Chris Gamble

Chris Gamble
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Gamble in 2012
No. 20
Position: Cornerback
Personal information
Born: (1983-03-11) March 11, 1983
Boston, Massachusetts
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight: 200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school: Fort Lauderdale (FL) Dillard
College: Ohio State
NFL Draft: 2004 / Round: 1 / Pick: 28
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Total tackles: 508
Forced fumbles: 4
Fumble recoveries: 4
Pass deflections: 96
Interceptions: 27
Defensive touchdowns: 3
Player stats at NFL.com

Chris Lee Gamble (born March 11, 1983) is a former American football cornerback who played nine seasons for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Ohio State.

High school career

He attended Nova High School in Davie, Florida. He left Nova to join Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 2000.

College career

Gamble played cornerback, wide receiver, and all phases of special teams at Ohio State. He was an integral part of the 2002 National Championship team, which went 14-0. Gamble played all 3 ways at Ohio State, earning 1st Team All-Big Ten honors, and 3rd Team All-America honors for cornerback. Gamble had 4 interceptions for the 2002 season, one of which he returned for a touchdown. Gamble was known for his game-breaking ability in all facets of the game, including defense, offense, and kick returning.

In 38 games, he started 18 times on defense and 12 times on offense (started on both offense and defense in five contests in 2002). Recorded 65 tackles (51 solos) with three stops behind the line of scrimmage, seven interceptions and 21 pass deflections. Also caught 40 passes for 609 yards (15.2 avg.), rushed six times for 68 yards (11.3 avg.) with a touchdown, returned 60 punts for 467 yards (7.8 avg.) and had 18 kickoff returns for 384 yards (21.3 avg.).

Gamble majored in sports and leisure studies while at Ohio State.

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
Ht Wt 40-yard dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert jump Broad BP
6 ft 0 in
(1.83 m)		 198 lb
(90 kg)		 4.52 s 4.25 s 6.89 s 39 1⁄2 in
(1.00 m)		 16 reps
All values from Ohio State's Pro Day[1]

Carolina Panthers

The Carolina Panthers selected Gamble in the first round (28th overall) in the 2004 NFL Draft. Gamble was the fourth cornerback drafted in 2004.

Head coach John Fox named Gamble the starting cornerback to begin the regular season, alongside Ricky Manning.[2] In 2004, Chris became the first rookie defensive player in Carolina Panthers history to start all 16 games, and earned Pro Football Weekly All-Rookie honors after establishing a Panthers rookie record with six interceptions, placing him in third in the NFL in interceptions.

In 2005, Gamble led the Panthers once again with 7 interceptions, ranking him fourth in the NFL.

In 2006, Gamble once again led the team in interceptions. He tied teammates Ken Lucas and Richard Marshall with three interceptions each.[3]

In 2007, he finished the year with 50 tackles with only 1 interception.

In 2008, he finished the year with 3 interceptions and he also tied for third in the NFL in passes defended with 19.

Through Gamble's career milestones, the Panthers rewarded him on November 28, 2008 to a six-year $53 million contract with $23 million guaranteed, making him one of the highest paid defensive backs in the league.

On March 8, 2013, Gamble was released by the Panthers. He played nine seasons in Carolina and holds the franchise record for interceptions with 27.[4] On March 11, 2013 Gamble retired.[5]

Panthers franchise records

As of 2017's NFL off-season, Chris Gamble held at least 3 Panthers franchise records, including:

  • Interceptions: career (27)
  • Int Ret Yds: season (157 in 2005), game (101 on 2005-11-06 @TAM)

NFL statistics

YearTeamGPCOMBTOTALASTSACKFFFRFR YDSINTIR YDSAVG IRLNGTDPD
2004CAR16746860.0100615313014
2005CAR157565100.011071572261112
2006CAR156653131.00003311018112
2007CAR15474250.0110122206
2008CAR169383100.0120323819018
2009CAR16585080.00004551441012
2010CAR11353230.0000000008
2011CAR15453780.00003431424012
2012CAR415870.0000000002
Career123508438701.0440273261261296

[6]

Key

  • GP: games played
  • COMB: combined tackles
  • TOTAL: total tackles
  • AST: assisted tackles
  • SACK: sacks
  • FF: forced fumbles
  • FR: fumble recoveries
  • FR YDS: fumble return yards
  • INT: interceptions
  • IR YDS: interception return yards
  • AVG IR: average interception return
  • LNG: longest interception return
  • TD: interceptions returned for touchdown
  • PD: passes defensed

References

  1. ↑ "*Chris Gamble, DS #3 CB, Ohio State". DraftScout.com. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Pro-Football-Reference: 2004 Carolina Panthers". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  3. ↑ http://www.panthers.com/Team/PlayerBio.aspx?id=7504
  4. ↑ Copeland, Kareem (March 8, 2013). "Chris Gamble's long run with Carolina Panthers ends". NFL.com. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
  5. ↑ Chris Gamble retires after release by Carolina Panthers
  6. ↑ "Chris Gamble Stats". ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
Preceded by
Jonathan Wells		 Ohio State Buckeyes
Football Season MVP
2002 (with Craig Krenzel)		 Succeeded by
Michael Jenkins
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