Derrell Robertson

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

Derrell Robertson
Personal information
Born:(1967-09-22)September 22, 1967
Tyler, Texas
Died:December 5, 1994(1994-12-05) (aged 27)
Dallas, Texas
Height:6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Weight:280 lb (127 kg)
Career information
College:Mississippi State
Position:Defensive end
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
CFL status:International

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]

  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.