Daryl Lynn Hunt was a professional American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 player, a linebacker

Linebacker

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 for six seasons for the Houston Oilers appearing in 78 career regular season games after being selected by Houston during the 6th round of the 1979 NFL Draft.

University

Hunt is considered one of the best University of Oklahoma football players of the Barry Switzer era. Hunt played linebacker and remains the OU career record-holder for tackles, 530. He had three of the best six single-season tackle totals (157 in 1978, 159 in 1977 and 177 in 1976). He earned all-Big Eight status three-times and was selected as an All-American in 1977 and 1978.

High school

Born in Ector County of the Texas west, Hunt was the son of educators in Odessa Texas and the first Afro-American to play football at Texas football powerhouse Odessa Permian High School.

Death

Hunt died of a massive heart attack while jogging in Houston on July 9, 2010 at the age of 53.