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Lance Gunn
No. 27
Position: Defensive back
Personal information
Born: (1970-01-09) January 9, 1970 (age 54)
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
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-American (1992)
  • 2× First-team All-SWC (1990, 1992)
  • Southwest Conference Champion (1990)
Player stats at PFR

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

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.

College career

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.

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.

In 2011, Gunn was inducted into the Longhorn Hall of Honor.

Professional career

Gunn was drafted by Cincinnati Bengals with the seventh pick of the seventh round of the 1993 NFL draft. He played one season for the Bengals, starting eight games before being placed on the injured reserve list. He was then released by the Bengals at the end of camp in 1994.

In 1995 he was signed by the New Orleans Saints in the offseason, but then cut at the end of camp.

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.

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