Lance Gunn
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| Position: | Defensive back |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | January 9, 1970 Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, U.S. |
| 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 | |
| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at Pro Football Reference | |
Lance Cameron Gunn (born January 9, 1970) is an American former professional football defensive back who played in the National Football League (NFL) and NFL Europe.
Early life
[edit]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
[edit]Gunn played college football at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas. 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]
In 2011, Gunn was inducted into the Longhorn Hall of Honor.[6]
Professional career
[edit]Gunn was drafted by Cincinnati Bengals with the seventh pick of the seventh round of the 1993 NFL draft.[7][8] He played one season for the Bengals, starting eight games before being placed on the injured reserve list.[9] He was then released by the Bengals at the end of camp in 1994.[10]
In 1995 he was signed by the New Orleans Saints in the offseason, but then cut at the end of camp.[10]
In 1996, Gunn played for the Frankfurt Galaxy in the NFL Europe league and played with them in World Bowl '96. His football career ended the following spring of 1997 after donating a kidney to his ailing father.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "LANCE GUNN". profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on August 21, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
- ^ "Football Writers Association All-America football team". Quad-City Times. December 16, 1992. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
- ^ "The Sporting News All-America Team". The Des Moines Register. December 16, 1992. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
- ^ "Longhorn Roster: Lance Gunn". TexasSports.com. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
- ^ a b England, Natalie (November 15, 2011). "Longhorn Hall of Honor: Lance Gunn". TexasSports.com. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
- ^ "Lance Gunn". Retrieved October 29, 2024.
- ^ "1993 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
- ^ "NFL Draft History". NFL.com. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
- ^ "Lance Gunn Player Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
- ^ a b "Lance Gunn NFL transactions". Retrieved October 29, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Living people
- 1970 births
- Players of American football from Missouri
- American football defensive backs
- Texas Longhorns football players
- Cincinnati Bengals players
- Frankfurt Galaxy players
- North Shore Senior High School (Texas) alumni
- 21st-century African-American sportsmen
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen