Tyler Herro

About

Tyler Christopher Herro ( HEE-roh; born January 20, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats. Herro was selected by the Miami Heat in the first round of the 2019 NBA draft with the 13th overall pick.
With the Heat, Herro was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team in 2020 and reached the NBA Finals in 2020 and 2023. He was named the NBA Sixth Man of the Year in 2022 and was named to his first All-Star Game in 2025. Herro has played both point guard and shooting guard at the professional level.

Herro was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and graduated from Whitnall High School in Greenfield, Wisconsin. In his senior season, he was named to the First Team All-State as he averaged 32.9 points, 7.4 rebounds, 3.6 assists, and 3.3 steals per game; his field goal percentage was over 50 and his three-point shooting percentage was 43.5. He scored more than 2,000 points in his high school career.
In high school, Herro received scholarship offers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Marquette University, DePaul University, Oregon State University…