Bishop Sankey
Sankey with the Tennessee Titans in 2014
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| No. 42 Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||||||
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | September 15, 1992 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Wadsworth, Ohio | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 209 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Spokane (WA) Gonzaga Prep | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Washington | ||||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2014 / Round: 2 / Pick: 54 | ||||||||||||||
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| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||||||||
| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 11, 2016 | |||||||||||||||
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| Rushing yards: | 762 |
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| Rushing average: | 3.8 |
| Rushing touchdowns: | 3 |
| Receptions: | 29 |
| Receiving yards: | 272 |
| Receiving touchdowns: | 1 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Bishop Sankey (born September 15, 1992) is an American football running back for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the second round of the 2014 NFL Draft. Sankey played college football at Washington. He also was on the Kansas City Chiefs roster for three weeks of the 2016 season, but did not play in any games. He was on the Vikings and New England Patriots practice squad during the 2016 season.
Born in 1992 in Wadsworth, Ohio to Julie Anne Becker and Christopher Daniel Sankey, Bishop spent his early years with his mother, Julie, and grandparents, William and Carol Becker, in Wadsworth, Ohio until age 7. He moved with his father, a non-commissioned officer in the U.S. Air Force to Fairchild AFB near Spokane, Washington, when Sankey was in the eighth grade, relocating from Wright-Patterson AFB near Dayton, Ohio. He finished that school year in 2007 at the middle school in Cheney, then enrolled as a freshman at Gonzaga Prep in Spokane and graduated in 2011. As a sophomore in 2008, the Bullpups compiled an 8-2 record. That season, Sankey rushed for 526 yards while splitting time in the backfield, averaging 10.5 yards per carry. He earned All-Greater Spokane League first-team and All-State Class 4A honorable mention as a junior, amassing 2,011 yards with 17 rushing touchdowns in nine contests. He opened the season with four 200-yard rushing performances and by midseason, he had shattered the previous school record of 1,299 yards on the ground by Tim Lappano in 1974. As a senior, Sankey established league and district season and career rushing records. He totaled 2,518 yards with 33 touchdowns on 281 carries (8.96 ypc), becoming the only player in district annals to produce a pair of "top ten" rushing seasons on the annual record chart. That season would see him gain 359 yards against Mead, the third-highest game total in GSL annals. Sankey closed out his career as the state and Greater Spokane League record-holder with 4,355 yards rushing. His 198 points scored set another season mark and his career total of 306 points rank third. He was named the Inland Northwest amateur athlete of the year for his efforts. Following his senior season, Sankey was invited to perform at the U.S. Army National Combine, attended by over 500 players, where he recorded a 20-yard shuttle time of 3.90, the second-best at the event, while his 4.4 clocking in the 40-yard dash was also the best for any player in attendance.
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