Sean Lumpkin
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Sean Franklin Lumpkin was an American football
defensive back
in the National Football League
for the New Orleans Saints
who drafted him out of the University of Minnesota
. While at Minnesota Lumpkin played four years and accrued numerous awards http://www.gophersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=39277&SPID=3280&DB_OEM_ID=8400&ATCLID=284938:
Lumpkin was the 106th player selected in the 1992 NFL Draft
http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/years/1992 and played 67 http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LUMPKSEA01 games for the Saints between 1992 and 1996. He was released by the Saints in June 1997 http://www.mndaily.com/daily/1997/06/05/sports/ap05sb.ap/.
Lumpkin grew up in Golden Valley, MN http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LUMPKSEA01 and graduated from Benilde-St. Margaret's School
where he is one of a handful of notable alumni.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
defensive back
Defensive back
In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of...
in the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
for the New Orleans Saints
New Orleans Saints
The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. They are members of the South Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League ....
who drafted him out of the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
. While at Minnesota Lumpkin played four years and accrued numerous awards http://www.gophersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=39277&SPID=3280&DB_OEM_ID=8400&ATCLID=284938:
- 1990: All Big Ten Second Team
- 1991: All Big-Ten First Team, Bronko Nagurski Award (Team MVP), Carl Eller Award (Outstanding Defensive Player), Captain
Lumpkin was the 106th player selected in the 1992 NFL Draft
1992 NFL Draft
The 1992 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 26–27, 1992. The league also held a supplemental draft after the regular draft...
http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/years/1992 and played 67 http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LUMPKSEA01 games for the Saints between 1992 and 1996. He was released by the Saints in June 1997 http://www.mndaily.com/daily/1997/06/05/sports/ap05sb.ap/.
Lumpkin grew up in Golden Valley, MN http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LUMPKSEA01 and graduated from Benilde-St. Margaret's School
Benilde-St. Margaret's School
Benilde-St. Margaret's School, named after Saint Bénilde Romançon and Saint Margaret of Scotland, is a Catholic, co-educational private school for grades 7–12 located in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, that draws its over one thousand students from throughout the Twin Cities Metro Area...
where he is one of a handful of notable alumni.