Derrick and Mike Hatchett, Jay class of '76 & '78

The Hatchett brothers are legendary around John Jay and San Antonio for their football and track prowess.

Derrick Hatchett, class of '76, was a star defensive back who led Jay to the district championship and football playoffs. Derrick went to UT and became an All-SWC selection as a defensive back. Even though teams didn't throw as much OR play as many games in college back in the 70's, Derrick is in 4th place in career interceptions at UT! He picked off 15 passes from '77-80 and is tied for 6th place on Texas' all-time list of interceptions in a season with 6. Not even Joe Montana was good enough to throw by Derrick as the former Mustang picked him off in the Cotton Bowl. Derrick was a 1st round draft pick by the Colts and played cornerback for 4 years in Baltimore.

Mike Hatchett followed in Derrick's footsteps and made the Jay community very proud. Mike was not only a football and track star at Jay, he went on to be a stud UT Longhorn defensive back as well. Mike was so awesome for UT that he was drafted to the NFL by the Chicago Bears.

Mr. Hatchett, Derrick and Mike's father, was a well-known longtime member of the NISD school board.