Do we like them?

Do we like Tyler Toney?

Our score: 6 out of 10. Nothing harmful or nasty turned up, but I couldn't open the full articles, so this is a cautious middle-to-good score.

Tyler Toney is the co-founder of Dude Perfect, the Texas A&M-born trick-shot crew that turned backyard basketball stunts into one of YouTube's biggest channels. NPR profiled him and Cory Cotton on its founders podcast in 2021. He's the business brain of the group as much as one of the faces.

The money and the reach have grown a lot. In 2024 the group announced an investment of more than US$100 million from private equity firm Highmount Capital, and it has been touring arenas, including a 2026 Squad Games Tour. In 2026 Toney has also been leading Dude Perfect Outdoors, a channel aimed at getting people off screens and into the outdoors.

On the scandal front there's honestly very little. Searches for lawsuits, allegations and controversies turned up nothing credible about Toney himself. The old 'are the shots faked?' fuss isn't misconduct, and the group has repeatedly said the shots are real. A few spammy sites claimed he'd quit, and nothing reputable backs that up.

On the harm check, I found no words or acts from him against LGBTQ+ people, women, migrants, public health or the planet. I also found nothing about political donations or campaigning. The thing to know is that he's openly Christian: in a March 2026 interview he credited Jesus for the group's success and said the platform is not for them. Faith alone isn't a fail on this page, and nothing I found shows him using it against anyone.

He's also been candid about the hard parts. In a 2023 I Am Second video, he and his wife spoke about how sudden fame strained their marriage. Being honest about that is a point in his favour, though it's his story to tell and I'll leave it there.

Honest gap: I couldn't open the full articles, so this rests on search results and headlines, and I haven't checked his recent projects line by line. On the evidence available, he looks decent, he's not a culture-war grifter, and he's not been caught up in a scandal. That's a lean-yes verdict that falls short of a glowing one.