Tycen Anderson

A fifth-round pick of the Bengals in 2022, Anderson missed his entire rookie campaign due to hamstring injury he sustained prior to the start of the regular season ... Played in all three preseason games in 2022 with one start at safety ... Ran a 4.36-second 40-yard dash at the 2022 NFL Combine.

Pro Career:

• A fifth-round pick of the Bengals in 2022, Anderson missed his entire rookie campaign due to hamstring injury he sustained prior to the start of the regular season ... Played in all three preseason games in 2022 with one start at safety ... Ran a 4.36-second 40-yard dash at the 2022 NFL Combine.

Career Transactions:

• Selected by Cincinnati in fifth round of 2022 NFL Draft (166th overall) ... Signed with Bengals on 5-19-22.

College Highlights:

• Spent five seasons (2017-21) at Toledo (granted an extra year of eligibility due to COVID-19 pandemic) ... Played 55 career games (27 starts), and had 237 tackles (134 solo), including nine TFLs, with 19 PBUs, two INTs, two sacks and one FF ... Also played extensively on special teams as gunner ... Named first-team All-Mid-American Conference his final two seasons, including first-team distinction as senior in 2021, when he also served as team captain ... Named to the Academic All-MAC Team in four consecutive seasons (2018-21).

High School/Personal:

• Hometown is Toledo, Ohio, where he attended St. John's Jesuit High School ... Recorded 14 INTs in three seasons ... Also played basketball and track & field, finishing third in Ohio in the long jump as a junior ... Majored in professional sales at Toledo ... First name is pronounced "TIE-senn."