Derek Bunch

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Derek Bunch
No. 92
Position:Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (1961-10-28) October 28, 1961 (age 62)
Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school:Meadowdale
(Harrison Township, Ohio)
College:Michigan State
Undrafted:1985
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
  • Super Bowl champion (XXII
    )
Career NFL statistics
Games played:3
Games started:3
Player stats at NFL.com

Derek Carl Bunch (born October 28, 1961) is a former

Washington Redskins as a replacement. He played college football at Michigan State. In 2018, Bunch was awarded a Super Bowl ring for playing for the Redskins in 1987, the year they won Super Bowl XXII
.

Career

Bunch played for the Michigan State Spartans in college. He was on the starting team during his senior year, alongside Carl Banks, after being injured the previous year.[1] The team's position coach, Norm Parker, decided to keep Bunch and Banks on the same sides of the field throughout the season, unlike previous years where linebackers would move around based on the strength of the formation.[2]

Bunch was drafted by the

1985 NFL Draft, where he went undrafted. He joined the San Francisco 49ers in 1985, but was cut from the team.[3] He was also cut by the 49ers in 1986[4] and the Minnesota Vikings in 1987. In 1987, the Washington Redskins hired him to be a replacement player on the team. He played three games, winning each one. He got half a share of playoff money, amounting to roughly 27,000 dollars.[5]

Bunch, along with the other replacements, was mentioned in an ESPN documentary titled Year of the Scab and was the inspiration for the 2000 film The Replacements. In 2018, Bunch was awarded a Super Bowl ring for playing for the Redskins in 1987, the year they won Super Bowl XXII.[5]

Personal life

Bunch has a wife named Pyper, and three children, named Kristin, Derek Jr., and Dominion.[5]

References

  1. Newspapers.com
    .
  2. ^ Ebling, Jack (28 April 1983). "Bunch plans to lose anonymity". Lansing State Journal. Retrieved 28 February 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. The Journal Herald
    . 14 August 1985. Retrieved 28 February 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "49ers". San Francisco Examiner. 27 August 1968. Retrieved 28 February 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b c Archdeacon, Tom (8 June 2018). "30 years later, this Dayton native will be getting a Super Bowl ring". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
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