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Kamren Curl

Kamren Curl (born March 31, 1999) is an American professional football safety for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Arkansas Razorbacks and was selected by the Washington Football Team in the seventh round of the 2020 NFL draft.

Curl was born on March 3, 1999, in San Diego, California. He and his family later moved to Muskogee, Oklahoma, where he attended Muskogee High School. In high school, Curl was a standout athlete, playing football and competing in track and field. In football, Curl played both offense and defense. As a senior, he notched 46 catches for 533 yards and six touchdowns on offense and 89 tackes, six pass breakups, and 3 interceptions on defense. He was named to the Muskogee Phoenix All Area team as a defensive back. A three-star recruit, Curl committed to Arkansas over offers from schools such as Baylor, Nebraska, Oklahoma, TCU, Texas, and Texas Tech.

As a true freshman there, he started 12 games at cornerback before switching to safety for his sophomore season, where he had 53 tackles and five pass breakups in 11 games. As a junior, Curl had 76 tackles, two interceptions, and two sacks.

The Washington Football Team selected Curl in the seventh round (216th overall) of the 2020 NFL draft. Curl was the 17th safety drafted in 2020.

On July 24, 2020, the Washington Commanders signed Curl to a four–year, $3.40 million contract that includes a signing bonus of $113,328.

Throughout training camp, Curl competed for a roster spot as a backup safety against Jeremy Reaves, Cole Luke, and Troy Apke. Head coach Ron Rivera named Curl a backup safety to begin the season, behind starting duo Troy Apke and Landon Collins.

On September 13, 2020, Curl made his professional regular season debut and recorded three combined tackles (two solo) during a 27–17 victory against the Philadelphia Eagles. On October 4, 2020, he earned the first start of his career as a nickelback and made three combined tackles (one solo) in a 17–31 loss to the Baltimore Ravens. On October 27, 2020, Washington's head coach Ron Riveira named Curl the starting strong safety after Landon Collins tore his achilles and was placed on injured reserve. injury in Week 8. The following week, Curl led the team and set a season-high 11 combined tackles (six solo) and also made his first career sack on Daniel Jones during a 20–23 loss to the New York Giants. On December 13, 2020, Curl made seven solo tackles, a season-high two pass deflections, and returned his first career interception for his first touchdown as Washington defeated the San Francisco 49ers 23–15. His pick-six occurred after he intercepted a pass by Nick Mullens to fullback Kyle Juszczyk and returned it 76–yards for a touchdown. He finished the season with 3 interceptions, 88 combined tackles (66 solo), two quarterback sacks, four pass deflections, three interceptions, and a touchdown in 16 games and 11 starts. He earned an overall grade of 68.0 from Pro Football Focus in 2020.

The Washington Football Team finished the 2020 NFL season first in the NFC East with a 7–9 record. On January 9, 2021, he started in his first career postseason appearance and made seven combined tackles (three solo) during a 23–31 loss against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFC Wildcard Game.

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