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Linebacker Jyles Tucker Visits Morristown-Beard

Famous graduate conducts football camp.

Local youngsters got a thrill on June 24-25 as graduate and current San Diego Chargers linebacker Jyles Tucker held a football camp at the school.

The “Jyles Tucker Future All-Pro Football Camp” was designed to help youngsters and high school athletes learn football fundamentals essential to offense, defense and special teams. 

“Hard work, determination, persistence and attitude are the cornerstones of great athletes. These are the qualities that we emphasized each day in camp,” said Tucker. “Our goal was for the kids to have fun and become the best player and the best person that they can be.”

In addition to Tucker, the all-star coaching staff included quarterback Drew Willy of the New York Jets and MBS head football coach Tim Fell.

Jyles Tucker, class of 2002, participated in basketball and football while attending Morristown-Beard. Jyles also participated on the track and cross country teams and won the conference championship in shot put.

On the basketball court he scored more than 1,600 points and was named to the All-Morris County Basketball Team in 2001. He was a four year starter as Defensive End and Quarterback for the football team, tallying 28 sacks and 128 tackles in just his junior year.

He continued on to Wake Forest University, focusing his attention on football. He won Honorable Mention as a senior in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and was ACC Rookie of the Week after his first career start against Clemson. Tucker was signed to the San Diego Chargers in 2007 as an undrafted free agent.

He was awarded the AFC’s Defensive Player of the Week after sacking then-Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell three times, forcing two fumbles and recovering one of them in the end zone for a touchdown. In 2008, he was signed to a five-year contract extension with San Diego, where he continues to enjoy tremendous success.

Last spring, Tucker was inducted into the Morristown-Beard Athletic Hall of Fame.

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