The 18-year-old from South London has a highlight reel from a rugby match that has amassed 2.5 million views on YouTube. The video not only managed to grab the attention of English rugby fans but also attracted a committee of football selectors in the US.
Tyrese had always dreamt of playing for the ‘National Football League’ (NFL). Thus, before he ventured into the under-18 rugby team, Tyrese moved to the US to make a career in ‘NFL’ and successfully secured a place on the ‘Coastal Carolina University‘ team, as a running back.A prolific sprinter, Tyrese has been the third-fastest player of his age at the under-17 level in the country. Tyrese has now resumed his rugby career and has been signed under the ‘Bristol Bears.’
He spent one year with the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team in the NCAA‘s Sun Belt Conference. Johnson-Fisher is in Orlando, Florida, for the Under Armour All-American game, a showcase for high school football players in front of college scouts. He is the first non-American to be invited to participate in the game, to be televised by ESPN.
CAREER
- Leicester Tigers (2016 – 2018)
- Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football (2018 – 2019)
- Bristol Bears (2019 – 2020)
- HEIGHT: 1.78 m tall (5 ft 10 in)
- WEIGHT: 91 kg (14 st 4.62 lb; 200.62 lb)
At the age of 16, Tyrese recorded a win at the 60m ‘National Indoor Finals.’ He finished in just 6.89 seconds, representing the ‘Croydon Harriers‘ (an athletic club based in Croydon, England). He also grabbed the third position in all of England in the under-17 100m sprint, which he finished in a record time of 10.73 seconds, to qualify for the ‘Great Britain Juniors.’ He is also a proficient long jumper. Tyrese’s compact physical frame (5 feet 10 inches, 194 pounds) not only helped him excel in sprinting but also earned him the running back position in his football team, something he had always dreamt of achieving.
