Trey DePriest (born June 9, 1993) is an American former football linebacker. He played college football at Alabama. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Baltimore Ravens in 2015.
Early life A native of Springfield, Ohio, DePriest attended Springfield High School, where he played linebacker and handled the punting duties, averaging 37.7 yards. As a junior, he recorded 101 tackles in 2009 with seven sacks and 10 tackles for loss while recovering three fumbles, earning All-Area Defensive Player of the Year and All-State honors. In his senior season, he registered 117 tackles, 12 tackles for loss and nine sacks. Besides repeating as All-Area Defensive Player of the Year and All-State selection, he won the Ohio Division-I Defensive Player of the Year award and was named All-American by USA Today and SuperPrep.
Regarded as a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, DePriest was ranked as the No. 7 outside linebacker in his class. DePriest chose Alabama over Ohio State, Florida, LSU, Oklahoma and Notre Dame.
College career He left high school a semester early in 2011 to start classes and participate in spring football practice at Alabama. He played in all thirteen games as a true freshman in 2011, with half of his 25 tackles coming on the kickoff coverage team. He finished the 2012 regular season second on the team in tackles to C.J. Mosley. As a junior in 2013, DePriest started all 13 games. He returned his senior season and again started all 14 games.
College career statistics Year School GP–GS Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles Blocked Solo Ast Total Loss–Yards No–Yards Int–Yards BU PD QBH Rcv–Yards FF Kick 2011 Alabama 13–0 11 14 25 1.5–10 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 1 0–0 0 0 2012 Alabama 14–13 30 29 59 4.0–16 0.0–0 0–0 2 2 2 0–0 0 0 2013 Alabama 13–13 31 34 65 7.5–22 2.0–15 0–0 2 2 0 0–0 2 0 2014 Alabama 7–7 22 18 40 3.0–9 0.0–0 0–0 1 0 1 0–0 1 0
Professional career On May 8, 2015, DePriest was signed by the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent. On May 27, he was cut by the Ravens.
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Alabama Crimson Tide bio