Tyler Bray

A 4-star recruit, he was considered the seventh best pro-style quarterback recruit by Rivals.com and 26th best by Scout.com.

Bray chose to accept Tennessee's offer after he had already verbally committed to San Diego State.

Tyler Ian Bray (born December 27, 1991) is a former American football quarterback.

In the Cincinnati game, Bray had the second highest completion percentage ever recorded in a game by a Tennessee quarterback of 82.9%, second to Tee Martin's 95.8% against South Carolina in 1998.

For the third game of the season, Bray and the Volunteers faced off against the Florida Gators, a rival Tennessee had not beaten since 2004.

On Tennessee's opening drive, sophomore wide receiver Justin Hunter went down with a torn ACL.

The attitude of the team was noticeably different due to the absence of Hunter and the Vols ended up losing to Florida by a score of 33–23 in The Swamp.

Bray finished the day 26-of-48 for 288 yards and three touchdowns with two interceptions.

The Vols' next game was a 41–10 victory over Buffalo as Bray threw for 342 yards and four touchdowns.

After the victory over the Bulls, the next week would bring a setback for Bray.

Against the Georgia Bulldogs at home, Bray broke his thumb late in the game and would be sidelined for several weeks.

The Vols lost to the Bulldogs by a score of 20–12 as Bray threw for 251 yards, with Matt Simms reliving Bray late in the game.

Because of his injury, Bray would not play in the next five games (against LSU, Alabama, South Carolina, Middle Tennessee, and Arkansas).

The Volunteers went 1–4 during Bray's absence, but the team remained alive for bowl eligibility.

Bray came back during the Vanderbilt game and led the Vols to a much-needed home victory against the Commodores.

Bray finished the game 16-of-33 for 189 yards and two touchdowns with two interceptions in the 27–21 overtime victory.

In the final game of the season, the Vols lost to the Kentucky Wildcats by a score of 10–7 at Commonwealth Stadium.

In his freshman season at the University of Tennessee under head coach Derek Dooley in 2010, Bray appeared in nine games.

On September 4, 2010, Bray made his first appearance for the Volunteers in the season-opening home victory at Neyland Stadium over Tennessee-Martin.

He came into the game late to relieve Matt Simms in the 50–0 victory.

After relief appearances against Georgia in a 41–14 loss at Sanford Stadium and #7 Alabama in a 41–10 loss at home, Bray had a solid appearance against South Carolina at Williams-Brice Stadium.

Simms was benched in the third quarter for Bray.

Against the Gamecocks, Bray threw his first two collegiate touchdowns in the 38–24 defeat.

Bray started his first career game on November 6 against the Memphis Tigers.

The Vols earned their first victory in five tries, 50–14, while Bray went 19–33 for 325 yards, five touchdowns, and no interceptions and set Tennessee football records for most yards (308) and touchdowns (5) in a half.

The next week against Ole Miss at home, Bray finished 18–of-34 for 323 yards with five touchdowns as the Vols defeated the Rebels by a score of 52–14.

In his first SEC start on the road, Bray completed 16–27 passes for 232 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions in a win over the Vanderbilt Commodores by a score of 24–10 at Vanderbilt Stadium.

During the final home game of the season against Kentucky, Bray led Tennessee to a 24–14 victory while going 20–38 for 354 yards, two touchdowns, and two interceptions.

Bray led the Vols to a 4–0 record in November, making them bowl eligible at 6–6.

Tennessee was selected to play in the Music City Bowl in Nashville, Tennessee, where Bray completed 27-of-45 passes for 312 yards, four touchdowns, and three interceptions in a 27–30 2OT loss against the North Carolina Tar Heels.

He finished the season 125-of-224 for 1,849 passing yards and 18 touchdowns, all Tennessee freshman records while also throwing 10 interceptions.

Among freshman Division I quarterbacks in 2010, he ranked third in quarterback rating (142.73), tied for fourth in touchdowns, sixth in passing yards per game (205.4), and 10th in total yards.

In his sophomore year, Bray began the 2011 season as the starter for the Volunteers.

In the season opener at home, Bray completed 17–of-24 passes while throwing for 293 yards and three touchdowns against Montana in a 42–16 victory.

After playing his college football at the University of Tennessee, he declared himself eligible for the 2013 NFL Draft, in which he went undrafted.

He spent five seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs before joining the Chicago Bears.

Bray attended Kingsburg High School in Kingsburg, California.

As a senior on the Vikings football team, he led his team to a perfect 13–0 season while throwing for 3,321 yards with 41 touchdowns.

The next week against Cincinnati and their head coach Butch Jones, who would end up coaching the Tennessee Volunteers starting in the 2013 season, Bray completed 34-of-41 passes for 405 yards and four touchdowns as the Vols won by a score 45–23 at home.

In the victory over the Bearcats, Bray broke former Tennessee All-American quarterback Peyton Manning's record by throwing at least two touchdown passes in eight consecutive games.