Kyle Morrell | |
Number: | 35 |
Position: | Defensive back |
Birth Date: | 9 October 1963 |
Birth Place: | Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. |
Death Place: | Bountiful, Utah, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 1 |
Weight Lb: | 190 |
High School: | Viewmont (Bountiful) |
College: | BYU |
Draftyear: | 1985 |
Draftround: | 4 |
Draftpick: | 106 |
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Pfr: | MorrKy20 |
Kyle Douglas Morrell (October 9, 1963 – November 15, 2020) was an American professional football player who was a defensive back in the National Football League (NFL).
Morrell was born in Scottsdale, Arizona and played scholastically at Viewmont High School in Bountiful, Utah.[1] He played collegiately for the BYU Cougars,[2] where, as a senior, he was a member of their 1984 consensus national champion team. He was also honored his senior year by the Associated Press, as a first-team All-American.[3]
Morrell was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the fourth round of the 1985 NFL draft,[4] but spent the year on the injured reserve list.[5] He appeared in five games for the Vikings in 1986.[6]
Morrell died on November 15, 2020, in Bountiful, from Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).[7] [8]