BIOGRAPHY
Verrett attended B Gale Wilson Middle School and attended Angelo Rodriguez High School, where he played football and ran track. In football, he played running back on offense and cornerback on the defensive side. He received Back of the Year honors on offense his junior and senior years. In track and field, Verrett competed in the 100-meter dash event in 2007, clocking a PR of 11.87 seconds at the SCAC FINALS Meet, where he took 3rd in the freshman/sophomore finals.
After graduating high school with no college scholarship offers, Verrett opted to attend Santa Rosa Junior College. While at SRJC, Verrett was named to the all-conference first team in 2010. In 2011, he went to TCU. With the Horned Frogs, he appeared in 37 games (34 starts) and registered 160 tackles, 35 passes defensed and nine interceptions. As a senior in 2013, he was named Big 12 Co-Defensive Player of the Year and earned First-Team All-Big 12 and Second-Team All-America honors from The Associated Press.
The San Diego Chargers selected Verrett in the first round (25th overall) of the 2014 NFL Draft. He became the highest selected TCU defender since Bob Lilly in 1961. Throughout his five years with the Chargers (2014-18), Verrett appeared in 25 games (22 starts) and registered 80 tackles, 18 passes defensed and five interceptions (one returned for a touchdown). In 2015, Verrett was selected to the Pro Bowl after appearing in 14 games (13 starts) and finishing with career highs in tackles (47), passes defensed (11), interceptions (three) and the first interception returned for a touchdown in his career.
He was signed by the San Francisco 49ers in 2020.