Trey DePriest
{{Short description|American football player (born 1993)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
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| number = 33
| position = Linebacker
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|6|9|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Springfield, Ohio, U.S.
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| height_ft = 6
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| weight_lbs = 254
| high_school = Springfield (OH)
| college = Alabama
| undraftedyear = 2015
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- Baltimore Ravens ({{NFL Year|2015}})*
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Trey DePriest (born June 9, 1993) is a former American football linebacker. He played college football at Alabama. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Baltimore Ravens in 2015.
Early life
A native of Springfield, Ohio, DePriest attended Springfield High School, where he played linebacker and handled the punting duties, averaging 37.7 yards. As a junior, he recorded 101 tackles in 2009 with seven sacks and 10 tackles for loss while recovering three fumbles, earning All-Area Defensive Player of the Year and All-State honors. In his senior season, he registered 117 tackles, 12 tackles for loss and nine sacks. Besides repeating as All-Area Defensive Player of the Year and All-State selection, he won the Ohio Division-I Defensive Player of the Year award and was named All-American by USA Today and SuperPrep.
Regarded as a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, DePriest was ranked as the No. 7 outside linebacker in his class.{{Cite web |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/rankings/rank-2662 |title=Archived copy |access-date=March 7, 2015 |archive-date=April 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405021638/https://sports.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/rankings/rank-2662 |url-status=dead }} DePriest chose Alabama over Ohio State, Florida, LSU, Oklahoma and Notre Dame.
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| recruit = Trey DePriest| position = OLB
| hometown = Springfield, Ohio
| highschool = Springfield HS
| feet = 6
| inches = 2
| weight = 230
| 40 = 4.6
| commitdate = July 30, 2010
| scout stars = 5
| rivals stars = 4
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| year = 2011
| rivals ref title = Alabama Football Commitment List (24)
| scout ref title = Alabama College Football Recruiting Commits
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| scout overall = 1 (SLB)
| rivals overall = 7 (OLB), 5 (OH)
| accessdate = January 8, 2013
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College career
He left high school a semester early in 2011 to start classes and participate in spring football practice at Alabama.{{Cite web |last=Gould |first=Izzy |date=2011-04-01 |title=Alabama football early enrollee Trey DePriest making an early impact |url=https://www.al.com/sports/2011/04/early_alabama_football_enrolle.html |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=AL.com}} He played in all thirteen games as a true freshman in 2011, with half of his 25 tackles coming on the kickoff coverage team.{{cite web |url=http://www.rolltide.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/trey_depriest_777422.html |title=Trey DePriest Profile - ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE - University of Alabama Official Athletic Site |website=www.rolltide.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130113042018/http://www.rolltide.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/trey_depriest_777422.html |archive-date=2013-01-13}} He finished the 2012 regular season second on the team in tackles to C.J. Mosley. As a junior in 2013, DePriest started all 13 games. He returned his senior season and again started all 14 games.
;College career statistics
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| Solo | Ast | Total | Loss–Yards | No–Yards | Int–Yards | BU | PD | QBH | Rcv–Yards | FF | Kick | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Alabama | 13-0
| 11 | 14 | 25 | 1.5-10 | 0.0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | Alabama | 14-13
| 30 | 29 | 59 | 4.0-16 | 0.0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | Alabama | 13-13
| 31 | 34 | 65 | 7.5-22 | 2.0-15 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2014 | Alabama | 7-7
| 22 | 18 | 40 | 3.0-9 | 0.0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 |
Professional career
On May 8, 2015, DePriest was signed by the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent. On May 27, 2015, he was cut by the Ravens.{{cite web |url=http://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/article-2/Ravens-Cut-Alabamas-Trey-DePriest-Sign-Andrew-Bose/4c7f386b-e98f-45f0-9e00-4543210526c8 |title=Ravens Cut Alabama's Trey DePriest, Sign Andrew Bose |last=Downing |first=Garrett |date=May 27, 2015 |website=BaltimoreRavens.com |accessdate=September 3, 2015}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Twitter}}
- [http://www.rolltide.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/depriest_trey01.html Alabama Crimson Tide bio]
{{2011 Alabama Crimson Tide football navbox}}
{{2012 Alabama Crimson Tide football navbox}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Springfield, Ohio
Category:Players of American football from Ohio
Category:American football linebackers