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Desmond Bishop 
Desmond Bishop, August 2011No. 55 Green Bay Packers Linebacker Personal information Date of birth: July 24, 1984 Place of birth: San Francisco, California Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Weight: 238 lb (108 kg) Career information College: California NFL Draft: 2007 / Round: 6 / Pick: 192 Debuted in 2007 for the Green Bay Packers Career history - Green Bay Packers (2007–present)
Career highlights and awards - Super Bowl Champion (XLV)
- First-team JUCO All-American
- Second-team I-A All-American
- Third-team I-A All-American
Career NFL statistics as of Week 9, 2011 Tackles 261 Sacks 9.0 Interceptions 1 Stats at NFL.com Desmond Lamont Bishop (born July 24, 1984) is an American football linebacker for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Packers in the sixth round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at California.
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Early years
Bishop attended Fairfield High School in Fairfield, California. While at Fairfield he earned Second-Team All-State from Calhisports.com. He played in the California North-South Shrine All-Star Game as a senior in 2002. He also lettered in basketball.
College career
City College of San Francisco
Bishop attended City College of San Francisco from 2003 to 2004. While there he was a two time letterman. In 2003 Bishop was on the team that won the national championship game that went 13-0. He was ranked by SuperPrep as the fourth-best community college player in the nation and was voted California's 2004 Junior College Defensive Player of the Year by the JC Athletic Bureau/California Community College Football Coaches Association. He was named the Northern California Conference Defensive Most Valuable Player and was a First-team JC Gridwire All-American. He finished the season with 118 tackles 10 regular games. In California's state championship game he had 14 tackles, one sack and two tackles for loss against the College of the Canyons.
University of California
2005
Bishop immediately won a starting job upon his arrival at Cal and picked up Second-Team All-Pac 10 honors. He started all 12 games at middle linebacker and led the team with 89 tackles, one forced fumble, and two pass deflections. He made his Cal debut with seven solo tackles against Sacramento State. He ended the season with eight tackles, a pass break-up and a tackle for loss against BYU in the 2005 Las Vegas Bowl.
2006
In 2006, Bishop started all 13 games and was a Third-team All-American choice by Rivals.com, earning honorable mention from The NFL Draft Report, and being placed on the Butkus Award watchlist.[1] He won All-Pac 10 First-Team accolades, leading the conference in tackles and leading his team for the second straight year with 126. Bishop became the first Cal player to lead the Pac-10 in tackles since Jerrott Willard posted 147 in 1993. He also had three sacks, a team-high 15 tackles for loss (fourth in Pac-10), two pass break-ups, three interceptions, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries. He had at least seven tackles in 11 of 13 games, and was in double digits five times. Bishop ended his career with 12 tackles, with one for loss, in 45-10 win over Texas A&M in 2006 Holiday Bowl.
Career statistics
Career Defensive Statistics Year Team GP GS Tack Solo Ast TFL Sack FF FR Int Yds Lng TD Pass Def. 2005 Cal Golden Bears 12 12 89 62 27 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2006 Cal Golden Bears 13 13 126 63 63 15 3 2 2 3 79 79 0 2 Total 25 25 215 125 90 21 3 3 2 3 79 79 0 4 Professional career
Bishop was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the sixth round of the 2007 NFL Draft.
Bishop played in ten games for the Packers during his rookie season, making 10 tackles. During his second season Bishop made his first career start in a week 14 game against the Houston Texans, recording 12 tackles and a sack. He finished the season with 35 tackles.
After starting middle linebacker Nick Barnett went down with a season-ending wrist injury in Week 4 of the 2010 season, Bishop was quickly named Barnett's replacement and exceeded expectations. He started the remaining 12 games and finished the season with 103 tackles, 3 sacks, 2 forced fumble and 1 interception, which was returned for a touchdown.[2] He also recovered a crucial fumble in Super Bowl XLV, after Clay Matthews knocked the ball lose from Rashard Mendenhall, in which was a key play in the Packers' 31-25 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers.
On January 4, 2011, the Packers re-signed Bishop to a 4 year, $19 million deal.[3]
Personal
Bishop's father Dennis played football collegiately at Illinois. and professionally in the USFL. His younger brother Devin followed in his footsteps, also playing at San Francisco City College and transferring to Cal, where he was also linebacker on the football team wearing his brother's former jersey number, 10.[4]
In high school, Bishop played against fellow Packers teammate Jarrett Bush, as the two were from rival schools.
References
- ^ Cal's Desmond Bishop Selected For Butkus Award Watch List
- ^ "Desmond Bishop, LB for the Green Bay Packers". NFL.com. http://www.nfl.com/players/desmondbishop/profile?id=BIS247164.
- ^ "Packers linebacker Desmond Bishop cashes in". ProFootballTalk.com. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/04/packers-linebacker-desmond-bishop-cashes-in/.
- ^ Cal bio - Devin Bishop
External links
Green Bay Packers 2007 NFL Draft selections Justin Harrell • Brandon Jackson • James Jones • Aaron Rouse • Allen Barbre • David Clowney • Korey Hall • Desmond Bishop • Mason Crosby • DeShawn Wynn • Clark HarrisGreen Bay Packers current roster Active roster 2 Mason Crosby | 8 Tim Masthay | 10 Matt Flynn | 12 Aaron Rodgers | 18 Randall Cobb | 21 Charles Woodson | 22 Pat Lee | 24 Jarrett Bush | 25 Ryan Grant | 26 Charlie Peprah | 30 John Kuhn | 31 Davon House | 33 Brandon Saine | 37 Sam Shields | 38 Tramon Williams | 42 Morgan Burnett | 43 M. D. Jennings | 44 James Starks | 47 Jamari Lattimore | 49 Robert Francois | 50 A. J. Hawk | 51 D. J. Smith | 52 Clay Matthews | 55 Desmond Bishop | 58 Frank Zombo | 59 Brad Jones | 61 Brett Goode | 62 Evan Dietrich-Smith | 63 Scott Wells | 70 T. J. Lang | 71 Josh Sitton | 73 Ray Dominguez | 74 Marshall Newhouse | 75 Bryan Bulaga | 76 Chad Clifton | 78 Derek Sherrod | 79 Ryan Pickett | 80 Donald Driver | 81 Andrew Quarless | 82 Ryan Taylor | 83 Tom Crabtree | 84 D. J. Williams | 85 Greg Jennings | 87 Jordy Nelson | 88 Jermichael Finley | 89 James Jones | 90 B. J. Raji | 93 Erik Walden | 94 Jarius Wynn | 95 Howard Green | 96 Mike Neal | 97 Vic So'oto | 98 C. J. Wilson
Reserve lists 9 Shaky Smithson (IR) | 20 Alex Green (IR) | 36 Nick Collins (IR) | 91 Lawrence Guy (IR)
Practice squad 6 Graham Harrell | 19 Diondre Borel | 34 Anthony Levine | 39 Brandian Ross | 65 Sampson Genus | 67 Johnny Jones | 69 Chris Campbell | 86 Tori Gurley
Name Bishop, Desmond Alternative names Short description Date of birth July 24, 1984 Place of birth San Francisco, California Date of death Place of death Categories:- 1984 births
- Living people
- African American players of American football
- American football linebackers
- California Golden Bears football players
- Green Bay Packers players
- People from Fairfield, California
- Sportspeople from San Francisco, California
- Players of American football from California
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