Chris Banjo

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Chris Banjo
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Banjo in 2015
No. 32 Green Bay Packers
Position: Safety
Personal information
Date of birth: (1990-02-26) February 26, 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth: Sugar Land, Texas
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Career information
High school: Sugar Land (TX) Kempner
College: SMU
Undrafted: 2012
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Roster status: Active
Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2015
Total tackles: 27
Interceptions: 0
Pass deflections: 3
Forced fumbles: 0
Player stats at NFL.com

Ayokunmi Christopher Oluwaseun "Chris" Banjo (born February 26, 1990) is an American football safety for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at SMU. He was signed as undrafted free agent by the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2012.

College career

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Banjo during his tenure at SMU.

Chris Banjo attended Southern Methodist University in Texas. Banjo came into college ranked as the nation's no. 95 safety by ESPN.com, and was a two-star Rivals.com and Scout.com prospect.

In his four years at SMU he recorded 174 total tackles, 4 interceptions and 2 fumble recoveries.[1]

Professional career

Jacksonville Jaguars

Banjo originally had tryouts with the Oakland Raiders and Pittsburgh Steelers in 2012, but neither team offered him a contract.

He was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as a free agent in April 2013, after a tryout during voluntary workouts. He was released by the Jaguars on July 25, 2013.[2]

Green Bay Packers

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Banjo playing against the Steelers in his rookie season.

On July 29, 2013, Banjo was signed by the Green Bay Packers.[3] In his first NFL regular season, Chris recorded 19 tackles and 2 pass deflections, and helped the Packers secure the NFC North title.[4]

Banjo re-signed with the Packers on February 26, 2014.[5]

Banjo was cut by the Packers on August 30, 2014. He was signed to the practice squad shortly after. Prior to the Packers' Week 15 game of that same season against the Buffalo Bills, Chris Banjo was promoted to the active roster, replacing linebacker Jamari Lattimore who was placed on injured reserve due to a sprained ankle.[6]

On March 8, 2016, he signed a new contract with the Packers.[7]

Personal life

Chris was born to Nigerian parents who migrated to Houston. His mother died in 2010.[8] His name "Oluwaseun" means "We thank God" in Yoruba.[9][10]

Career statistics

Source:[11]

Regular season

Season Team Games Tackles
GP GS Total Solo Ast Sck Int
2013 Green Bay Packers 16 1 19 17 2 0 0
2014 Green Bay Packers 3 0 3 2 1 0 0
2015 Green Bay Packers 16 1 5 5 0 0 0
Total 35 2 27 24 3 0 0

Postseason

Season Team Games Tackles
GP GS Total Solo Ast Sck Int
2013 Green Bay Packers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2014 Green Bay Packers 2 0 2 1 1 0 0
2015 Green Bay Packers 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 5 0 2 1 1 0 0

References

  1. ↑ http://ohioprepsold.rivals.com/cviewplayer.asp?Player=406823
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  4. ↑ http://www.packers.com/team/roster/Chris-Banjo/b7e099b9-a506-483e-a68c-97159333eebe
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ http://espn.go.com/blog/green-bay-packers/post/_/id/16257/packers-promote-chris-banjo-place-jamari-lattimore-on-ir
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ Statistics

External links

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