Derrell Robertson (September 22, 1967 – December 5, 1994) was an American college football player from Tyler, Texas who played for Mississippi State University in 1988 and 1989.
After college, Robertson signed with the Las Vegas Posse of the Canadian Football League in 1994.
[5] After the end of the 1994 Canadian Football League season, the Posse folded, and its players were made available to the other CFL teams through a dispersal draft in April 1995.
With their fourth round pick, the Ottawa Rough Riders selected Robertson.
[6] According to Ottawa coach Jim Gilstrap, the league and the team did not know about Robertson's death, until they tried and failed to find him.