Buster Skrine biography: 13 things about ex-NFL player born in Decatur, Georgia

Professionally known as Buster Skrine, Darryl Frank Skrine Jr. is a retired football player born in Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia, United States to Darryl Skrine Sr. and Bernice Skrine. Buster is 5’9″ tall and his registered weight is 187 pounds.

After graduating from Etowah High School in Woodstock, Cherokee County, Georgia, Buster went to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA. He was a varsity football player and a track and field athlete.

From 2011 to 2021, Buster was a National Football League cornerback. On August 9, 2023, he was arrested at Lester B. Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada after fraud investigators with Durham Region Police Service in Ontario learned he made travel arrangements to return to the U.S.

Buster is accused of identifying himself as a retired NFL player to open bank accounts in the U.S. and in Canada with fake checks and withdraw money before the checks cleared. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. At the 2007 County Championship, he won the triple jump and finished second in the long jump.
2. From 2011 to 2014, he was a Cleveland Browns player.
3. From 2015 to 2018, he was a New York Jets player.
4. During the 2017 NFL offseason, he began teaching high-intensity interval training classes out of the Kore studio in the Meatpacking District in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
5. On February 7, 2018, he and Tsanna la Touche attended The Blue Jacket Fashion Show Benefiting Prostate Cancer Foundation at Pier 59 in New York City.
6. On March 13, 2019, he signed a three-year contract with the Chicago Bears for $16.6 million.
7. On March 17, 2021, the Chicago Bears released him.
8. On September 29, 2021, he signed with the San Francisco 49ers.
9. On October 11, 2021, the San Francisco 49ers released him.
10. On November 23, 2021, he signed with the Tennessee Titans.
11. On March 18, 2022, he signed again with the Tenneseee Titans.
12. On July 26, 2022, he announced his retirement from the NFL. In September 2022, he allegedly started defrauding four banks and credit unions. Police started investigating him in July 2023.
13. He was 34 years old when he was arrested on August 9, 2023 at Pearson International Airport. He was charged with possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000, three counts of possessing property obtained by crime over $5,000, four counts of fraud over $5,000 and seven counts of making false statements to procure money.