Reggie Pinkney


Vernon Reginald Pinkney is an American former professional football defensive back. He played five seasons in the National Football League, two with the Detroit Lions and three with the Baltimore Colts. Pickney was selected by the Lions in the sixth round of the 1977 NFL draft, after an All-Conference career at East Carolina University.
Pinkney was born St. Louis, Missouri, but grew up in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He is the father of Patrick Pinkney, former quarterback at East Carolina, Chris Curry defensive back at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and Aaron Curry, former linebacker of the Oakland Raiders.