Chip Banks
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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||
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| Born: | September 18, 1959 Lawton, Oklahoma | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 233 lb (106 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Augusta (GA) Laney | ||||||||
| College: | USC | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1982 / round: 1 / pick: 3 | ||||||||
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William "Chip" Banks (born September 18, 1959) is a former All-Pro professional American football linebacker.
High school and college career
Banks graduated from Lucy Craft Laney High School in Augusta, Georgia. He played college football at the University of Southern California (USC), from which he graduated in 1981.
Professional career
Banks was drafted by the Cleveland Browns with the third overall pick in the 1982 NFL Draft. He was awarded the NFL Rookie of the Year Award and was a four-time AFC Pro Bowler (1982, 1983, 1985, 1986) with the Cleveland Browns. Banks was traded to the San Diego Chargers on April 28, 1987 as part of a deal that saw the Browns and Chargers swap first- and second-round selections in the 1987 NFL Draft. Banks expected to get a new contract from San Diego and when the Chargers demanded he play out his under-market deal from Cleveland, Banks angrily refused to report again and sat out the entire 1988 season. He was traded to the Indianapolis Colts and played there for four seasons before retiring after the 1992 season.
NFL statistics
| Year | Team | Games | Combined Tackles | Tackles | Assisted Tackles | Sacks | Forced Fumbles | Fumble Recoveries | Fumble Return Yards | Interceptions | Interception Return Yards | Yards per Interception Return | Longest Interception Return | Interceptions Returned for Touchdown | Passes Defended |
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| 1982 | CLE | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | CLE | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 95 | 32 | 65 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | CLE | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | CLE | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | CLE | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | SD | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | IND | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | IND | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | IND | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | IND | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 138 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 153 | 17 | 65 | 1 | 0 |
References
- ^ "Chip Banks Stats". ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Pro Football Reference ·
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- 1959 births
- Living people
- African-American players of American football
- American football linebackers
- Cleveland Browns players
- Indianapolis Colts players
- San Diego Chargers players
- USC Trojans football players
- American Conference Pro Bowl players
- National Football League Defensive Rookie of the Year Award winners
- Sportspeople from Lawton, Oklahoma
- Players of American football from Augusta, Georgia
- Ed Block Courage Award recipients
- American football linebacker, 1950s birth stubs