Chris Banjo

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Chris Banjo
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Banjo in the dress of the Green Bay Packers (2015)
Arizona Cardinals - No. 38
Safety
Date of birth: February 26, 1990
Place of birth: Houston , Texas
Height: 1.78 m Weight: 94 kg
NFL debut
2013 for the New Orleans Saints
Career
College : SMU
Not drafted in 2013
 Teams:
* Off-Season and / or Practice Squad member only
Current status: Active
Career highlights and awards
  • No significant events
Selected NFL stats
as of week 17 of the 2019 season
Tackles     77
Sacks     0.0
Interceptions     3
Forced fumbles     1
Passes prevented     7th
Statistics at NFL.com
Statistics at pro-football-reference.com

Ayokunmi Christopher Oluwaseun Banjo (* 26. February 1990 in Houston , Texas ) is an American American football poker players in the National Football League (NFL). He currently plays for the Arizona Cardinals as Special Teamer and Safety .

college

Banjo attended Southern Methodist University and played college football for their team, the Mustangs, successfully , putting a total of 321 tackles and preventing 15 passes between 2008 and 2011 . He also got 4 interceptions .

NFL

Jacksonville Jaguars

Banjo was not included in the 2012 NFL Draft and could not find a place with any team afterwards. It was not until 2013 that he was hired by the Jacksonville Jaguars as a free agent . He was released in July.

Green Bay Packers

A few days later he was signed by the Green Bay Packers . In his rookie season he was used in all defense games, once as a starter . However, he received significantly more playing time as a special teamer . Nevertheless, he had to spend the next season mainly in the practice squad and could only play in three games. In 2015 he made it back to the team. After his good performance in the regular season , he was elected one of the team captains of the special teams by his colleagues in the play-offs . In 2016, he tore a hamstring in the third game , was initially placed on the Injured Reserve List and eventually discharged.

New Orleans Saints

On November 14, 2016, the New Orleans Saints signed him to replace the sick Michael Mauti . He was only used as a special teamer. In March 2017, Banjo signed a two-year deal with the Saints for $ 2.6 million . Before the start of the 2019 regular season , Banjo was released.

Arizona Cardinals

On September 25, 2019, Banjo was signed by the Arizona Cardinals .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ College statistics on the Mustangs homepage, accessed April 14, 2017
  2. ^ Report ( memento of November 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on the Jaguars homepage from April 8, 2013, accessed on March 10, 2019
  3. ↑ Times-Picayune report of November 14, 2016, accessed April 14, 2017
  4. ↑ Times-Picayune report of March 17, 2017, accessed April 14, 2017
  5. ↑ Report on the Saints homepage of August 31, 2019, accessed on September 7, 2019
  6. ↑ Report on the Cardinals homepage from September 25, 2019, accessed on November 10, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Banjo, Chris
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Banjo, Ayokunmi Christopher Oluwaseun (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Houston , Texas , United States