Herschel Currie

Herschel Lamont Currie (born September 8, 1965) is an American former gridiron football defensive back who played one season in the National Football League (NFL) for the Arizona Cardinals, one season in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the Sacramento Gold Miners, and three seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) for the San Jose SaberCats. He played college football at Chabot Junior College and Oregon State.

Early life and education Currie was born on September 8, 1965, in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Yerba Buena High School in California, but did not play football. He instead was interested in music, and also played one season on their basketball team.

After graduating from high school, Currie played in a band called "Nonstop", and won several talent shows for "street popping", a form of "robotic dancing". He also worked many "odd jobs" in the Silicon Valley-area. He served as a mail clerk, a materials handler, and a part department supervisor, in addition to various other roles.

At 28 years old to start his senior year, Currie was nicknamed "Daddy" by some teammates.

Currie returned three total interceptions in 1993, and finished his college career by playing in the Blue-Gray Game for college seniors.

Professional career After going unselected in the 1994 NFL draft, Currie was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent, despite being a 28-year-old rookie. He was waived by the Chargers on August 22.

Currie was signed by the Arizona Cardinals on September 6 to the practice squad. He was promoted to the active roster prior to their game against the Cleveland Browns. After making a costly pass interference call in the game, he was released one day later.

Currie later signed with the Sacramento Gold Miners of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He appeared in three games during the season, making four tackles.

After not playing in the 1995 or 1996 seasons, Currie came out of retirement to play for the San Jose SaberCats of the Arena Football League (AFL) in . He made a total of 44.5 tackles and eight interceptions during the season. In , he played in two games before suffering a season-ending injury, in which, he recorded 7.5 tackles and two interceptions. He played in two games again during the season, before being placed on season-ending injured reserve for the second consecutive year.

Currie was acquired by the Grand Rapids Rampage for "future considerations", in June , before announcing his retirement.