Darnell Bing
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Position: | Linebacker | ||||
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Born: | Long Beach, California, U.S. | September 10, 1984||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||
Weight: | 232 lb (105 kg) | ||||
Career information | |||||
High school: | Long Beach Polytechnic | ||||
College: | USC | ||||
NFL draft: | 2006 / Round: 4 / Pick: 101 | ||||
Career history | |||||
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||
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Darnell Bing (born September 10, 1984) is a former
Bing has also been a member of the San Francisco 49ers, New York Jets and Detroit Lions.
Early years
Bing attended
College career
Bing played safety for the USC Trojans, and received permission from USC athletic director Mike Garrett (USC's 1965 Heisman Trophy-winning tailback) to wear Garrett's retired No. 20 jersey. He was ruled academically ineligible his first year, but Bing started on all three other years of his collegiate career and was on two national championship teams. He was named a Jim Thorpe Award finalist as the nation's best collegiate football defensive back and an All-American in 2005. He was an early entry candidate in the 2006 NFL Draft, winding up in the fourth round.
In his final season at Southern California, Bing had an interception in the final minutes of the game against Fresno State that sealed the win for the Trojans.
Awards and honors
- Honorable mention All-Pac-10(2003)
- Sporting News Pac-10 Freshman of the Year (2003)
- Sporting News Freshman All-American(2003)
- Second-team All-Pac-10 (2004)
- First-team All-Pac-10 (2005)
- First-team AP All-American (2005)
- Jim Thorpe Award semifinalist (2005)
- Lott Trophy quarterfinalist (2005)
Professional career
Oakland Raiders
He was drafted by the
San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers claimed Bing off waivers on July 26, 2007. They released him on September 1 and re-signed him to the practice squad, where he spent the entire 2007 season.
New York Jets
On January 9, 2008, the New York Jets signed Bing to a future contract. He was waived by the team on July 29.
Detroit Lions
Bing was signed by the
Houston Texans
Bing signed a contract for the 2010 season on January 8, 2010.[3] He was released at the end of the preseason and signed to the practice squad on October 14. On February 18, 2011, Bing was released from the Texans roster.
References
- ^ "2006 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ Adams, Bruce (September 3, 2006). "Raiders Notebook". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ "ProFootballWeekly.com - NFL transactions for January 8, 2010". Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
External links
- Darnell Bing on Twitter
- USC Trojans bio Archived 2007-12-12 at the Wayback Machine