Darnell Bing
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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||
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| Date of birth: | September 10, 1984 | ||||||
| Place of birth: | Long Beach, California | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 232 lb (105 kg) | ||||||
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| High school: | Long Beach (CA) Poly | ||||||
| College: | Southern California | ||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2006 / Round: 4 / Pick: 101 | ||||||
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| Tackles: | 5 |
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| Sacks: | 0.0 |
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Darnell Bing (born September 10, 1984) is a former gridiron football linebacker. He was most recently a member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the fourth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at Southern California.
Bing has also been a member of the San Francisco 49ers, New York Jets and Detroit Lions.
Bing attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School. He was a part of a Poly team that had five players ranked in the top 100 in the nation according to Rivals.com: tight end Marcedes Lewis, offensive tackle Winston Justice, defensive tackle Manuel Wright, running back Hershel Dennis and himself. Bing was a member of the USC football team in college along with all of these high school teammates, except for Lewis who played for USC's crosstown archrival, UCLA.
Bing played safety for the USC Trojans, and received permission from USC athletic director Mike Garrett (USC's 1965 Heisman Trophy-winning tailback) to wear Garrett's retired No. 20 jersey. He was ruled academically ineligible his first year, but Bing started on all three other years of his collegiate career and was on two national championship teams. He was named a Jim Thorpe Award finalist as the nation's best collegiate football defensive back and an All-American in 2005. He was an early entry candidate in the 2006 NFL Draft, winding up in the fourth round.
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