DeLaSalle star Derreck Robinson, who played at Iowa and in the NFL, dies at 43

One of the best football players to come out of Minnesota this century recently died unexpectedly.

Derreck Robinson, who starred on the gridiron at DeLaSalle High School and later played for the Iowa Hawkeyes and then with multiple teams in the National Football League, was 43 years old when he died in San Diego, California.

His cause of death has not been revealed.

"We are saddened to share the passing of Derreck Robinson ’00, a true Islander legend," DeLaSalle High School announced this week. "We hold his family and loved ones in our prayers. Once an Islander, always an Islander."

Robinson was part of the 1999 DeLaSalle state championship football team. That team was inducted into DeLaSalle's Hall of Fame in 2021.

"Stunned [and] saddened to hear news on Derreck," said David Thorson,