Tyrone Keys
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Keys in 2011
No. 98, 93
Position:Defensive end
Personal information
Born: (1960-10-24) October 24, 1960
Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.
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
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.[1] 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).[2] 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.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Bears Trounce Patriots, 46-10, in Super Bowl". Los Angeles Times. 1986-01-27. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  2. ↑ "Cleveland: On Tyrone Keys". 16 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Alabama-Mississippi State: Tyrone Keys recalls 1980 MSU victory".


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