Colt Lyerla
Lyerla in 2013
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | November 13, 1992 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Hillsboro, Oregon | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 242 lb (110 kg) | ||||||||
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| College: | Oregon | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2014 | ||||||||
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| Receptions: | 2 |
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| Receiving yards: | 8 |
| Receiving TDs: | 1 |
| Tackles: | 1.5 |
Colt Keliikoa Lyerla (born November 13, 1992) is an American arena football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He also played prop for AS Carcassonne in the Elite One Championship rugby league. He played tight end at the University of Oregon for the Ducks but left in October 2013 due to personal reasons. He signed with the Green Bay Packers after going undrafted during the 2014 NFL Draft.
Lyerla was born in Hillsboro, Oregon, on November 13, 1992, to Roger and Tammy Lyerla, with the family later moving to Hawaii and then Vancouver, Washington. His parents divorced in 2001, and he moved to Gladstone, Oregon, before moving back to Hillsboro in 2003. In Hillsboro, he attended , where he played both football and basketball for the Spartans. On the football team he played both ways as a running back on offense and linebacker on defense, winning a state championship in 2009. That season he was named as The Oregonian's top offensive player at the 5A classification after he ran for 1,543 yards with 26 touchdowns, along with 843 yards and 13 touchdowns receiving as a junior.
During the 2009 season he caught a 61-yard Hail Mary pass at the end of the game against rival to win the game; the play made ESPN's SportsCenter as the play of the week. The next year as a senior, he rushed for 1,519 yards on 133 carries and was selected as a first team all-state selection by The Oregonian as a running back, and second team as a linebacker. Lyerla was recruited by teams such as the Southern California Trojans, the California Bears, the Miami Hurricanes, the Nebraska Cornhuskers, the Oklahoma Sooners, and the Texas Longhorns, but committed to the University of Oregon while at the 2011 U.S. Army All-American Bowl. Lyerla had garnered recruiting attention prior to his junior year after performing well during summer recruiting camps, and had offers from over 30 schools before making his commitment.
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