2 More Days until the Teen Wolf premiere—here are the top five things you need to know about the dark, mysterious werewolf on the show.

On MTV’s new Teen Wolf, Tyler Hoechlin plays the super-hot (seriously, we might have been crushing more than little bit when we met him), darkly mysterious werewolf, who ends up mentoring Tyler Posey’s character Scott. Seventeen sat down with the former baseball player to get all the dish on the show, and found out all kinds of exciting dish on Tyler. Here’s what you need to know about him:

He was almost Edward Cullen:

“From what I know…we never know, but that’s what I heard from my agent. But I did get offered the role of Emmet Cullen, and said no, purely because we were a week away from baseball season, and I was the starting second baseman, and I couldn’t leave. There were 40 other guys depending on me, and were named to go back to the college world series, and I’m too loyal to have bailed out on my team like that. My teammates never let me live it down, but definitely no regrets. And now I’m a werewolf instead.“

He’s a baseball player-turned-surfer:

“I’m missing the beach, especially now that it’s getting warming. I’m like ahhhh surfing. That’s my new thing. I played baseball up until a year and half ago, extremely competitively, and ever since then, I’ve had to find new things that don’t involve 18 people to play a game. So surfing is one of those things. It’s my new, athletic thing to do.“

He’s got the MLB hookup:

“My best friend and roommate from Arizona State is Ike Davis, so I get to come to watch him play for the Mets.”

You could totally run into him at the movies:

“I love going to movies by myself. Which is convenient since I have no one to hang out with, and no friends in Atlanta. Basically, my character is so solitary, that whenever I have a off day, everyone else is working!”

He’s the best boyfriend ever:

“I’ve been with my girlfriend for two years (actress Rachele Brooke Smith—she was a backup dancer on the Britney ep of Glee!). You have to not be afraid to do the little things. You can always send flowers or something like that. My girlfriend and I never let each other forget how much we love each other. It’s all about reminding the other person how important and special she is to you.”

Source: Seventeen