Player Profile: Bryce Torneden
#1 Bryce Torneden
Position: Safety
Height: 5-10
Weight: 190
Class: Senior
Hometown: Lawrence, KS
High School: Free State
2018 (Jr.): Started at 12 games on defense … Also served as the holder on extra points and field goals … Ranked second on the team in tackles with 91 … Recorded 5.5 TFLs, 2.0 sacks, two quarterback hurries and two fumble recoveries … Returned an interception 39 yards for a touchdown against Rutgers … Nicholls: Started at nickelback in the season-opener … Turned in seven tackles … at Central Michigan: Recorded five tackles, including 1.0 TFL … Also recovered a fumble … Rutgers: Recorded his first-career interception, returning it 39 yards for a touchdown … Also had six tackles and a fumble recovery in the win … at Baylor: Started at safety … Recorded nine tackles and one TFL … Oklahoma State:Recorded 11 tackles and one TFL … at West Virginia: Recorded a career-high 13 tackles with one TFL … at Texas Tech: Totaled 10 tackles with a quarterback hurry … TCU: Totaled nine tackles … Iowa State: Recorded his first sack on the season … Totaled seven tackles … at Kansas State: Recorded three tackles and a sack … at Oklahoma: Tallied six tackles on the evening against the Sooners … Texas: Recorded five tackles against the Longhorns.
2017 (So.): Saw action in 11 games, starting all 11 at nickelback ... Missed the Oklahoma State game with an injury ... Finished fourth on the team with 61 tackles ... Had 5.0 tackles-for-loss and 2.0 sacks ... Recorded three quarterback hurries and one pass breakup ... SEMO: Posted six tackles ... Central Michigan: Turned in five solo stops ... at Ohio:Had six tackles and 1.0 TFL ... West Virginia: Set a career-high with nine tackles, including seven solos ... Texas Tech: Had three stops ... at Iowa State: Posted six tackles, with four being solos ... Also had 1.0 TFL ... at TCU: Collected five tackles and a career-high 2.0 TFLs, one of which was a sack ... K-State: Recorded four solo tackles in the Sunflower Showdown to go along with a sack and 1.0 TFL ... Baylor: Registered five total hits ... at Texas: Had six tackles ... Oklahoma: Finished with six solo tackles.
2016 (Fr.): Played in 11 games … Started at West Virginia at nickelback … Provided 10 tackles … Made a personal-best four tackles at Texas Tech … at Memphis: Recorded the first tackle of his career on punt coverage … at Texas Tech: Turned in a career day after posting a personal-best four stops against the Red Raiders … at Baylor: Provided one tackle against the Bears … at Oklahoma: Contributed one tackle … at West Virginia: Notched two stops against the Mountaineers.
High School: Standout on both offense and defense at Free State High School… Earned three letters playing under head coach Robert Lisher... Produced 2,452 yards of total offense at quarterback in 2015, running for 11 touchdowns and throwing for 12 touchdowns... Recorded 84 tackles and four interceptions on defense as a senior... Picked up Second Team All-State honors by USA Today… Named 2014 and 2015 Class 6A All-Classes All-State at defensive back... 2015 All-Simone Team... Earned 2015 Topeka Capital-Journal All-State Top 11 honors... Tabbed 2015 Wichita Eagle All-State Top 11 honors... Named 2014 and 2015 Lawrence Journal-World All-Area Team... Picked up 2014 and 2015 First Team All-Sunflower League honors at both quarterback and defensive back... Helped lead the Firebirds to three-straight district, region and sectional champions... Led FSHS to the 2013 Sunflower League title... Selected Kansas over North Dakota State.
Personal Son of Charles Johnson and Becky Torneden-Johnson... Has two siblings, Camren and Haley... Brother, Camren, played college football at Central Missouri and Baker University... Plans to major in physiology... Future plans include becoming a coach... Last name, Torneden, is pronounced Tor-NAY-den.