Tully Banta-Cain

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  |DateOfBirth=August 28, 1980 (age 26)
  |Birthplace= Cleveland, Ohio
  |Position=Linebacker
  |College=California
  |DraftedYear=2003
  |DraftedRound=7/ Pick 249

Drafted by the Patriots
  |years=2003-2006

2007-present
  |teams=New England Patriots

San Francisco 49ers
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}} 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. On March 6, 2007, the 49ers signed Banta-Cain to a contract. He was originally selected with the 25th pick of the seventh round of the 2003 NFL Draft out of the University of California, Berkeley. 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 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.