Derek Bunch
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Bunch receiving his Super Bowl ring in 2018
No. 92
Position:Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (1961-10-28) October 28, 1961
Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school:Meadowdale
(Harrison Township, Ohio)
College:Michigan State
Undrafted:1985
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:3
Games started:3
Player stats at NFL.com

Derek Carl Bunch (born October 28, 1961) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL), who played for the Washington Redskins as a replacement. He played college football at Michigan State. In 2018, Bunch was awarded a Super Bowl ring for playing for the Redskins in 1987, the year they won Super Bowl XXII.

Career

After having a great start in high school, Bunch played for the Michigan State Spartans, succumbing to injuries during his sophomore and junior years. After performing well during his senior year, as well as his redshirt extra year, Bunch was drafted by the Portland Breakers of the United States Football League (USFL), but he declined to join the 1985 NFL Draft, where he went undrafted. He joined the San Francisco 49ers in 1985 and 1986, and the Minnesota Vikings in 1987, but was cut each time. In 1987, the Washington Redskins hired him to be a replacement player on the team. He played three games, winning each one. He got half a share of playoff money, amounting to roughly 27,000 dollars.

Bunch, along with the other replacements, was mentioned in an ESPN documentary titled Year of the Scab and was the inspiration for the 2000 film The Replacements. In 2018, Bunch was awarded a Super Bowl ring for playing for the Redskins in 1987, the year they won Super Bowl XXII.[1]

Personal life

Bunch has a wife named Pyper, and three children, named Kristin, Derek Jr., and Dominion.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Archdeacon, Tom (8 June 2018). "30 years later, this Dayton native will be getting a Super Bowl ring". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
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