He was a gifted musician, who was very excited about his freshman year of college. As a first-year student at Rutgers University in Fall , Tyler set to work growing his musicianship through participation in an orchestra typically reserved for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. He was committed to strengthening his sense of self as a whole person, as he had spent the summer prior to his freshman year sharing with certain family members that he was gay and planning to live an authentic life. That September, Tyler asked his roommate for privacy to host a date.
Only a little over a year after he'd retired from the NFL , year-old quarterback Steve McNair was fatally shot in his apartment on July 4, Police ruled it a murder-suicide. According to reports, McNair's mistress, year-old Sahel Jenni Kazemi , had murdered the former football player before taking her own life. Kazemi had allegedly grown concerned that McNair was seeing another woman, in addition to her feeling overwhelmed by bills and a recent DUI.
The son of late Titans quarterback Steve McNair , who is 6-foot-4 and as a starter helped Brentwood Academy's basketball team win the state championship in , did not play this season. McNair told The Tennessean he wanted to continue to be a member of the school's dance team and play basketball during his senior year, but simply couldn't find the time. Eventually I just decided to stick with dance because it was something that I thought about all the time. The story was picked up by the Associated Press.
The Tennessean has republished this story on Tyler from when he was on the high school dance team. For more from the Tennessean archives visit tennessean. Brentwood Academy student Tyler McNair wrangled over the question before his senior year of high school. He was 6-foot-4, an athlete, the son of the late Titans quarterback Steve McNair , one of the biggest athletes to ever play sports in Nashville.