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McTyer was signed off the Chiefs' practice squad as an injury replacement in September 2019, and went on to play in five games for the Bengals (two tackles) ... Used primarily for secondary and special teams depth ... Originally a college free agent signee of Miami in 2017 ... Was with Dolphins through '19 preseason, then was waived on final cuts and signed to Kansas City's practice squad on Sept. 2 ... Enters 2020 with 27 career games played (22 with Miami, five with Cincinnati), and has 32 tackles and three PDs ... McTyer's defensive backs coach in Miami in 2017 was Bengals defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo.

McTyer was signed off the Chiefs' practice squad as an injury replacement in September 2019, and went on to play in five games for the Bengals (two tackles) ... Used primarily for secondary and special teams depth ... Originally a college free agent signee of Miami in 2017 ... Was with Dolphins through '19 preseason, then was waived on final cuts and signed to Kansas City's practice squad on Sept. 2 ... Enters 2020 with 27 career games played (22 with Miami, five with Cincinnati), and has 32 tackles and three PDs ... McTyer's defensive backs coach in Miami in 2017 was Bengals defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo.

Career transactions: Signed with Miami as college free agent on 5-5-17 ... Waived by Dolphins on 8-31-19 ... Signed to Kansas City practice squad on 9-2-19 ... Signed with Cincinnati as free agent on 9-26-19 ... Re-signed with Bengals as a free agent on 3-23-20.

2019 highlights: Played in five games (all with Cincinnati) ... Spent preseason with Miami, was waived on final cuts, then signed Sept. 2 to Kansas City's practice squad ... Signed by the Bengals off of the Chiefs' practice squad on Sept. 26, after CB Darius Phillips went on Reserve/Injured ... Active DNP for Game 4, then played in Games 5-8 ... Made Bengals debut in Game 5 vs. Arizona (no statistics) ... Made two tackles in Game 6 vs. Jacksonville ... Inactive for Games 9-15, as CB Darqueze Dennard returned from R/PUP ... Played in season finale vs. Cleveland (no statistics).

Previous seasons: 2017—College free agent signee played in seven games for Miami ... Inactive for nine games ... Finished season with one tackle on defense and one on special teams ... Made NFL debut on Oct. 22 vs. N.Y. Jets (no statistics) ... One special teams tackle on Dec. 17 at Buffalo ... One tackle on defense on Dec. 24 vs. Kansas City. 2018—Played in 15 games (four starts) for Miami ... Inactive for one game ... Totaled 29 tackles and three PDs ... Also had one special teams tackle .... Made first career start on Oct. 7 at Cincinnati, and had five tackles ... Had five tackles on Dec. 23 vs. Jacksonville.

College: Spent four seasons (2013-16) at UNLV ... Played in 49 games (22 starts), and was a regular starter his final two seasons ... Totaled 138 career tackles, a half sack, four INTs, 28 PDs and a FF ... Also returned 21 kickoffs for 404 yards (19.2 average).

Personal: Hometown is Los Angeles, Calif. ... Attended Cathedral High School in L.A., where he played DB and WR ... As a senior, totaled 30 tackles and 13 PDs as a DB, and 33 catches for 662 yards (20.1 average) and 10 TDs as a WR ... Father, Tim McTyer, was an all-conference DB for BYU from 1995-96, and played three seasons in the NFL with Philadelphia ('97-98) and Cleveland ('99) ... Interdisciplinary studies major at UNLV.