Daryl Hunt

Daryl Hunt was born in Odessa, Texas, to two educators, and was the first African American to play football at Permian High School. He is still Oklahoma's career leader in tackles with 530, and three of the six best single-season totals in school history are his (177 in 1976, 159 in 1977, 157 in 1978). He was a three-time All-Big Eight pick, a second-team All-American in 1977 and 1978, and was on the 1975 national title team. Houston drafted him in the sixth round, 143rd overall, in 1979. He played linebacker for the Oilers through 1983 and retired in 1984 because of a knee injury. He died of a heart attack while jogging in Houston on July 9, 2010, at 53. The Daily Oklahoman wrote on January 13, 1980 (NewsBank page 33): "Hunt stepped in when Oiler linebacker Art Stringer went out with a leg injury, drew a couple of starting assignments and finished the year having participated in a total of 62 tackles."