Derrell Robertson

For the linebacker with a similar name, see Darrell Robertson.

Derrell Robertson
Profile
PositionDefensive end
Personal information
Born(1967-09-22)September 22, 1967
Tyler, Texas
DiedDecember 5, 1994(1994-12-05) (aged 27)
Dallas, Texas
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight280 lb (127 kg)
Career information
CollegeMississippi State
Career history
* Offseason or practice squad member only

Derrell Robertson (September 22, 1967 – December 5, 1994) was an American college football player from Tyler, Texas who played for Mississippi State University in 1988 and 1989. After college, Robertson signed with the Las Vegas Posse of the Canadian Football League in 1994. Robertson was killed in a car crash in December 1994 but was still drafted by the Ottawa Rough Riders in a dispersal draft after the Posse folded.[2][3]

Career

After playing at Mississippi State, Robertson was signed by the Posse on April 7, 1994.[4] However, he was killed in a car crash on December 5, 1994, about a month after the season ended.[5]

After the end of the 1994 Canadian Football League season, the Posse folded, and its players were made available to the other CFL teams through a dispersal draft in April 1995. A list of potential draftees, including Robertson, was distributed by the league to the teams. With their fourth-round pick, the Ottawa Rough Riders selected Robertson. Rough Riders football operations head Garney Henley had previously consulted with the former Posse coach, Ron Meyer and had also spoken with offensive coordinator Ron Smeltzer. Both of them spoke well of Robertson, and were apparently unaware of his death, as they did not mention it.[6] According to Ottawa coach Jim Gilstrap, the league and the team did not know about Robertson's death, until they tried and failed to find him.

See also

References

  1. ^ Buccaneers, 1991 Media Guide. p. 76. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  2. ^ "Second Year In A Row CFL Team Drafts Dead Player". AP News. March 14, 1996.
  3. ^ Less than a year later, the Montreal Alouettes selected defensive end James Eggink of Northern Illinois University in the fifth round of the CFL Canadian college draft, only to learn that the player had died of cancer the previous December.
  4. ^ "Transactions", The New York Times, April 8, 1994, retrieved November 26, 2009
  5. ^ Wolff, Alexander; Stone, Christian (June 5, 1995). "Scorecard". Sports Illustrated, page 20. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  6. ^ Scanlon, Wayne (May 25, 1995), "Riders' selection of dead Posse player the fault of league", The Record (Kitchener, ON), retrieved November 26, 2009{{citation}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) (pay for article)

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