Tyrone Keys
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Position: | Defensive end |
Personal information | |
Born: | Jackson, Mississippi | October 24, 1960
Height: | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
Weight: | 272 lb (123 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Callaway (Jackson, Mississippi) |
College: | Mississippi State |
NFL Draft: | 1981 / Round: 5 / Pick: 113 |
Career history | |
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Career NFL statistics | |
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Tyrone Keys (born October 24, 1960) is a former professional American football player who played defensive end for six seasons for the Chicago Bears, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and San Diego Chargers. He was a member of the Bears team that won Super Bowl XX following the 1985 NFL season. He was also a member of the "Shuffling Crew" in the video The Super Bowl Shuffle. In high school Keys was a member of the Callaway High School Chargers of Jackson, Mississippi which won all 12 of their 1975 season games and won the Big 8 Conference championship (the Big 8 was at the time the conference of Mississippi's largest high schools).[1] In college at Mississippi State University Keys played four years at defensive tackle. In 1980 Keys made a last minute tackle of Alabama quarterback Don Jacobs, causing a fumble which sealed the Bulldogs' 6–3 upset of the #1 Crimson Tide.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Cleveland: On Tyrone Keys". 16 September 2015.
- ^ "Alabama-Mississippi State: Tyrone Keys recalls 1980 MSU victory".
- 1960 births
- Living people
- American football defensive ends
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- Canadian football defensive linemen
- BC Lions players
- Chicago Bears players
- Mississippi State Bulldogs football players
- San Diego Chargers players
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers players
- Players of American football from Jackson, Mississippi
- Players of Canadian football from Jackson, Mississippi
- African-American players of American football
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- 20th-century African-American sportspeople
- American football defensive lineman, 1960s birth stubs