Derrick Kindred

Derrick Dwayne Kindred Jr. (born December 15, 1993) is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the TCU Horned Frogs, and was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the fourth round of the 2016 NFL draft.

Early life Derrick Dwayne Kindred, Jr. was born December 15, 1993, in San Antonio, Texas, to Derrick Kindred, Sr. and his then-wife, Karen Randle. and his mother was a physical therapist (although later she became a pharmacy technician). In high school, Kindred was both an offensive and defensive player. As an offensive running back, At and during the college draft,

Members of the TCU football team called Kindred "Peanut",

Cleveland Browns 2016 The Cleveland Browns selected Kindred in the fourth round (129th overall) of the 2016 NFL draft. He was the 11th safety selected in 2016. On May 26, 2016, the signed Kindred to a four-year, $2.83 million contract that includes a signing bonus of $499,356.

Throughout training camp, Kindred performed well and impressed coaches enough in the preseason to warrant a competition against Jordan Poyer for the starting free safety job. Head coach Hue Jackson named Poyer the starting free safety and Kindred the backup strong safety behind Ibraheim Campbell to start the regular season.

He made his professional regular season debut in the Browns season-opener at the Philadelphia Eagles and recorded six combined tackles in the 29–10 loss. On September 25, 2016, Kindred earned his first career start after Ibraheim Campbell was out with a hamstring injury. He made four combined tackles during the Browns' 30–24 loss to the Miami Dolphins. On November 6, 2016, he collected a season-high six combined tackles during the Browns' 35–10 loss to the Dallas Cowboys. In Week 11, Kindred made six combined tackles and a season-high two pass deflections during a 24–9 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. During the bye week in Week 13, he broke his ankle while training and was placed on the reserve/non-football injury list on December 7, 2016. He appeared in all 12 games with five starts and finished his rookie season with 46 combined tackles (32 solos) and five passes defensed.

2017 Throughout training camp, Kindred competed against Ibraheim Campbell and Calvin Pryor for the job as the starting strong safety. He was named the starting strong safety to begin the regular season.

He played in the Browns' season-opener Steelers and made three combined tackles and recorded his first career interception off of a pass attempt by Ben Roethlisberger during their 21–18 loss. The interception occurred in the fourth quarter and stopped a potential scoring drive for the Steelers, who were on the Browns' 29-yard line before the play. The following week, he recorded a season-high seven combined tackles in the Browns' 24–10 loss to the Baltimore Ravens. On December 17, 2017, Kindred made four combined tackles and a season-high two pass deflections in Cleveland's 27–10 loss to the Ravens. Unfortunately, he suffered a wrist injury and was placed on injured reserve on December 19, 2017. He played in 14 games with 10 starts, recording 57 combined tackles (43 solos), seven passes defensed, and one interception.

Kindred was waived by the Browns on April 1, 2019.

Indianapolis Colts On April 2, 2019, Kindred was claimed off waivers by the Indianapolis Colts. He was released on August 19, 2019.

New York Jets On August 20, 2019, Kindred was claimed off waivers by the New York Jets. He was waived on August 31, 2019.

San Francisco 49ers On January 4, 2020, Kindred signed a reserve/future contract with the San Francisco 49ers. He was waived on July 28, 2020.