Darnell Bing

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Darnell Bing
Date of birth	September 10, 1984
Place of birth	Long Beach, California
Position(s)	Linebacker
College	USC
NFL Draft	2006 / Round 4/ Pick 101
Statistics	CBS.com
Team(s)
2006-present	Oakland Raiders

Darnell Bing (born September 10, 1984 in Long Beach, California) is an American football player who played college football at the University of Southern California. He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders with the 101st pick of the 2006 NFL Draft. Although he was a stand-out safety in college, the Oakland Raiders planned to convert him to an outside linebacker. Prior to the 2006 season, the Raiders placed Bing on the injured reserve list with a neck injury. ^[1]

1 High school career
2 College career
3 References
4 External links

[edit] High school career

Bing attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School. He was teammates with tight end Marcedes Lewis who would later attend UCLA, offensive tackle Winston Justice, Defensive tackle Manuel Wright, and USC running back Hershel Dennis.

[edit] College career

From scouting reports, he was a five-star recruit known for his strong tackling skills with a knack for delivering big hits who would later deliver these big hits at Southern California.

He was ruled academically ineligible the first year, but despite that Bing started on all three 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 safety and an All-American in 2005. He received permission from USC Trojans athletic director Mike Garrett (Troy's 1965 Heisman Trophy-winning tailback) to wear Garrett's retired No. 20 jersey. He was an early entry candidate in the 2006 NFL Draft, winding up in the fourth round and looks to continue his career with the Oakland Raiders.

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.