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Kyle Morrell

American football player (1963–2020) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Kyle Douglas Morrell (October 9, 1963 – November 15, 2020) was an American professional football player who was a defensive back in the National Football League (NFL).

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Morrell was born in Scottsdale, Arizona and played scholastically at Viewmont High School in Bountiful, Utah.[1] He played collegiately for the BYU Cougars,[2] where, as a senior, he was a member of their 1984 consensus national champion team. He was also honored his senior year by the Associated Press, as a first-team All-American.[3]

Morrell was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the fourth round of the 1985 NFL draft,[4] but spent the year on the injured reserve list.[5] He appeared in five games for the Vikings in 1986.[6]

Morrell died on November 15, 2020, in Bountiful, from Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).[7][8]

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