A two-time Stanley Cup champion and former professional ice hockey center from Canada, Derek Michael Sanderson (born June 16, 1946), well known by the moniker "Turk," was instrumental in changing the perception of professional athletes throughout the 1970s. The legendary overtime goal by Bobby Orr of the Boston Bruins, which won the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals and is regarded as... read full bio
Derek Sherrod is a former American professional football offensive tackle who played in the NFL with the Green Bay Packers. Sherrod was born in Chula Vista, California, and he began his career playing football in high school where he was a first-team All-State selection in Class 3A by the Mississippi Association of Coaches at offensive tackle. Sherrod went on to... read full bio
Dermontti Dawson is an American former professional football center who played in the NFL with the Pittsburgh Steelers the entirety of his career. Dawson was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and he began his career playing football in high school where he was an all-state offensive tackle. Dawson went on to play college football at the University of Kentucky where he... read full bio
Three-time NBA All-Star, Deron Williams, is a retired point guard who played in the NBA and in the Turkish Basketball League. Williams received several awards throughout his time with the University of Illinois, including being named a consensus Second Team All American, as well as being named Big Ten All-Tournament Team and All-Final Four team. He was also honored as... read full bio
Derrick Brooks is a Tampa Bay Bucs Hall of Famer. As a member of the collegiate team at Florida State, Brooks was twice named a consensus All-American, and his Seminoles #10 jersey was retired by the school. Brooks was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the first round of the NFL Draft, and played his entire fourteen-season career with... read full bio
Derrick Coleman is a retired NBA player. He was drafted first overall by the New Jersey Nets, had a solid rookie season and was awarded the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. Coleman helped build the new team taking them to the playoffs three years in a row and winning was chosen as an NBA All-Star player twice. In his... read full bio
Derrick Favors is an American professional basketball player who plays power forward / center for the New Orleans Pelicans of the NBA. Favors was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and he began his career playing high school basketball at South Atlanta High School, where he was rated one of the best players in the country by Scout.com, ESPNU100, and Rivals.com. In... read full bio
Derrick Johnson is a former American professional football linebacker who has played in the NFL. Johnson was born in Waco, Texas, and he began his career playing high school football, basketball, and track. While playing football, Johnson had a career-high 30 tackles and 4 forced fumbles in a single game. He was also a Parade magazine All-American and earned first-team... read full bio
Derrick Mason is a former American professional football wide receiver who has previously played in the NFL. Mason grew up in Detroit, Michigan, and he began his career playing football in high school where he set records for catches at 70 and receiving yards at 1,243. Mason went on to play college football at Michigan State where set a team... read full bio
Derrick Morgan is a former American professional football linebacker who played with the Tennessee Titans the entirety of his NFL career. Morgan was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and he began his career playing high school football was he was named the Defensive Player of the Year and earned first-team All-State after he recorded 47 tackles and 7 sacks as a... read full bio
Derrick Rodgers is a former American professional football player who played as a linebacker in the NFL for eight seasons. Rodgers was born in Memphis, Tennessee and he began his career playing high school football in New Orleans, Louisiana. Rodgers went on to play college football at Arizona State University where he was a consensus first-team All-American while playing as... read full bio
Derrick Rose is an American professional basketball player who plays point guard for the Detroit Pistons of the NBA. Rose was born in Chicago, Illinois and began his career playing high school basketball at Simeon Career Academy where he earned titles of Illinois Mr. Basketball, First-team Parade All-American, Third-team Parade All-American, and Fourth-team Parade All-American. He played one year of... read full bio
Derrick Williams is an American professional basketball player who plays power forward for Fenerbahce of the Turkish Basketball Super League as well as the EuroLeague. Williams was born in Bellflower, California, and he began his career playing high school basketball at La Mirada. From there, he went on to play college basketball at the University of Arizona where he was... read full bio
Derwin Gray is a former American professional football player who played safety in the NFL and is currently the founding and lead pastor of Transformation Church, which is located in South Carolina. Gray was born in San Antonio, Texas, and he began his career playing college football at Brigham Young University before going on to be selected in the fourth... read full bio
DeSean Jackson is an American professional football wide receiver who currently plays for the Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL. Jackson was born in Los Angeles, California, and he began his career playing high school football where he won the Glenn Davis Award, the Pete Dawkins Trophy, was voted the MVP of the U.S. Army All-American Bowl, was named the number... read full bio
Deshaun Watson is an NFL quarterback with the Houston Texans. He got his start playing college football for Clemson University. Watsons second year with the team led them to an undefeated regular season and to win the ACC Championship. He was named the ACC Championship Game MVP, ACC Offensive Player of the Year, and was a finalist for the Heisman... read full bio
Deshea Townsend is a former professional cornerback who played in the NFL with the Pittsburgh Steelers almost the entirety of his career. Townsend was born in Batesville, Mississippi, and he began his career playing football in high school where he helped lead his school to the Mississippi State 5A championship. Townsend went on to play college football at the University... read full bio
Deuce McAllister is a former American professional football running back who has played in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints the entirety of his career. McAllister was born in Ludlow, Mississippi, and he began his career playing football in high school before going on to play college football at the University of Mississippi where he was the only player... read full bio
Devery Henderson is a former American professional football wide receiver who played in the NFL with the New Orleans Saints for 9 seasons. Henderson was born in Opelousas, Louisiana, and he began his career playing football in high school before going on to play college football at LSU. During his time at LSU, Henderson was a BCS National Champion and... read full bio
NBA point guard/shooting guard Devin Harris plays for the Dallas Mavericks. He was voted Wisconsin's "Mr. Basketball" as a high school senior after setting scoring records at his school and being undefeated in the process. He guided the University of Wisconsin to two straight Big Ten Championships while still a college player. He received the second tournament's Most Outstanding Player... read full bio
