Chip Banks

Sacks:	46
Interceptions:	9
Touchdowns:	1

Chip Banks
No. 56
Position:	Linebacker
Personal information
Born:	September 18, 1959 (age 62); Lawton, Oklahoma
Career information
High school:	Augusta (GA) Laney
College:	USC
NFL Draft:	1982 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3
Career history
	Cleveland Browns (1982–1986); San Diego Chargers (1987); Indianapolis Colts (1989–1993);
Career highlights and awards
	4× Pro Bowl (1982, 1983, 1985, 1986); AP First-team All-Pro (1983); NEA Second-team All-Pro (1983); PFWA First-team All-Pro (1983); NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year (1982);
Career NFL statistics
Sacks:
Sacks:	46
Interceptions:	9
Touchdowns:	1
	Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

William "Chip" Banks (born September 18, 1959) is a former All-Pro professional American football linebacker.

High school and college career[]

Banks graduated from Lucy Craft Laney High School in Augusta, Georgia. He played college football at the University of Southern California (USC), from which he graduated in 1981.

Professional career[]

Banks was drafted by the Cleveland Browns with the third overall pick in the 1982 NFL Draft. He was awarded the NFL Rookie of the Year Award and was a four-time AFC Pro Bowler (1982, 1983, 1985, 1986) with the Cleveland Browns. Banks was traded to the San Diego Chargers on April 28, 1987 as part of a deal that saw the Browns and Chargers swap first- and second-round selections in the 1987 NFL Draft. Banks expected to get a new contract from San Diego and when the Chargers demanded he play out his under-market deal from Cleveland, Banks angrily refused to report again and sat out the entire 1988 season. He was traded to the Indianapolis Colts and played there for four seasons before retiring after the 1992 season.

NFL statistics[]

Year	Team	Games	Sacks	Fumble Recoveries	Fumble Return Yards	Interceptions	Interception Return Yards	Yards per Interception Return	Longest Interception Return	Interceptions Returned for Touchdown
1982	CLE	9	5.5	0	0	1	14	14	14	0
1983	CLE	16	4.0	1	0	3	95	32	65	1
1984	CLE	16	2.5	3	17	1	8	8	8	0
1985	CLE	16	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	CLE	16	4.5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	SD	12	3.0	2	0	1	20	20	20	0
1989	IND	10	1.0	1	0	2	13	7	11	0
1990	IND	16	4.5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	IND	11	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	IND	16	9.0	1	0	1	3	3	3	0
Total	Total	138	46.0	11	17	9	153	17	65	1

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References[]

^ "Chip Banks Stats". ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved February 27, 2014.

External links[]

Career statistics and player information from Pro Football Reference ·

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