Tyrone Bell (born October 20, 1974) is a former
defensive back
In gridiron football, defensive backs (DBs), also called the secondary, are the players on the defensive side of the ball who play farthest back from the line of scrimmage. They are distinguished from the other two sets of defensive players, the ...
in the
National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...
.
Biography
Bell was born Tyrone Edward Bell in
West Point, Mississippi
West Point is a city in Clay County, Mississippi, United States, in the Golden Triangle region of the state. The population was 11,307 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Clay County and the principal city of the West Point Micropolitan ...
.
Career
Bell was drafted in the sixth round of the
1999 NFL Draft
The 1999 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 17–18, 1999, at the Theater at M ...
by the
San Diego Chargers
The San Diego Chargers were a professional American football team that played in San Diego from 1961 until the end of the 2016 season, before relocating to Los Angeles, where the franchise had played its inaugural 1960 season. The team is now ...
and would spend that season with the
Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. It ...
. He played at the collegiate level at the
University of North Alabama. He also played for the
BC Lions and
Memphis Maniax.
Other work
Bell is currently a Senior Vice President of Primerica Financial Services in Huntsville, Alabama.
See also
*
List of Green Bay Packers players
References
External links
Just Sports Stats
1974 births
Living people
People from West Point, Mississippi
Players of American football from Mississippi
Green Bay Packers players
American football defensive backs
North Alabama Lions football players
Primerica
BC Lions players
Memphis Maniax players
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