Tully Banta-Cain
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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||
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Born: | Mountain View, California, U.S. | August 28, 1980||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 250 lb (113 kg) | ||||||||||
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High school: | Sunnyvale (CA) Fremont | ||||||||||
College: | California | ||||||||||
NFL draft: | 2003 / Round: 7 / Pick: 239 | ||||||||||
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Tully Cameron Banta-Cain (born August 28, 1980) is a former
Banta-Cain earned two Super Bowl rings during his first stint with the Patriots. He also played for the San Francisco 49ers.
Early years
Tully Banta-Cain is of African-American and Scottish/Irish descent. He is the cousin of former
.While attending Fremont High School in Sunnyvale, California,[1] 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.
College career
Banta-Cain played
While at Berkeley, Banta-Cain was a member of the Sigma Phi Society of the Thorsen House.
Professional career
New England Patriots 2003–2006
Banta-Cain was selected by the
San Francisco 49ers 2007–2008
Banta-Cain was signed to a 3-year $12 million deal by the San Francisco 49ers as an unrestricted free agent on March 3, 2007. In his debut season, Banta-Cain started in four consecutive games until suffering a high ankle sprain during the 2nd quarter of a close 9–7 loss to the Baltimore Ravens. However, Banta-Cain continued to play due to a timely bye week following the injury, allowing him to not miss a game and still record a career-high 61 tackles and 3.5 sack on the year. He also scored the game-winning touchdown, in a November 25, 2007 game against the Arizona Cardinals, by recovering a fumble in the endzone in overtime. The win snapped an eight-game losing streak. He ended the year with ten starts and the 49ers ended the season with a 5–11 record. In his second season with the 49ers, Banta-Cain was inactive for the first four games of the season under Mike Nolan then activated to start on sub packages and special teams against the New England Patriots recording a half a sack and 5 tackles. Banta-Cain did not play another defensive snap for the season; however, he did manage to lead the team with 20 Special Teams tackles on a 6th ranked Special Teams unit coached by Al Everest (now with the Pittsburgh Steelers). The team finished with a 7–9 record. He was released under Mike Singletary on February 10, 2009.[5]
New England Patriots 2009–2010
Just eight days after his release from the 49ers, Banta-Cain was re-signed by the New England Patriots on February 18, 2009. Banta-Cain was released on October 19 and reportedly re-signed the next day to a new contract through the 2011 season. However, the signing was not official as of the end of the regular season.[6] He started 10 of the 16 games he played in 2009, recording 55 tackles and a career-high 10 sacks.
Banta-Cain was officially re-signed to a three-year contract on March 5, 2010, the first day of free agency.[7] The deal included a $6 million signing bonus, and averages $4.5 million per year. However, that yearly average could be raised to as high as $6 million if all performance incentives are met, raising the maximum value of the 3-year deal to $19 million.[8]
In Week 2 of the 2010 season, Banta-Cain started against the New York Jets, recording eight tackles and one sack in the Patriots loss. In the second quarter, Banta-Cain was penalized 15 yards for unnecessary roughness, and was pulled from the game in favor of rookie Jermaine Cunningham, who replaced Banta-Cain as a starter in the Patriots' base defense for the next game. Banta-Cain went on to make 6 starts in 15 games played, recording 45 tackles and five sacks.
On July 29, 2011, it was announced that Banta-Cain had been released by the New England Patriots. [9][10]
NFL career statistics
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Bold | Career high |
Regular season
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
2003 | NWE | 9 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2004 | NWE | 16 | 0 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2005 | NWE | 13 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2006 | NWE | 16 | 5 | 42 | 30 | 12 | 5.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2007 | SFO | 16 | 10 | 41 | 30 | 11 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2008 | SFO | 12 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2009 | NWE | 16 | 10 | 55 | 35 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2010 | NWE | 15 | 6 | 45 | 36 | 9 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
113 | 31 | 249 | 176 | 73 | 27.5 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
2003 | NWE | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2004 | NWE | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2005 | NWE | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2006 | NWE | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2009 | NWE | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2010 | NWE | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
References
- ^ "Sunnyvale Schools: From Super Bowl rings to Olympic dreams, Fremont High honors its first Hall of Famers". The Mercury News. January 20, 2016. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
- ^ "2003 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
- ^ "Super Bowl XXXVIII - New England Patriots vs. Carolina Panthers - February 1st, 2004". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ^ "Super Bowl XXXIX - Philadelphia Eagles vs. New England Patriots - February 6th, 2005". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ^ "2008 San Francisco 49ers Statistics & Players". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
- ^ Reiss, Mike (January 11, 2010). "Belichick has lengthy to-do list". ESPNBoston.com. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
- ^ Reiss, Mike (March 5, 2010). "Patriots reach extension with Banta-Cain". ESPNBoston.com. Retrieved March 5, 2010.
- ^ Rapoport, Ian R. (March 5, 2010). "Patriots reach a three-year agreement with LB Tully Banta-Cain, who gets a $6 million signing bonus". Boston Herald. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
- ^ Biggs, Brad (July 29, 2011). "Tully Banta-Cain going from injured to released". National Football Post. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
- ^ Gillix, Jake. "Tully Banta-Cain's release causes a New England Patriots fan concern". Yahoo!. Retrieved July 26, 2011.