Darnell Bing
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| New York Jets — No. 23 | |
| Safety | |
| Date of birth: September 10, 1984 | |
| Place of birth: Long Beach, California | |
| Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | Weight: 220 lb (100 kg) |
| National Football League debut | |
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| No regular season or postseason appearances | |
| Career history | |
| College: Southern California | |
| NFL Draft: 2006 / Round: 4 / Pick: 101 | |
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| Current status: Active | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
Darnell Bing (born September 10, 1984 in Long Beach, California) is an American football safety for the New York Jets of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the fourth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at Southern California.
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[edit] Early years
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
Bing was ruled academically ineligible the first year, but Bing started on all three other 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 defensive back 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.
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.
[edit] Awards and honors
- Honorable mention All-Pac-10 (2003)
- Sporting News Pac-10 Freshman of the Year (2003)
- Sporting News Freshman All-American (2003)
- Second-team All-Pac-10 (2004)
- First-team All-Pac-10 (2005)
- First-team AP All-American (2005)
- Jim Thorpe Award semifinalit (2005)
- Lott Trophy quarterfinalist (2005)
[edit] Professional career
[edit] Oakland Raiders
He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders with the 101st pick of the 2006 NFL Draft. Although he was a safety in college, the Oakland Raiders planned to convert him to an outside linebacker, but before the 2007 season they moved him back to safety. Prior to the 2006 season, the Raiders placed Bing on the injured reserve list with a neck injury. [1] On July 25, 2007 the Raiders released him.
[edit] San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers claimed Bing off waivers on July 26, 2007. They released him on September 1 and re-signed him to the practice squad, where he spent the entire 2007 season.
[edit] New York Jets
On January 9, 2008 the New York Jets signed Bing to a future contract.
[edit] References
- ^ Adams, Bruce. "Raiders Notebook", San Francisco Chronicle, September 3, 2006.
