| No. 52 New Orleans VooDoo | |
| Linebacker | |
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| Date of birth: October 22, 1984 | |
| Place of birth: Del Rio, Texas | |
| High School: Del Rio High School | |
| Career information | |
| University: Angelo State | |
| Undrafted in 2007 | |
| Debuted in 2007 for the Corpus Christi Sharks | |
| Career history | |
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| Roster status: In-Active | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Tyrell McCrea is a American football linebacker, who currently plays for the New Orleans VooDoo in the Arena Football League.
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Tyrell McCrea, raised in Del Rio, Texas, spent his early childhood playing football and baseball. McCrea and his older brother, Frenchey Jr., were great athletes in Del Rio growing up. McCrea played in the city leagues but was unable to participate in football his 7th and 8th grade season because he attended a private school. He attended Del Rio High School. McCrea became a key player on offense his senior year at Del Rio despite being hampered by ankle injuries that season. McCrea was rated one of the top 50 fullbacks in the state of Texas, All-Southwest Texas Running Back, and All-District 27-5A RB. In the first game of his senior year against historic Odessa Permian High School, McCrea had a 80 yard touchdown run during the first half to begin his season. He finished the game with over 100 yards rushing and 45 yards receiving, plus a TD.
McCrea was a linebacker at Angelo State University, where he was known for being a leader. McCrea started 4 seasons after taking a redshirt his first year on campus.
Although starting four seasons, he finished his college career in style by being named All-Lone Star Conference his senior year. McCrea also helped ASU baseball team to a NCAA Division II World Series berth in baseball. [1]
McCrea's first career start closed with a stat sheet of 20 tackles (9 solo) and a quarterback sack against East Central Oklahoma University. McCrea best overall season was his senior year, when he finished second on the team in total tackles with 78, finished the season with 24 solo tackles, 54 assisted tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 2 sacks and a forced fumble, and ranked 10th in the conference for tackles per game with 7.8.
McCrea attended Texas Tech's NFL Pro Day in the spring of 2007. He graduated with a Bachelors in Fine Arts.
McCrea went undrafted by the NFL and was signed as a free agent by the Corpus Christi Sharks of the af2 to play fullback and linebacker in June 2007. He spent a week with the Austin Wranglers of the AFL prior. McCrea started the last five games of the season and earned Defensive Player of the game twice. McCrea's best performance was against the Texas Copperheads where he finished with 4 tackles, sack, and a forced fumble for a 40 yard touchdown. During the summer, McCrea worked out for the Green Bay Packers. In November 2007, McCrea signed to play with the Sharks for another season. [2] He started the Sharks first 7 games of the 2008 season but his season was cut short with season ending surgery. McCrea finished with 13.5 tackles, to go along with two sacks.
In April 2011, McCrea signed with the New Orleans Voodoo of the Arena Football League. He is currently on the in-active roster. [3]