| Date of birth: | December 14, 1970 |
| Place of birth: | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Career information | |
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| Position(s): | Tight end / Long snapper |
| Height: | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Weight: | 253 lb (115 kg) |
| College: | Southern California |
| NFL Draft: | 1994 / Round: 4 / Pick: 106 |
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| 1994-1999 2000 2001-2003 2004 |
Indianapolis Colts New York Jets Detroit Lions Buffalo Bills |
| Playing stats at NFL.com | |
Dennis Bradford Banta, (born December 14, 1970 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is a retired American football tight end and long snapper in the National Football League.
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Banta played from 1994 to 2004 for the Indianapolis Colts, the New York Jets, the Buffalo Bills and the Detroit Lions. He is noted for committing two personal fouls of unnecessary roughness in a Monday Night Football matchup against the Miami Dolphins in 2000.
Banta served as a long snapper for a majority of his career, and played exclusively on special teams with the Lions. He had previously played tight end in offensive situations for the Colts.
Banta played college football at the University of Southern California. Married with 2 girls and a son expected in late May 8
He was named Detroit Lions as an assistant of special teams . He also was the assistant coach at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
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