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Chip Banks

William Banks

Position: LB
Height: 6-4    Weight: 243 lbs.
Born: September 18, 1959 in Fort Lawton, OK
College: USC

Career AV: 68 (618th overall since 1950)

4-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 1982 NFL Draft.

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Defense & Fumbles

Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty AV
1982* 23 CLE LOLB 56 9 9 5.5 1 14 0 14 10
1983*+ 24 CLE LOLB 56 16 16 4.0 3 95 1 65 0 1 0 0 14
1984 25 CLE LOLB 56 16 16 2.5 1 8 0 8 0 3 17 0 8
1985* 26 CLE LOLB 56 16 16 11.0 11
1986* 27 CLE LOLB 56 16 16 4.5 0 2 0 0 10
1987 28 SDG ROLB 56 12 12 3.0 1 20 0 20 0 2 0 0 7
1989 30 IND LOLB 51 10 10 1.0 2 13 0 11 0 1 0 0 5
1990 31 IND LOLB 51 16 16 4.5 0 1 0 0 7
1991 32 IND LOLB 51 11 9 1.0 3
1992 33 IND LOLB 51 16 16 9.0 1 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 8
Career 138 136 46.0 9 153 1 65 0 11 17 0 83
5 yrs CLE 73 73 27.5 5 117 1 65 0 6 17 0 53
4 yrs CLT 53 51 15.5 3 16 0 11 0 3 0 0 23
1 yr SDG 12 12 3.0 1 20 0 20 0 2 0 0 7

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1983*+ 24 CLE LOLB 56 16 16 1 1 6
Career 138 136 1 1 6

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Awards

1982 NFL AP Defensive Rookie of the Year

Pro Bowls

1982
1983
1985
1986

First-Team All-Pro

1983

Intercept. Ret. TD

1983 NFL 1 (9)

Long Intercep. Return

1983 NFL 65 (9)

Sacks

Career 46.0 (149)

   
Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

1982UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
1983Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
1985UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
1986Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
1987UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.