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Carl Banks, 2014
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Linebacker, Michigan State, to 1983

Carl Banks

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Carl Banks played linebacker at Michigan State (to 1983). The New York Giants took Banks in the first round, No. 3 overall in the 1984 NFL Draft.

Best season
1983
First-team All-Big Ten
Drafted
No. 3
Overall, 1984 NFL Draft (New York Giants)

Honors

All-America: AP first team 1983; UPI first team 1983; Gannett News Service first team 1983; NEA first team 1983; Sporting News 1983; Football News third team 1982

The teams in those years

Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.

In the NFL

Pro Bowl: 1987 · First-team All-Pro (AP): 1987

All-Pro teams: AP first team 1987; Pro Football Writers first team 1987; Sporting News first team 1987; NEA first team 1987.

Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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