Oklahoma State University Athletics
2024 Cowboy Football Roster
Roster
Kyler Pearson
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Tulsa, OK
- High School:
- Union
Arrived at OSU as a walk-on transfer in 2023 ... Broke out in 2024 as a talented returner ... Played at Kansas and UT Martin before OSU.
2024: (Senior): Played in eight games, mainly as a return specialist ... Ranked fifth on the team with 355all-purpose yards for the year ... Recorded seven punt returns for 54 yards and 17 kickoff returns for 294 yards ... Also had one catch for seven yards that came in the season finale at Colorado ... Had a career-long 37-yard punt return against Arizona State and a career-long 31-yard kickoff return at Baylor ... Had a 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown that was called back due to a penalty against Arizona State ... Served as a game captain against TCU ... Named the OSU special teams co-practice player of the week against BYU.
2023: (Junior): Did not see any in-game action ... Named OSU’s offense practice player of the week against UCF.
2022: (Sophomore at UT Martin): Played in four games for the Skyhawks on special teams ... Helped his team to the OVC Championship ... Saw action against Western Illinois, Lindenwood, Murray State and No. 3 Tennessee ... Had a nine-yard punt return against Lindenwood.
2021: (Freshman at Kansas): Played in the final eight games of the year on the kickoff return unit, recording five total kickoff returns for 50 yards ... Had one return of 18 yards against Oklahoma, one for six yards at TCU and three for 26 yards against West Virginia in the final game of the season ... Also saw some time on offense but did not record any offensive statistics.
2020 (at Kansas): Played in three-straight games for the Jayhawks near the end of the season ... Returned five kickoffs for 83 yards, an average of 16.6 yards per return, with a long return of 22 yards ... Made his first appearance in a Kansas uniform against Iowa State and recorded his first-ever kickoff return for 18 yards … Finished the game with a pair of kickoff returns for a total of 25 yards … Tied a season-high with two kick return attempts against Oklahoma and set a new single-game high with 36 return yards … In his third time taking the field for the Jayhawks, he returned one kickoff for 22 yards against TCU.
High School: Played multiple varsity seasons under coach Kirk Fridrich at Tulsa Union ... Earned a three star rating from 247Sports and ESPN … Rated the No. 30 overall prospect in the state of Oklahoma by Rivals … Helped Union to the Oklahoma Class 6A-I state semifinals as a junior … Scored 17 touchdowns and recorded more than 2,500 all-purpose yards in his career at Tulsa Union ... Signed with Kansas out of high school.
Personal: Son of Preston and Lana Pearson ... Has two siblings, Kale and Kaylor ... Brother, Kale, played quarterback at Air Force.
