnson-Fisher

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Tyrese Johnson-Fisher
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Johnson-Fisher at the Visionary Honours in 2022
Personal information
Born: (1999-09-09) 9 September 1999 (age 24)
London, England
Height:5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:218 lb (99 kg)
Career information
High school: Oakham School GEMS Wellington International School
College: Coastal Carolina University Copiah-Lincoln Community College
Position: Running back
Career history
Roster status:free agent
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Current team Bristol Bears
Youth career
2013–2018 Leicester Tigers
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2019–2020 Bristol Bears 1 (0)
Correct as of 13 August 2019
National sevens team(s)
YearsTeamComps
2018 Jamaica 7s 1

Tyrese Darnell Johnson-Fisher (born 9 September 1999) [1] is an American football Running back who last played for the Istanbul Rams of the European League of Football (ELF). [2] He is a former professional rugby union wing for Bristol Bears in Premiership Rugby. At the age of 15 a video of him playing for Oakham School emerged, with over 30 million views to date. He spent one year with the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team in the NCAA's Sun Belt Conference.

Career

Johnson-Fisher first came to prominence in March 2015 as a fifteen-year old at Oakham School, highlights of him scoring four tries in the Vase semi-final of the NatWest Schools Cup were watched by more than a million people within a month, [3] eventually reaching 2.5 million views. [4] He also represented Leicester Tigers academy teams at under-17s and under 18s, [5] and was also an accomplished sprinter, running the 100m in 10.72 seconds. [4]

In December 2017 it was announced Johnson-Fisher had become the first non-American to receive an invitation to the All-American Game for high-school prospects in American Football, despite never having played the game before. [5] [6] [7] After receiving interest from Texas A&M, Princeton, Massachusetts and Central Arkansas, Johnson-Fisher announced he had taken an offer of a football scholarship from Coastal Carolina University. [8]

In April 2018, prior to taking up his football scholarship, Johnson-Fisher represented the Jamaica national rugby sevens team in the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens as part of the World Series Qualifier. [9] [10]

Johnson-Fisher did not pad up for Coastal Carolina red shirting the 2018 season, he entered the NCAA transfer portal in February 2019, [11] but in August 2019 he instead chose to return to rugby and sign a professional contract with Bristol Bears in England's Premiership Rugby, the top division of English rugby union. [12] This proved to be short-lived, however, as he left the club in February 2020 to pursue interests outside professional rugby. [13] His sole appearance for the club came as a substitute in a 42–19 loss to Exeter Chiefs in the Premiership Rugby Cup on 12 October 2019. [13] [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "Tyrese Johnson-Fisher Bristol Bears profile" . Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  2. ↑ "ELF European League of Football". europeanleague.football. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "Highlights video of U15 flyer Tyrese Johnson-Fisher hits 1 Million viral views". rugby dump. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  4. 1 2 Morgan, Charlie (2 January 2018). "Teenage rugby and sprinting star Tyrese Johnson-Fisher poised for unique chance to launch American football career". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  5. 1 2 "Leicester Tigers prospect Tyrese Johnson-Fisher to make American football history in big game". Leicester Mercury. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "Meet Tyrese Johnson-Fisher, the YouTube rugby sensation chasing an All-American dream". ESPN. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "Tyrese Johnson-Fisher, a rugby star from London, commits to Coastal Carolina for football". USA Today. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  8. ↑ "Under Armour All-American From England Picks Coastal Carolina". 247sports. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  9. ↑ "Jamaica squad 2018 Hong Kong 7s". 6 April 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  10. ↑ "Hong Kong Sevens Preview". Americas Rugby News. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  11. ↑ "Tyrese Johnson-Fisher Interview: Schoolboy sensation on why he's leaving chance at NFL dream for Bristol Bears". Rugby Pass. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  12. ↑ "Tyrese Johnson-Fisher: Bristol Bears sign teenage former American footballer". BBC Sport. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  13. 1 2 "Raw talent departs Bristol Bears with immediate effect". Bristol Post . 12 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  14. ↑ "Exeter Chiefs 42-19 Bristol Bears". Bristol Bears. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
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