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Michael Bankston

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Cincinnati Bengals · DE

Michael Bankston recorded 143 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 9 rostered seasons with Cincinnati Bengals, Arizona Cardinals, Detroit Lions, Phoenix Cardinals, PHO.

▶Best highlights

0.7

tackles/gm

0

playoff games

9

indexed seasons

143

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Michael Bankston's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
1994
NEW YORKGIANTS
ARIZONACARDINALS
SEP 11, 1994

New York Giants vs Arizona Cardinals

Regular Season · Sep 11, 1994

0 tackles · 2.5 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1999
CINCINNATIBENGALS
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
NOV 28, 1999

Cincinnati Bengals vs Pittsburgh Steelers

Regular Season · Nov 28, 1999

5 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1999
BALTIMORERAVENS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
NOV 21, 1999

Baltimore Ravens vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Nov 21, 1999

5 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1999
TENNESSEETITANS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
NOV 14, 1999

Tennessee Titans vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Nov 14, 1999

5 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1999
CLEVELANDBROWNS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
DEC 12, 1999

Cleveland Browns vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Dec 12, 1999

1 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Michael Bankston's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 8 total tackles

Regular Season
2000
TENNESSEETITANS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
OCT 8, 2000

Tennessee Titans vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Oct 8, 2000

8 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 2.5 sacks

Regular Season
1994
NEW YORKGIANTS
ARIZONACARDINALS
SEP 11, 1994

New York Giants vs Arizona Cardinals

Regular Season · Sep 11, 1994

0 tackles · 2.5 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 tackle for loss

Regular Season
2000
CINCINNATIBENGALS
CLEVELANDBROWNS
OCT 29, 2000

Cincinnati Bengals vs Cleveland Browns

Regular Season · Oct 29, 2000

6 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 quarterback hit

Regular Season
1999
CLEVELANDBROWNS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
DEC 12, 1999

Cleveland Browns vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Dec 12, 1999

1 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 interception

Regular Season
1995
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
ARIZONACARDINALS
OCT 29, 1995

Seattle Seahawks vs Arizona Cardinals

Regular Season · Oct 29, 1995

0 tackles · 1 sacks · 1 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Michael Bankston's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1988–2003

01
ARIBANKSTON—Michael Bankston
ARIWILLIAMS35Aeneas Williams
ARIPLUMMER16Jake Plummer

A new market waits for a stable winner

Arizona Cardinals · Finding a home in Arizona

The move to the desert brought only one playoff appearance in sixteen seasons, though Williams became an all-time defender and Plummer authored a memorable upset in Dallas.

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Franchise era

1989–1998

02
DETBANKSTON—Michael Bankston
DETSANDERS20Barry Sanders
DETMOORE84Herman Moore

The league's most elusive runner

Detroit Lions · Barry Sanders

Sanders turned every carry into possibility and led the 1991 Lions to the NFC Championship Game, the franchise's lone playoff win of the era.

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Franchise era

1992–2002

03
CINBANKSTON—Michael Bankston
CINDILLON28Corey Dillon
CINPICKENS81Carl Pickens

Instability overwhelms individual talent

Cincinnati Bengals · The lost decade

Cincinnati went fourteen seasons without a winning record even as Dillon and a handful of draft successes supplied isolated excellence.

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Career accomplishments

9 NFL seasons143 career games68 career solo tackles27 career sacksJersey: 900 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 6, 1992Most recent: Dec 24, 2000

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history