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High School: The Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Offensive and Defensive Lineman of the Year and a first-team all-state selection as a senior, lettered three years at St. Francis Central Coast Catholic High School in Watsonville, Calif., south of San Jose...A three-year team captain, played offensive tackle, defensive end, defensive tackle, tight end and placekicker for the Sharks, who advanced to the CIF north Division II playoffs in both 2008 and 2009...As a senior, garnered all-state recognition among small-school players from ESPN.com/CalHiSports.com and picked up second-team all-Northern California accolades from Scout.com/GoldenStatePreps.com, both for his efforts as an offensive lineman...Also earned first-team all-conference honors on both the offensive and defensive lines, as well as all-county recognition (Santa Cruz Sentinel) as an offensive tackle...Helped turn around a program that had lost all 10 games in 2007, finish a combined 13-8-1 and qualify for the CIF postseason his junior and senior campaigns...A second-team all-conference kicker as a junior, led the Sharks to a 7-4 mark and added first-team all-conference honors on offense and second-team honors on defense...Received honorable-mention all-conference respect as a sophomore...Also played soccer (one letter), basketball (one letter), and baseball...Head football coach was Joseph Gregorio...Has a 3.56 GPA and runs the 40-yard dash in 5.2 seconds...Drew recruiting interest from Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Southern Utah, Cal Poly, Washington State, New Mexico State, Sacramento State and Weber State. Personal: Given name Tyler William Sambrailo...Nicknamed Sambo...Last name is pronounced sam-BRY-loh...Born March 10, 1992, in Watsonville, Calif. ...Parents are Mark and Karen Sambrailo...Has an older brother and older sister...A versatile, athletic big man, can do back flips and freestyle skiing flips and tricks, and won the USSA titles in the Far West Division for his age group in the slalom, giant slalom and super G...Dad, Mark, graduated from the University of Colorado, where he was a pole vaulter...Mom graduated from the University of Denver...Brother, Erik, also is a CU graduate and competed as a skier in the Junior Olympics...Sister, Kiersten, currently plays volleyball at Oregon State...Grandfather, Bill Sambrailo, played football at Santa Clara, helping the team to a berth in the Orange Bowl...Interested in finance as a major at Colorado State...Hometown: Watsonville, Calif.
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