Background
Myers was born in Tampa, Florida.
Myers was born in Tampa, Florida.
He attended Windsor High School in Windsor, Colorado, and played for the Windsor Wizards high school football team and was also a member of the Wizards track and field team He attended Colorado State University, where he was a defensive back for coach Earle Bruce and coach Sonny Lubick"s Colorado State Rams football teams from 1992 to 1995.
He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the fifth round of the 1996 NFL Draft, and also played for the NFL"s Dallas Cowboys. As a junior in 1994, he received first-team All-American honors from the Football Writers Association of America, Scripps-Howard, and The Sporting News. During Myers" four years as a Ram, the team improved significantly.
In addition to his athletic prowess, Myers was a standout in the college classroom.
He was also the recipient of an National Collegiate Athletic Association Post-Graduate Scholarship. The Cincinnati Bengals selected Myers in the fifth round (144th pick overall) of the 1996 NFL Draft, and he played for the Bengals from 1996 to 1999.
He finished his NFL career with the Dallas Cowboys in 2000. In his five NFL seasons, he appeared in 64 regular season games, started 38 of them, compiled 221 tackles, four interceptions and four forced fumbles.
Myers is currently an anesthesiologist in the level one trauma unit at Denver Health Medical Center in Denver, Colorado.
He is also an assistant professor through the University of Colorado residency program They live in Morrison, Colorado. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame and into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame in 2012.
Also in 2012, Myers was a member of the inaugural Windsor High School (Colo) Athletic Hall of Fame.