NFL Draft Player Profile: Trey McBride is Anything But a Typical Tight End

One of Trey McBride’s parents is a Sheriff. The other one breeds golden retrievers.

Both are women.

Did you catch yourself assigning gender roles to each parent, possibly assuming the law enforcement agent was the father? You’re not alone.

It is an unfortunate assumption Trey and his brother, and former teammate, Toby have been dealing with their whole lives – from teachers, coaches and even media members.

“We would get those cold calls, like ‘hey I’m a coach from here, this and that, who are you, what do your parents do, what’s your mom do, what’s your dad do,’” shared Toby McBride. “And we would be like ‘hey, I’ve never met you but yeah, I don’t have a dad’ And their response was usually one…