Damarious Randall

Damarious Wayne Randall (born August 29, 1992) is a former American football cornerback.

He helped lead the team to a Class 3A title as a senior in 2009, when the Tigers outscored their opponents 95–13 in the postseason.

He also lettered all four years in baseball as a shortstop and four years in track & field, participating in the long jump (23'11") and the 4x100 relay (44.10 seconds).

Randall played college baseball at Butler Community College for a year before transferring to Mesa Community College to play college football.

He saw his first action in 2012 and recorded 69 tackles, ten interceptions and five total touchdowns.

The next year, he transferred to Arizona State University.

He entered his first year at Arizona State and missed the first four games because of a lower leg injury and then started the rest of the season and recorded 71 tackles, three interceptions and a touchdown.

As a senior in 2014, Randall started all 13 games.

He finished the year with a team-leading 106 tackles, three interceptions, 4 forced fumbles, one sack and a touchdown.

On December 14, 2014, it was announced that Randall accepted his invitation to play in the 2015 Senior Bowl.

He played college football at Arizona State and was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the first round of the 2015 NFL Draft.

Randall played as a cornerback, safety, and wide receiver and returned punts and kickoffs at Pensacola High School, earning all-state recognition as a senior and all-conference honors as a junior and senior.

On January 24, 2015, Randall played in the Reese's Senior Bowl and recorded a tackle and a pass breakup as part of Arizona Cardinals head coach Ken Whisenhunt's North team that defeated the South 34–13.

Randall was one of 54 defensive backs that attended the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Indiana.

He completed all of the combine drills and finished eighth among defensive backs in the vertical jump and tenth among his position group in the 40-yard dash and three-cone drill.

On March 6, 2015, Randall attended Arizona State's pro day, along with Jaelen Strong, Marcus Hardison, Jamil Douglas, Taylor Kelly, and eight other prospects.

He chose to stand on his combine numbers and only ran positional drills for scouts and team representatives from all 32 NFL teams.

During the draft process, Randall attended private visits and workouts with 11 NFL teams, including the New England Patriots, Seattle Seahawks, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants, Dallas Cowboys, Carolina Panthers, and Cleveland Browns.

At the conclusion of the pre-draft process, Randall was projected to be a late first round or second round pick by NFL draft experts and analysts.

He was ranked the top safety prospect in the draft by NFL analyst Mike Mayock, was ranked the top free safety in the draft by NFLDraftScout.com, was ranked the second best safety by NFL analyst Charles Davis, and was ranked the seventh best safety by Sports Illustrated.

The Green Bay Packers selected Randall in the first round (30th overall) of the 2015 NFL Draft.

He was the first safety selected in 2015 and was the highest draft pick from Arizona State since Terrell Suggs in 2003.

On June 16, 2015, the Packers signed Randall to a four-year, $7.91 million contract that includes $5.96 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $4.0 million.

Although he played safety in college, the Packers drafted him with plans to strictly play him at cornerback.

He entered training camp slated as the third cornerback on the depth chart behind Sam Shields and Casey Hayward.

Head coach Mike McCarthy officially named him the third cornerback to start the regular season.

He made his professional regular season debut in the Packers' season-opening at the Chicago Bears and recorded one tackle and two pass deflections during their 31–23 victory.

On October 18, 2015, Randall earned his first career start and recorded a season-high seven solo tackles and deflected two passes during the Packers' 27–20 victory against the San Diego Chargers.

During the game Randall deflected a game-tying touchdown pass by Philip Rivers and earned Castrol Edge Clutch Performer of the Week for his performance.

In Week 8, he made seven combined tackles, deflected a pass, and made his first career interception off a pass attempt by Peyton Manning in Green Bay's 29–10 loss at the Denver Broncos.

The following week, Randall started at outside cornerback in place of Sam Shields, who suffered a shoulder injury the previous week.

Randall collected five solo tackles, deflected two passes, and intercepted Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton during a 37–29 loss.

In Week 12, Randall made two solo tackles in a 17–13 loss to the Chicago Bears.

He left the game after suffering a knee injury and was inactive for Week 13.

On December 20, 2015, he made his fifth start in place of Sam Shields and recorded seven combined tackles, deflected a pass, and returned an interception by Derek Carr for a 43-yard touchdown in the Packers' 30–20 victory at the Oakland Raiders.

It marked the first touchdown of Randall's career.

He finished his rookie season with a career-high 58 combined tackles (53 solo), 14 pass deflections, three interceptions, and a touchdown in 15 games and nine starts.

The Packers finished second in the NFC North the 2015 season with a 10–6 record.

On January 10, 2016, Randall started in his first career playoff game and recorded eight combined tackles and defended a pass in a 35–14 win at the Washington Redskins in the NFC Wildcard game.

The following week, he made three combined tackles, deflected a pass, and intercepted a pass attempt by Carson Palmer during a 26–20 loss at the Cardinals in the NFC Divisional round.