Linebacker, USC, 2002–⁠05

Darnell Bing

Lettered 2003–⁠05 (school media guide)

Hometown
Long Beach, CA
Born
Sep 10, 1984, in Long Beach, California

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Darnell Bing played linebacker at USC (2002–⁠05). The Oakland Raiders took Bing in round 4, No. 101 overall in the 2006 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2005
First-team All-Pac-10
Drafted
No. 101
Round 4, 2006 NFL Draft (Oakland Raiders)

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 2004

All-America: AP first team 2005; Walter Camp second team 2005; Rivals.com 2005

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2004USC2
2005‡USC4
Career6

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). ‡ Short by one game in 2005 (Oct 29 vs. Washington State): the source has no box score for it. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLIntPBUFF
2005123614502.5461

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.

Game by game

2005 USC 3 games with an interception on file, 4 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 3atHawai’iW 63–⁠171
Nov 12atCaliforniaW 35–⁠101
Nov 19vs.Fresno StateW 50–⁠422

No box score in the source for Oct 29 vs. Washington State, so that game is not listed.

2004 USC 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 18atBYUW 42–⁠101
Oct 16vs.Arizona StateW 45–⁠71

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2006Combine or pro day 2006
Height6′2″
Weight227 lb
Arm length31⅝″
Hand size10″
40-yard dash4.53 sW
Vertical jump34″
Broad jump10′0″
Bench press17 reps
3-cone drill7.25 s
20-yard shuttle4.07 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

2 seasons, 4 games with a stat; latest team: Houston Texans.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2008Detroit Lions1100
2009Detroit Lions3400
NFL career4500

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2011UFLVirginia Destroyers

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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