Verron Haynes

{{Short description|American football player (born 1979)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}}

{{BLP sources|date=January 2025}}{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Verron Haynes

| image = Verron_Haynes.jpg

| caption = Haynes with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2005

| number = 34, 36

| position = Running back

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|2|17}}

| birth_place = Trinidad and Tobago

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lbs = 222

| high_school = North Springs {{nowrap|(Sandy Springs, Georgia, U.S.)}}

| college = Georgia

| draftyear = 2002

| draftround = 5

| draftpick = 166

| pastteams =

• Pittsburgh Steelers ({{NFL Year|2002}}–{{NFL Year|2007}})
• Atlanta Falcons ({{NFL Year|2009}})

| highlights =

• Super Bowl champion (XL)

| statlabel1 = Rushing attempts

| statvalue1 = 174

| statlabel2 = Rushing yards

| statvalue2 = 738

| statlabel3 = Rushing touchdowns

| statvalue3 = 3

| statlabel4 = Receptions

| statvalue4 = 61

| statlabel5 = Receiving yards

| statvalue5 = 449

| statlabel6 = Receiving touchdowns

| statvalue6 = 2

| pfr = HaynVe00

}}

Verron Ulric Haynes ({{IPAc-en|v|ə|ˈ|r|ɒ|n}} {{respell|və|RON|'}}; born February 17, 1979) is a Trinidadian-born former American football running back. He was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the fifth round of the 2002 NFL draft, following three successful college football seasons at the University of Georgia.{{Cite web |title=2002 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2002/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} With the Steelers, he won Super Bowl XL against the Seattle Seahawks.

Haynes appeared on the cover of Pittsburgh Magazine{{'}}s 25 Most Beautiful People issue in January 2007. As of 2010, Haynes serves as an International commentator and television personality for ESPN International.

Born in Trinidad and Tobago, before moving to New York City at age seven and then to Atlanta, Georgia, where he played high school football for North Springs High School. His father Ulric "Buggy" Haynes was a soccer player in the Trinidad and Tobago national team.{{cite web |url=http://legacy.guardian.co.tt/archives/2008-06-11/SA-3.html |title=Verron Haynes "The NFL chose me" |first=Sean |last=Nero |work=The Trinidad Guardian |publisher=Trinidad Publishing Company |date=January 7, 2009 |access-date=January 7, 2009 |archive-date=April 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429222054/http://legacy.guardian.co.tt/archives/2008-06-11/SA-3.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|title=Verron Haynes, Steelers Running Back, 2002-2007|url=http://pittsburghsportsdailybulletin.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/verron-haynes-steelers-rb-2002-2007/|work=Pittsburgh Sports Daily Bulletin|access-date=March 25, 2014|date=November 8, 2011|archive-date=March 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326044748/http://pittsburghsportsdailybulletin.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/verron-haynes-steelers-rb-2002-2007/|url-status=dead}}