Tully Banta-Cain
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| San Francisco 49ers — No. 95 | |
| Linebacker | |
| Date of birth: August 28, 1980 | |
| Place of birth: Mountain View, California | |
| Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | Weight: 280 lb (130 kg) |
| National Football League debut | |
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| 2003 for the New England Patriots | |
| Career history | |
| College: California | |
| NFL Draft: 2003 / Round: 7 / Pick: 239 | |
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| Selected NFL statistics (through Week 17 of the 2007 NFL season) |
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| Tackles | 132 |
| Sacks | 12.0 |
| INTs | 1 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
Tully Banta-Cain (born August 28, 1980 in Mountain View, California) is an American football linebacker who is currently playing for the San Francisco 49ers. He is multiracial of African-American (father) and Scottish/Irish descent (mother). On March 6, 2007, the 49ers signed Banta-Cain to a contract. He was originally selected by the New England Patriots with the 25th pick of the seventh round of the 2003 NFL Draft out of the University of California, Berkeley. Banta-Cain has earned two Super Bowl rings in his career --both with the Patriots in 2004 (SB XXXVIII) and 2005 (SB XXXIX). He is the cousin of former NBA forward Rodney Rogers and former MLB outfielder Jeffrey Leonard.
[edit] High school career
While attending Fremont High School (Sunnyvale, California), Banta-Cain won All-League honours 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.Tom Stapledon an NFL scout said of Tully, "This kid is the best player to enter the draft in years, and should go in the top 5 picks."
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