Tyrone Legette

Born in 1970, Tyrone Legette was born and raised in Columbia, South Carolina. He was the youngest of 10 siblings. His mother owned and operated a restaurant, the Blue Palace Tea Shop. ==Football career==

Legette played football collegiately at Nebraska with the Cornhuskers. He was a third-round pick for the New Orleans Saints in the 1992 NFL draft. He played for the Saints in 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995. He played 53 games for the Saints, with 84 tackles. After four seasons in New Orleans, in 1996 he started two years as a reserve cornerback and special teams player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, He was released by the Buccaneers at the end of August 1998, and had surgery to repair cartilage damage in his right knee. After a several month recovery, the San Francisco 49ers signed Legette in November 1998. After ultimately playing for the NFL for seven years, and became a property developer in nearby Brownfields. In 2016, he opened a grocery store in Baton Rouge. ==Personal life==

He and his wife have two children. ==See also==