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{{Short description|American football player (born 1968)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| image       =
| caption     = 
| position    = [[Safety (American football position)|Safety]]
| number      = 37, 27, 40
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1968|3|18}}
| birth_place = [[Memphis, Tennessee]], U.S.
| death_date  = 
| height_ft   = 6
| height_in   = 1
| weight_lbs  = 204
| high_school = [[Lakewood High School (Florida)|Lakewood]]<br>([[St. Petersburg, Florida]])
| draftyear   = 1990
| draftround  = 2
| draftpick   = 49
| college     = [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]]
| teams       =
* [[Los Angeles Rams]] ([[1990 NFL season|1990]]–[[1993 NFL season|1993]])
* [[New York Jets]] ([[1994 NFL season|1994]])
* [[Carolina Panthers]] ([[1995 NFL season|1995]]–[[1997 NFL season|1997]])
* [[Green Bay Packers]] ([[1998 NFL season|1998]])
| statlabel1  = [[Interceptions]]
| statvalue1  = 11
| statlabel2  = [[Interceptions|INT]] yards
| statvalue2  = 59
| statlabel3  = [[Quarterback sack|Sacks]]
| statvalue3  = 1 
| pfr         = TerrPa20
}}
'''Patrick Christopher Terrell''' (born March 18, 1968) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] player who was a [[safety (football position)|safety]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for the [[Los Angeles Rams]], [[New York Jets]], [[Carolina Panthers]], and [[Green Bay Packers]]. He played [[college football]] for the [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame Fighting Irish]]. He was selected in the second round of the 1990 NFL Draft by the Rams.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1990 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1990/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

He is perhaps best remembered for his efforts in preserving a victory for the Fighting Irish during their 1988 National Championship season. In a game billed as the "[[1988 Notre Dame vs. Miami football game|Catholics vs. Convicts]]", #1 [[Miami Hurricanes football|Miami]] pulled to within one point with a touchdown with less than one minute to go in the fourth quarter, making the score 31-30. Miami coach [[Jimmy Johnson (American football coach)|Jimmy Johnson]] made the decision to go for the two-point conversion, and called for a pass play to the right corner of the endzone. Terrell batted away [[Steve Walsh (American football)|Steve Walsh]]'s pass at the last possible instant, sealing the victory for the Irish, and helping them roll onward to a 12-0 season and the national crown. He was a 1986 First Team All-South Independent selection

He and [[Chad Cota]] both had 49-yard interception returns against [[Dallas Cowboys|Dallas]] in the first round of the 1996 playoffs, thereby tying each other for the career, season, and single-game Panthers' franchise records for post-season interception return yards.

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{{1988 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football navbox}}
{{Los Angeles Rams 1990 draft navbox}}
{{1995 Carolina Panthers}}

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