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2024 (Senior): Played and started the season opener against Mansfield before missing the remainder of the year with an injury … Recorded one reception for eight yards against the Mountaineers.
 
2023 (Junior): Played and started all eight games during the year … Finished the year with a pair of receptions for 38 yards and a touchdown, while adding one rush for eight yards … Opened the season with a 10-yard touchdown reception in first collegiate start on the road at St. Thomas Aquinas … Added a season-best 28 yards receiving at Cornell, while adding an eight-yard rush for 36 all-purpose yards against the Big Red.
 
2022 (Sophomore): Played in five of eight games during the season … Hauled in four passes for 56 yards and a pair of touchdowns, while rushing for seven yards on one carry … Had a season-best two receptions for 45 yards and a touchdown at home against Penn, while adding an 11-yard TD catch against Cornell … Added a reception against Alderson Broaddus … Rushed one time against Army (Star Game) for seven yards … Also saw action against Army in the CSFL Championship.
 
2021 (Freshman): Played in six games during the season … Tallied 91 yards on 16 carries with a touchdown … Registered a season-best 33 yards on three carries against Alderson Broaddus, while adding 28 yards on four carries against St. Thomas Aquinas and 22 yards on five carries against Chestnut Hill … Recorded first collegiate rushing touchdown at Penn.
 
High School / Personal: Lettered in football (3 years) and track and field (2) at Middletown High School in Middletown, R.I. … Prior to Middletown, attended Kalaheo High School in Kailua, Hawaii … Earned Rhode Island Golden Dozen Football Award, presented by the National Football Foundation … Offensive MVP as a senior … Named team captain for both football (senior) and track (junior, senior) … JV State Champion in the 100m and long jump as a sophomore, while placing fifth in the State Championship in the long jump as a junior … Member of the Student Council, Student Government, Student Body Representatives, Student Senate Representatives, National Honor Society, and Model UN … Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award recipient … Prepped at the Naval Academy Prep School (NAPS) during the 2020-21 school year … Son of Kimberly and Tyron Francis Sr. … Brother, Donavan, runs track at the University of Rhode Island.
 
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