Kyshoen Jarrett
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East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
 Jarrett with the Washington Redskins in 2015 | |||||||||
| Howard Bison | |||||||||
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| Title | Defensive coordinator & safeties coach | ||||||||
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| Born | May 4, 1993 East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | East Stroudsburg | ||||||||
| College | Virginia Tech (2011–2014) | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 2015: 6th round, 181st overall | ||||||||
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Kyshoen F. Jarrett (born May 4, 1993) is an American professional football coach and former player who is the defensive coordinator and safeties coach for Howard University. He played safety for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Redskins in the sixth round of the 2015 NFL draft after playing college football for the Virginia Tech Hokies.
Jarrett's NFL career lasted just one season after he retired due to suffering severe nerve damage in his shoulder at the end of the season. He served as an assistant coach for the Redskins in 2019 before becoming an executive for the Hokies in 2021.
Jarrett attended East Stroudsburg High School South in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania before attending Virginia Tech.[1][2]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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| 5 ft 9+7⁄8 in (1.77 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | 31 in (0.79 m) | 9+3⁄4 in (0.25 m) | 4.49 s | 1.58 s | 2.63 s | 4.19 s | 6.82 s | 33.0 in (0.84 m) | 9 ft 11 in (3.02 m) | 21 reps | |
| All values from NFL Combine/Pro Day[3][4] | ||||||||||||
He was selected by the Washington Redskins in the sixth round (181st overall) of the 2015 NFL draft.[5][6] He signed his four-year rookie contract on May 11, 2015.[7] During the regular season finale against the Dallas Cowboys, Jarrett suffered severe damage to his brachial plexus during a helmet-to-helmet collision with running back Darren McFadden.[8][9] Unable to fully regain strength in his arm in the months following the injury, he was waived by the team before the start of training camp in 2016.[10][11]
