Tripp Welborne
| No. 3 (Michigan), 32 (Vikings) | |||||
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| Position: | Safety | ||||
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| Date of birth: | November 20, 1968 | ||||
| Place of birth: | Reidsville, North Carolina | ||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||
| Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||
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| High school: | Walter Hines Page (Greensboro, NC) | ||||
| College: | Michigan Wolverines | ||||
| NFL Draft: | 1991 / Round: 7 / Pick: 180 | ||||
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| Games played: | 2 |
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Sullivan Anthony "Tripp" Welborne III (born November 20, 1968) is a former American football player.
Welborne played college football, principally as a safety and punt returner, from 1987 to 1990. He had five interceptions as a sophomore in 1988 and was selected as a consensus first-team All-American in both 1989 and 1990. As a senior, he set a Michigan single-season record with 455 punt return yards (a record that stood until broken by Steve Breaston in 2003) and averaged 14.7 yards per return.
Welborne sustained a serious injury in the 10th game of the 1990 season that required reconstructive surgery on his right knee. He was unable to play during the 1991 NFL season, but attempted a comeback the following year. He appeared in only two games for Minnesota Vikings during the 1991 NFL season.
Welborne was born in Reidsville, North Carolina, in 1968. He was given the nickname "Tripp" because he was the third generation in his family to be named Sullivan Welborne. His father, Sullivan Welborne II, was an administrator at North Carolina A&T University. His mother, Gloria, was a kindergarten teacher.
Welborne attended Walter Hines Page Senior High School in Greensboro, North Carolina. He was a three-sport star at Page High School, playing football, basketball and baseball. He was rated the #3 wide receiver prospect in the country while in high school and was an all-state football player on both offense and defense. Page High School's football team compiled a 40-1-1 record and won two state championships with Welborne in the lineup. Welborne also became an Eagle Scout while in high school.
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