HIGH SCHOOL

A June 2023 graduate of Hawthorne High School in Hawthorne, Fla., where he was a four-year varsity football letterwinner and played three total years of varsity football for Head Coach Demetric Jackson … Transferred to Lake City Columbia H.S. before his senior season …Was coached by Cornelius Ingram at Hawthorne … Threw for 1,081 yards and nine touchdowns while completing 58 of 99 attempts (58.6 percent) with only seven interceptions, and rushed for 475 yards and five touchdowns (4.3 yards per carry) with a long of 80 yards as a senior … .. Passed for 108.1 yards per game … Totaled 1556 total yards on the year … Also served as the team’s punter (35.3 average) … Led Columbia to a 9-3 overall record, 3-0 conference record and state playoff appearance as a senior in 2022 … Rushed for 108 yards on 23 carries and completed 3-7 passes for 28 yards vs. DeLand … Completed 10 of 26 passes for 272 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 100 yards on 11 carries and a touchdown vs. Trinity Christian Academy (long run of 80 yards) … Threw three touchdown passes, completed seven of 11 passes for 169 yards vs. Ridgeview … Completed seven of nine passes for 143 yards and two touchdowns vs. Lincoln … Class 1A First Team All-State honoree … First Team All-Area on offense … Mainstreet Daily News First Team selection on offense … Two-time Football Offensive Most Valuable Player in 2019 and 2020 … Rushed for 721 yards and 16 touchdowns (6.7 yards per carry), also threw for 653 yards and six touchdowns as a junior … Led Hawthorne High School to a 10-1 record and Class 1A state runner-up finish … Played his first two seasons at Fort White High school … Ranked a three-star recruit by 247sports.com, Rivals.com, ESPN.com, and On3DB.com … Ranked the nation’s No. 24 ranked quarterback-dual threat by ESPN.com … Also played basketball … Member of the National Honor Society … Accumulated 3.8 grade point average.

PERSONAL

Born Tyler Jefferson on March 30, 2004 … Son of Rufus and Keturah Jefferson … Committed to Central Michigan on June 6, 2022 … Selected Central Michigan over offers from Kentucky, Florida Atlantic, Kentucky, Florida State, Alcorn State, Bethune-Cookman, Campbell, Troy, Georgia State, UT-Martin, and Connecticut.

ARTICLES
Tyler Jefferson to suit up for Columbia (mainstreetdailynews.com)
https://www.wcjb.com/2022/06/28/top-hs-quarterback-tyler-jefferson-transfer-hawthorne-columbia/
https://www.gainesville.com/story/sports/high-school/2021/09/30/z-meet-hawthorne-quarterback-tyler-jefferson/5899577001/