Tyler Van Dyke Media Availability || Wisconsin Football || August 14, 2024

Tyler Phil mentioned that at least publicly officially named you the starter when did you have that conversation with him that you learned that this would be your your offense this season yeah had that conversation uh Sunday morning uh back at Platville um you know obviously he named me the starter but obviously we're still competing still got to you know go go out there every day and do what I got to do and you know bren's done a great job pushing me I pushed him so um yeah um you know it's been good why you came here what does this opportunity mean to you to get shot in your last year yeah it means a lot um it me it means the coaches believe in me means the players believe in me and uh I'm just glad they gave me this opportunity to um you know get some revenge for myself and and you know bring some greatness to Wisconsin how do you think in in Camp you kind of helped you helped your cause yeah you know I think uh you know coming to spring it was a little rocky in the beginning just learning the offense and I think towards the end of spring I kind of you know got rolling a little bit uh understanding what he wants as OC um and then over the summer just you know you know kept learning the offense and making sure everything um was installed in my brain and understanding of more of what he wants um and then obviously just perfected in Fall Camp um you know I think we've done a great job you know hitting more explosiv explosives down the field uh receivers been doing a great job you know catching the ball um getting up field and and making plays for me so talking to some of those safeties yesterday they said kind of the way you exerted your leadership first was in the wait room was that kind of a goal of yours and how did that kind of help you become a better leader yeah my goal was just to come in and um you know just be a hard worker earn respect of the guys um that were already leaders of the team um and everybody else as well so oh sorry about that um yeah and then I think you know going this summer um you know my goal is to be more vocal that vocal leadership role and um I definitely feel like I accomplished that and obviously going through the fall just got to keep it going and uh um just be as vocal as possible as a Leader's obviously disappointed but what do you think he's shown since you've been competing with him that um you know can give him a a positive outl for his future yeah BR has a really bright future I mean he he could spin it he's very smart understands where he he has to go with the football um you know he pushed me every day to be my best and I as well as I did too so um but yeah he is a bright future um he shouldn't be disappointed I mean he uh he works hard every day and um you know does what he has to do and he has a bright future so um I'm excited to see uh what he has uh after me so seems like you have the attitude even though you are the starter as you said it's always still competition what fuels that mindset what fuels that that attitude yeah I mean I've been through a lot um back in my past experiences so you always got to keep you know competing keep um you know going through it um you know always you know be motivated even when sometimes you feel comfortable so you can't ever be complacent just got to keep going and uh never stop what was your family reaction when you told them that you got the starting job I mean uh yeah they were proud of me for how I handled things and and and went through it and uh yeah I mean they're just excited for this season to start going so now now that your role's been more defined moving forward with Camp how does that how does that help things moving forward as you as you get ready for the season yeah I think it just helped the continuity a little bit you know playing with the same guys uh especially up front you know getting the communication down and um with run schemes protection um and also timing with the receivers uh when we go live because we we get reps all the time just routs on there but live is a little bit different so um you know getting those more reps uh with the receivers and offensive line is is definitely going to help out a lot we see obviously how hard y'all practice the amount of live reps is this something different maybe than some of the other training camps you've had in Prior schools and if so have you kind of grown to adapt to this yeah good question um yeah my I didn't really do as much uh you know live reps uh we did a lot more drills and stuff uh maybe three four periods of um you know just team play it and all that so I'm glad we do this cuz that's actually football um so you know I'm excited that um you know coach fle understands that and uh you know just helps helps out um to make it easier for the game so working with the receivers a lot today seem to be a heavier tight end day with the double sets and you know room the Red Zone and everything what's it been like working with this versatile set of uh tight ends yeah I mean uh you know we have a lot of different packages that we use um you know when we get into the goal line or um you know short distance um third and shorts fourth and shorts so um yeah we have a lot of guys that can um you know be Heavy Hitters in there tight ends and also make catches too so you know we we got a lot of different schemes out of that those packages so um you know Riley Tucker uh Jackson Mohan JTC Graves all all can do it so um yeah really glad we have those GS tell one of the things that Phil said was a separator for you was the ability to push the ball down the field and create some explosive plays like that seems like Bryson's been one of your top targets for doing so just what is it about how do you develop chemistry with a guy that's going to be a downfield target for you yeah and you know it takes a lot of reps um I mean offseason summer spring you know um you know just throwing OTS uh over the shoulder um after every uh walk through at night um you know doing a lot of work with that in the summer um you know it's it takes a lot of reps because you're not just going to get it down right away and I think we saw that in the spring a little bit uh not being able to connect connect on those as well as we wanted to so um it just took a lot of reps you know kind of get going and um I think we still have a lot of work to do with that um I think we could be a lot more explosive than we've shown so far sobly one of things seen you know in the pocket when pressure's coming you're able to either stay poison the pocket and kind of you know find your receivers even if it's not after the first or second read or you're scrambling you're able to kind of move around how have you kind of grown in that area and do you think that running ability you know the coaches have talked about it is going to be a big part of your game this year yeah no doubt um you know I think the line has done an unbelievable job uh so far you know protecting um you know defense has done a great job uh when when we had good days protecting coming back the next day and like mixing up a little bit showing some more pressure so but the O Line's done a great job you know give me time to you know throw the ball and when I do have to get out there I feel a lot more comfortable now than I did in the past I think you know what coach Brady does in the weight room the way we train you know uh just helped that out a lot so you play with a lot of different centers in your career what stands about out about how Jake runs the line makes the calls and things like that yeah Jake's a really good communicator he's a dog um you know pushes the guys around him to be great so um you know really glad he's the guy making the points up there and uh um you know I've created a great relationship with him so far and uh you know you always need that bond between the quarterback and Center so uh he's done a great job uh leading up front as a new face to Wisconsin what should fans expect from you uh both on and off the field yeah I mean I'm just going to go out there and compete every day um you know try to win every every snap every rep um and you know lead these guys uh I mean to all these victories uh this season so all good guys we tight going thank you guys appreciate it