Chris Canty (defensive back)

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Chris Canty
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Position: Cornerback
Personal information
Born: (1976-03-30) March 30, 1976 (age 48)
Long Beach, California, U.S.
Height:5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight:185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school: Eastern Regional
(Voorhees Township, New Jersey)
College: Kansas State
NFL draft: 1997  / Round: 1 / Pick: 29
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:61
Games started:12
Kick return yards:313
Punt return yards:236
Tackles:123
Player stats at PFR  ·  ArenaFan.com

Christopher Shawn Patrick Canty (born March 30, 1976) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) and Arena Football League (AFL). He played college football for Kansas State University, and was a two-time All-American. A first-round pick in the 1997 NFL draft, he played professionally for the New England Patriots, Seattle Seahawks, and New Orleans Saints of the NFL, and Las Vegas Gladiators and Rio Grande Valley Dorados of the Arena League.

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Early life

Canty was born in Long Beach, California. [1] He attended Eastern Regional High School in Voorhees Township, New Jersey, [2] and played for the Eastern Vikings high school football team.

College career

Canty attended Kansas State University, where he played for the Kansas State Wildcats football team from 1994 to 1996. He was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American as a sophomore in 1995 and junior in 1996 and won the Jack Tatum Award as a junior. He decided to forgo his final season of college eligibility and entered the NFL draft. [3]

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span
5 ft 9+5⁄8 in
(1.77 m)		194 lb
(88 kg)		30+3⁄4 in
(0.78 m)		9+1⁄2 in
(0.24 m)
All values from NFL Combine [4]

The New England Patriots selected Canty with the twenty-ninth overall pick in the first round of the 1997 NFL draft. [5] Over four NFL seasons, he played for the Patriots as well as the New Orleans Saints and Seattle Seahawks. [1] In 58 career games for those three NFL teams, he had four interceptions and 126 tackles. [6]

He finished his pro career playing for the Las Vegas Gladiators of the Arena Football League and the Rio Grande Valley Dorados of af2.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Football League, Historical Players, Chris Canty Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved February 3, 2012.
  2. ↑ databaseFootball.com, Players, Chris Canty Archived April 11, 2016, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved February 3, 2012.
  3. ↑ http://www.kstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=400&ATCLID=810309%5B%5D
  4. ↑ "Chris Canty, Combine Results, CB - Kansas State". nflcombineresults.com. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  5. ↑ "1997 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  6. ↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com, Players, Chris Canty Archived April 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved February 3, 2012.
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