No. 56, 90, 59 | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Born: | Passaic, New Jersey, U.S. | May 30, 1965||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 250 lb (113 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
High school: | Passaic | ||||||||
College: | Rutgers | ||||||||
Undrafted: | 1987 | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||
Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
|
Tyronne Kevin Stowe (born May 30, 1965) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL).
Stowe was born and raised in Passaic, New Jersey and played scholastically at Passaic High School. [1] He played college football at Rutgers University, [2] [3] where he was honored by Football News as a third-team All-American as a senior. [4]
Stowe signed with the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent, but was cut at the end of the preseason. [5] He then joined the Pittsburgh Steelers as a replacement player during the 1987 NFLPA strike. [5]
After the strike, the Steelers added him to their regular-season roster, and he remained with them for four years (1987-1990). He followed that with three seasons for the Phoenix Cardinals (1991-1993), and finished his career with stints in Washington (1994) and Seattle (1995-1996). [6] He spent the 1996 season on the injured reserve list.
As of 2007, Stowe was working as a pastor in Chandler, Arizona. [7]