Kurtis Drummond (born January 29, 1992) is a former American football safety for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL) and the San Antonio Commanders of the Alliance of American Football (AAF). He played college football at Michigan State.
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| Born: | January 29, 1992 Masury, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Hubbard (OH) | ||||||||
| College: | Michigan State | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2015 | ||||||||
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High school career
editDrummond attended Hubbard High School in Hubbard, Ohio.
Considered a three-star recruit by ESPN.com, Drummond was listed as the No. 84 athlete in the nation in 2010.[1] He committed to play college football at Michigan State University in October 2009.[2]
College career
editDrummond was redshirted as a freshman in 2010 after tearing his labrum.[3] Drummond played in 12 games as a backup to Trenton Robinson as a redshirt freshman in 2011. He finished the season with 17 tackles and two interceptions. As a sophomore in 2012 Drummond played in 12 games with seven starts. He recorded 53 tackles and two interceptions. Drummond was a first-team All-Big Ten selection as a junior in 2013 after recording 91 tackles and four interceptions.[4] He again was first-team All-Big Ten as a senior after recording 72 tackles and four interceptions. He was also named a first-team All-American by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA).[5]
Professional career
edit| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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| 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
208 lb (94 kg) |
32+1⁄4 in (0.82 m) |
10+3⁄8 in (0.26 m) |
4.65 s | 1.59 s | 2.67 s | 4.33 s | 7.09 s | 39 in (0.99 m) |
9 ft 11 in (3.02 m) |
22 reps | |
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Houston Texans
editDrummond was signed by the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent on May 8, 2015.[7] He was waived on September 5, 2017 and was re-signed to the practice squad.[8][9] He was promoted to the active roster on October 27, 2015.[10] He appeared in 9 games and made 14 tackles, primarily playing on special teams.
On August 30, 2016, Drummond was placed on injured reserve.[11]
On October 4, 2017, Drummond was waived by the Texans and was re-signed to the practice squad.[12][13] He was promoted back to the active roster on October 14, 2017.[14]
On September 2, 2018, Drummond was waived by the Texans.[15]
San Antonio Commanders (AAF)
editOn January 4, 2019, Drummond signed with the San Antonio Commanders of the AAF.[16] The league ceased operations in April 2019.[17]
In 2019, Drummond was drafted by the Dallas Renegades of the XFL in the second round of his position group in the 2020 XFL Draft.[18]
References
edit- ^ Kurtis Drummond Recruiting Profile
- ^ MSU commits bring size, speed
- ^ "Kurtis Drummond excited for action". Archived from the original on June 30, 2019. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
- ^ Big Ten's best players for 2014: No. 22 Kurtis Drummond, DB, Michigan State
- ^ Michigan State safety Kurtis Drummond named first-team All-American by football writers association
- ^ "NFL Draft Profile: Kurtis Drummond". NFL.com. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
- ^ "Texans sign all seven NFL draft picks". HoustonTexans.com. May 8, 2015. Archived from the original on August 26, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
- ^ "The Texans 53-man roster is set". HoustonTexans.com. September 5, 2015. Archived from the original on October 5, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
- ^ "Texans sign 10 to practice squad". HoustonTexans.com. September 7, 2015. Archived from the original on October 5, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
- ^ "Texans place Foster on injured reserve, add Drummond to active roster". HoustonTexans.com. October 27, 2015. Archived from the original on October 5, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
- ^ "TRANSACTIONS: Texans trim roster to 75". HoustonTexans.com. August 30, 2016. Archived from the original on September 3, 2017.
- ^ Williams, Charean (October 4, 2017). "Texans claim Ben Heeney off waivers from Saints". ProFootballTalk.NBCSports.com.
- ^ "Texans sign S Drummond to practice squad". HoustonTexans.com. October 6, 2017. Archived from the original on October 9, 2017.
- ^ "TRANSACTIONS: Texans sign Kurtis Drummond". HoustonTexans.com. October 14, 2017. Archived from the original on February 18, 2018.
- ^ "TRANSACTIONS: Texans claim three on waivers". HoustonTexans.com. September 2, 2018.
- ^ "Commanders add players to training camp roster, make cuts". 210 Football. January 4, 2019. Archived from the original on February 7, 2019. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
- ^ Rothstein, Michael; Wickersham, Seth (June 13, 2019). "Inside the short, unhappy life of the Alliance of American Football". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
- ^ Bender, Bill (October 21, 2019). "XFL Draft picks 2019: Complete results, rosters, players for new football league". Sporting News. Retrieved October 22, 2019.