Lonnie Ballentine

Lonnie Ballentine

Ballentine with the Houston Texans in 2016
No. 39
Position:	Safety
Personal information
Born:	(1993-04-23) April 23, 1993 (age 31) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:	225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school:	Memphis (TN) Southwind
College:	Memphis
NFL draft:	2014 / Round: 7 / Pick: 256
Career history
Houston Texans (2014–2016)
Career NFL statistics
Pass deflections: 1
Player stats at NFL.com

Lonnie Ballentine (born April 23, 1993) is a former

.

High school career

Ballentine graduated from Southwind High School early as a junior. As a junior, he had 45 tackles, 6 interceptions and 12 pass breakups. He only played 1 year of varsity football. He also played basketball and ran track in high school.^[citation needed]

College career

In his freshman year in 2010, Ballentine had 13 tackles and 2 pass breakups while starting 1 game. His sophomore season he had 28 tackles and 1 pass breakup while starting several games and having 2 tackles for loss. His Junior season he had 3 interceptions and 66 total tackles to go with 5 pass breakups. He also was an All

Honorable Mention that year as well. His Senior season, he was a preseason 4th team All C-USA selection and finished the year with 58 tackles and 5 pass breakups during the year while starting all 12 games.

Professional career

Ballentine did not attend the

He signed a 4-year, $2.27 million contract with the Texans.

On August 30, 2016, Ballentine was placed on

On September 2, 2017, Ballentine was waived/injured by the Texans and placed on injured reserve.[5] He was released on September 8, 2017.

References

External links

• Memphis Tigers bio