Tully Banta-Cain
Banta-Cain during an August 28, 2009 preseason game against the Washington Redskins.
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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | August 28, 1980 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Mountain View, California | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 250 lb (113 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| College: | California | ||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2003 / Round: 7 / Pick: 239 | ||||||||||||
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| Tackles: | 250 |
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| Sacks: | 27.5 |
| Interceptions: | 1 |
| Forced fumbles: | 4 |
| Pass deflections: | 4 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Tully Cameron Banta-Cain (born August 28, 1980) is a former American football linebacker. He was drafted by the New England Patriots in the seventh round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at California.
Banta-Cain earned two Super Bowl rings during his first stint with the Patriots. He also played for the San Francisco 49ers.
Tully Banta-Cain is of African-American and Scottish/Irish descent. He is the cousin of former NBA forward Rodney Rogers and former MLB outfielder Jeffrey Leonard.
While attending Fremont High School in Sunnyvale, California, Banta-Cain won All-League honors playing outside linebacker as a senior, was the League's Defensive Player of the Year as a junior, and gained more than 1,000 yards as a running back.
Banta-Cain played college football at the University of California Berkeley where he finished his career with 112 tackles and 26.5 sacks. He redshirted in 1998, and then appeared in five games as a freshman in 1999. As a sophomore, Banta-Cain recorded 35 tackles and 5.5 sacks, and as a junior in 2001, he started every game at defensive end and tallied eight sacks and 33 tackles. As a senior in 2002, Banta-Cain was named to the All-Pac-10 first team and was the team's Defensive Most Valuable Player, finishing with 39 tackles, 13 sacks, and 22 tackles for a loss. His 26.5 career sacks ranked third in the school's record books behind Regan Upshaw and Andre Carter.
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