Tyler Lepley

Lepley was born and raised in Philadelphia by his mother and stepfather, who has been in his life since the age of 6. Lepley is Italian on his mother's side and Jamaican on his biological father's side. Lepley revealed that he was teased as a child because he was the only black kid in his school. He graduated from Central Bucks High School West in Doylestown. Lepley did several Sports including track, football, basketball, karate -- as a young child -- and boxing but focused more on football as he got older. Lepley played football in high school under the name Tyler Dinnis. In June 2003, he suffered an injury which nearly ended his football career and later underwent surgery. By the summer of 2004, Lepley was back on the field and was selected as the MVP at Sports camp for Villanova University. He attended Kutztown University on a football scholarship. Lepley played football for the university until the fall of 2007 when he and another player were suspended for fighting. While Lepley was reinstated to the college, his football career was over and he was charged with a misdemeanor. Lepley went on to graduate from Kutztown in 2010 with a degree in Criminal justice. But because of his record, Lepley could not find a job in the field. Instead, he found work as gas station attendant, at sandwich shop and also worked as a bookie. Knowing it would not end well, Lepley accepted a friend's offer to relocate to Los Angeles in 2011 and found work as a personal trainer at Iron Fitness Gym in Santa Monica.