Career
Craiggs father, Ted Craiggs, played for the British Columbia Lions in 1976 and is a former special teams coach for the Lions and Football British Columbia president Tyson was born in Kamloops, British Columbia and played junior football for the Tri-City Bulldogs in 2001 as well as for Saint Thomas More Collegiate. He went to the University of Saskatchewan and played for the Saskatchewan Huskies football team
In 2002, he was third in the country in solo tackles (59) and played in the Commonwealth of Independent States . In 2004, Craiggs had 38 kickoffs for 1909 yards.
After being undrafted in 2004, he chose to play for the Huskies for another season.
In 2005, the Lions signed Craiggs as a free agent. He made the team out of training camp as a long snapper and was 6th on the team with 9 special teams tackles. In 2006, Craiggs had a career-high 18 total tackles in his 2nd year in the Canadian Football League.
