Chris Canty (defensive back)

American football player (born 1976)

For the defensive end of the same name, see Chris Canty (defensive lineman).

American football player

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Position:| Cornerback
Personal information
Born:|  (1976-03-30) March 30, 1976 (age 48)
Long Beach, California, U.S.
Height:| 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight:| 185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school:| Eastern Regional
(Voorhees Township, New Jersey)
College:| Kansas State
NFL draft:| 1997 / round: 1 / pick: 29
Career history

* New England Patriots (1997–1998)
* Chicago Bears (1999}*[1]
* Seattle Seahawks (1999–2000)
* New Orleans Saints (2000)
* Las Vegas Gladiators (2006)
* Rio Grande Valley Dorados (2006-2008)

Career highlights and awards

* Unanimous All-American (1996)
* Consensus All-American (1995)
* Jack Tatum Trophy (1996)
* First-team All-Big 12 (1996)
* First-team All-Big Eight (1995)
* Second-team All-Big Eight (1994)

Career NFL statistics
| Tackles:| 146

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Interceptions:| 4
Fumble recoveries:| 2
Sacks:| 3.0
Return yards:| 549
Stats at Pro Football Reference
Career Arena League statistics
| Tackles:| 42

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Passes defended:| 7
Stats at ArenaFan.com

Christopher Shawn Patrick Canty (born March 30, 1976) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) and Arena Football League (AFL). He played college football for Kansas State University, and was a two-time All-American. A first-round pick in the 1997 NFL draft, he played professionally for the New England Patriots, Seattle Seahawks, and New Orleans Saints of the NFL, and Las Vegas Gladiators and Rio Grande Valley Dorados of the Arena League.

## Early life

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Canty was born in Long Beach, California.[2] He attended Eastern Regional High School in Voorhees Township, New Jersey,[3] and played for the Eastern Vikings high school football team.

## College career

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Canty attended Kansas State University, where he played for the Kansas State Wildcats football team from 1994 to 1996. He was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American as a sophomore in 1995 and junior in 1996 and won the Jack Tatum Award as a junior. He decided to forgo his final season of college eligibility and entered the NFL draft.[4]

## Professional career

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Pre-draft measurables  Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span

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5 ft 9+5⁄8 in
(1.77 m)  | 194 lb
(88 kg)  | 30+3⁄4 in
(0.78 m)  | 9+1⁄2 in
(0.24 m)
All values from NFL Combine[5]

The New England Patriots selected Canty with the twenty-ninth overall pick in the first round of the 1997 NFL draft.[6] Over four NFL seasons, he played for the Patriots as well as the New Orleans Saints and Seattle Seahawks.[2] In 58 career games for those three NFL teams, he had four interceptions and 126 tackles.[7]

He finished his pro career playing for the Las Vegas Gladiators of the Arena Football League and the Rio Grande Valley Dorados of af2.

## See also

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* List of Arena Football League and National Football League players

## External sources

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* AFL article

## References

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1. ^ "Transactions". NFL.com. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
2. ^ a b National Football League, Historical Players, Chris Canty Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
3. ^ databaseFootball.com, Players, Chris Canty[usurped]. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
4. ^ http://www.kstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=400&ATCLID=810309[permanent dead link‍]
5. ^ "Chris Canty, Combine Results, CB - Kansas State". nflcombineresults.com. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
6. ^ "1997 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
7. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com, Players, Chris Canty Archived April 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 3, 2012.

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1995 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense|

* QB Tommie Frazier
* RB Eddie George
* RB Troy Davis
* WR Terry Glenn
* WR Keyshawn Johnson
* TE Marco Battaglia

* OL Jonathan Ogden
* OL Jason Odom
* OL Orlando Pace
* OL Jeff Hartings
* C Clay Shiver
* C Bryan Stoltenberg

Defense|

* DL Tedy Bruschi
* DL Cornell Brown
* DL Marcus Jones
* DL Tony Brackens

* LB Zach Thomas
* LB Kevin Hardy
* LB Pat Fitzgerald

* DB Chris Canty
* DB Lawyer Milloy
* DB Aaron Beasley
* DB Greg Myers

Special Teams|

* K Michael Reeder
* P Brad Maynard

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1996 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense|

* QB Danny Wuerffel
* RB Troy Davis
* RB Byron Hanspard
* WR Reidel Anthony
* WR Marcus Harris
* WR Ike Hilliard
* TE Tony Gonzalez

* OL Chris Naeole
* OL Dan Neil
* OL Benji Olson
* OL Orlando Pace
* OL Juan Roque
* C Aaron Taylor

Defense|

* DL Peter Boulware
* DL Derrick Rodgers
* DL Mike Vrabel
* DL Reinard Wilson
* DL Grant Wistrom

* LB Canute Curtis
* LB Pat Fitzgerald
* LB Jarrett Irons
* LB Matt Russell

* DB Dré Bly
* DB Chris Canty
* DB Kevin Jackson
* DB Shawn Springs

Special Teams|

* K Marc Primanti
* P Brad Maynard

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1997 NFL draft first-round selections

* Orlando Pace
* Darrell Russell
* Shawn Springs
* Peter Boulware
* Bryant Westbrook
* Walter Jones
* Ike Hilliard
* James Farrior
* Tom Knight
* Chris Naeole
* Michael Booker
* Warrick Dunn
* Tony Gonzalez
* Reinard Wilson
* Yatil Green
* Reidel Anthony
* Kenard Lang
* Kenny Holmes
* Tarik Glenn
* Dwayne Rudd
* Renaldo Wynn
* David LaFleur
* Antowain Smith
* Chad Scott
* Jon Harris
* Jim Druckenmiller
* Rae Carruth
* Trevor Pryce
* Chris Canty
* Ross Verba

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New England Patriots first-round draft picks

Formerly the Boston Patriots (1960–1970)

* Schwedes
* Mason
* Collins
* A. Graham
* Concannon
* Rush
* Singer
* Charles
* Byrd
* Sellers
* Olsen
* Plunkett
* Hannah
* Cunningham
* Stingley
* Francis
* Haynes
* Brock
* Fox
* Clayborn
* Morgan
* Cryder
* Sanford
* James
* Ferguson
* Holloway
* Sims
* Williams
* Eason
* Fryar
* Matich
* Dupard
* Armstrong
* Stephens
* Dykes
* Singleton
* Agnew
* Harlow
* Russell
* Chung
* Bledsoe
* McGinest
* Law
* Glenn
* Canty
* Edwards
* T. Jones
* Woody
* Katzenmoyer
* Seymour
* D. Graham
* Warren
* Wilfork
* Watson
* Mankins
* Maroney
* Meriweather
* Mayo
* McCourty
* Solder
* C. Jones
* Hightower
* Easley
* Brown
* Wynn
* Michel
* Harry
* M. Jones
* Strange
* Gonzalez
* Maye

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New England Patriots 1997 NFL draft selections

* Chris Canty
* Brandon Mitchell
* Sedrick Shaw
* Chris Carter
* Damon Denson
* Ed Ellis
* Vernon Crawford
* Tony Gaiter
* Scott Rehberg

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