Lance Gunn

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Lance Gunn
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Position: Defensive back
Personal information
Born: (1970-01-09) January 9, 1970 (age 53)
Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:222 lb (101 kg)
Career information
High school: North Shore (Houston, Texas)
College: Texas
NFL Draft: 1993  / Round: 7 / Pick: 175
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com  ·  PFR

Lance Cameron Gunn (born January 9, 1970) is a former American football defensive back who played in the National Football League and NFL Europe.

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Early years

Gunn grew up in an east suburb of Houston, Texas. He attended North Shore High School in Cloverleaf, Texas, and played high school football there. [1]

College career

Gunn played college football at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas where he pledged the Epsilon Iota chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha. He red-shirted his freshman year in 1988, then played three seasons for head coach David McWilliams (1989–91), and his senior season (1992) for head coach John Mackovic. His sophomore season in 1990, Texas won the Southwest Conference and finished the regular season ranked No. 3. Gunn was a three-time All-SWC selection (1989–91) and named an All-American safety in 1992. [2] [3]

College stats include 298 tackles (188 solo) and six QB sacks. He led the Longhorns in interceptions with five in 1991 and tied for the lead in blocked kicks in 1992. He graduated from UT in 1993 with a marketing degree. [4] [5]

Professional career

Gunn was drafted by Cincinnati Bengals with the seventh pick of the seventh round of the 1993 NFL Draft. [6] [7] He played one season for the Bengals, starting eight games. [8] Gunn also played for the Frankfurt Galaxy in the NFL Europe league. His football career ended in the spring of 1997 after donating a kidney to his ailing father. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "LANCE GUNN". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Football Writers Association All-America football team". Quad-City Times. 1992-12-16. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  3. ↑ "The Sporting News All-America Team". The Des Moines Register. 1992-12-16. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  4. ↑ "Longhorn Roster: Lance Gunn". TexasSports.com. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  5. 1 2 England, Natalie (2011-11-15). "Longhorn Hall of Honor: Lance Gunn". TexasSports.com. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  6. ↑ "1993 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  7. ↑ "NFL Draft History". NFL.com. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  8. ↑ "Lance Gunn Player Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
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