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Duane Starks

Duane Starks
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Duane Starks with a student at Miami Beach Senior High
No. 22, 23, 28
Position: Cornerback
Personal information
Date of birth: (1974-05-23) May 23, 1974 (age 42)
Place of birth: Miami, Florida
Career information
College: Miami (Fla.)
NFL Draft: 1998 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Tackles: 347
Interceptions: 25
Forced fumbles: 7
Player stats at NFL.com
Tackles: 347
Interceptions: 25
Forced fumbles: 7
Player stats at NFL.com

Duane Lonell Starks (born May 23, 1974) is a former American football cornerback. He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens 10th overall in the 1998 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Miami.

Starks, who earned a Super Bowl ring with the Ravens in Super Bowl XXXV, also played for the Arizona Cardinals, New England Patriots and Oakland Raiders.

Duane Starks attended Miami Beach High School in Miami Beach, Florida, and won varsity letters in both football and track and field. In football, as a senior quarterback, he was a first team All-Dade County selection, where he was a teammate of future pro bowl corner Samari Rolle, and a second team All-Florida selection. In track, he finished second at the State Finals on the long jump and set the school record in the long jump.

Starks was a two-year starter at cornerback, and a star returner for the University of Miami.

Starks was interviewed about his time at the University of Miami for the documentary The U, which premiered December 12, 2009 on ESPN.

Duane Starks was picked with the 10th overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft. Right away he was an important player in the Ravens famous defense. Recording 20 interceptions in his first four years as a Raven. He is most well known by Raven fans by his interception for a touchdown in Super Bowl XXXV, a play that many agree ended the New York Giants small chance for a comeback.


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