Temple University Athletics
2024 Football Roster
Roster
Tyrese Whitaker
- Position:
- Defensive End
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 250
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Philadelphia, Pa.
- High School:
- Northeast
2025 (Redshirt Sophomore, Temple): In the mix for playing time at outside linebacker.
2024 (Redshirt Freshman): Saw action in the defensive end rotation as well as on special teams in the season's first six games ... earned defensive scout team player of the week (Florida Atlantic) ... lettered.
2023 (Freshman): Was part of the 2023 recruiting class ... saw first career game action in the win vs. Norfolk State ... recorded first career tackle, a sack, at USF ... redshirted.
High School: Played football at Northeast High in Philadelphia as a senior … ranked fourth in tackles in the Philadelphia Catholic League with 51 tackles to go with 7.0 sacks ... was nominated as the school's all-time greatest defensive player ... starred at Archbishop Wood (Warminster, Pa.) during his junior year earning second team All-Catholic, honorable mention all-area, while ranking 19th in the state with 57 tackles and 5.0 sacks ... attended Bishop McDevitt (Wycote, Pa.) his first two seasons where he was a teammate of Jordan Montgomery, another Temple Class of 2023 signee.
Personal: Born Tyrese Damir Whitaker in Philadelphia, Pa. ... mother, Theresa Brooks, is first responder for the Philadelphia Police Department ... father, Dennis Whitaker, was a top ranked point guard for Gratz High in Philadelphia before attending Ohio University.
