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From Lewis, Colorado to Brookings, South Dakota \u2013 Tyler Weir is chasing his dreams.<\/p>\n
After moving through Lewis-Arriola Elementary and Dolores Middle School, he attended Dolores High School for three years before moving to Arvada and graduating from Pomona High School in 2014. A gifted athlete, Weir participated in football, basketball, baseball and track.<\/p>\n
But it was on the football field that he garnered the most attention.<\/p>\n
Weir was named to the 2013 Class 5A North Metro League\u2019s all-conference second team as a tight end\/offensive lineman in his lone season at Pomona, and the Panthers finished 9-3, falling in the Class 5A state quarterfinals.<\/p>\n
He had interest from Colorado State University and a handful of FCS and Division II schools. But it was the Division I FCS South Dakota State Jackrabbits that eventually drew Weir in. He said it was their vision of winning a championship that led him to sign with the Jacks.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think every school has that vision,\u201d he explained. \u201cBut there it was the most obtainable, and the coaches were a really big part of me making the decision to go up there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Weir redshirted during his freshman season in Brookings, but then saw action in three games last year, recording his first collegiate snaps in the Jackrabbits\u2019 55-10 win over Southern Utah.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a big personal thing, especially coming from such a small town to eventually achieving my dream of getting a division one scholarship and then getting to play for the very first time,\u201d he said of the milestone. \u201cThat was a pretty cool deal.\u201d<\/p>\n
He was also named to the Missouri Valley Football Conference Honor Roll in his first two years at SDSU.<\/p>\n
Weir has appeared in five games this season, mixing it up at left guard, right guard, and center. And the Jackrabbits capped off the regular season with a 45-24 win over Northern Iowa to claim their first Missouri Valley Football Conference title in program history.<\/p>\n
\u201cOverall, with what I\u2019ve been a part of, it would have to be last week when we won the conference championship,\u201d Weir said when asked of this season\u2019s highlight. \u201cBecause that had been a huge goal of ours as a team to accomplish and then to finally win the valley was kind of a huge sigh of relief.\u201d<\/p>\n
With an 8-3 regular season record and league championship, the Jacks earned an automatic bid into the Football Championship Subdivision Playoffs. As the No. 8 seed in the FCS Playoffs, they received a bye last week in the opening round.<\/p>\n
Set to host Villanova on Saturday, Dec. 3 in the second round, Weir and the Jackrabbits will take aim at their next target.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re on to our next goal of winning a national title,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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