Michael Wayne Junkin was born on November 21,1964 and is a former American football linebacker who played in the National Football League for three seasons with the Cleveland Browns and the Kansas City Chiefs.
22 Facts About Mike Junkin
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Mike Junkin played in 20 games over the course of his NFL career.
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Mike Junkin played four years of college football at Duke University.
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Mike Junkin played in parts of two seasons for the Browns, both of which ended early due to injury.
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Mike Junkin was then traded to the Kansas City Chiefs for a fifth-round selection and played in five more games.
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Mike Junkin was born in North Little Rock, Arkansas to Kirk, a United Airlines pilot, and Doris, a substitute teacher.
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Mike Junkin's brother Trey Junkin was an NFL player as well.
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Mike Junkin attended Belvidere High School in Belvidere, Illinois, and played tight end on the football team.
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Mike Junkin was named to the Belvidere Bucs Football Hall of Fame in 2013.
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Mike Junkin played in three games for the Blue Devils as a freshman.
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Mike Junkin started off his senior year with 15 tackles against Northwestern despite battling a head cold.
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Three weeks later in a game against Virginia, Mike Junkin had 18 tackles and was named Atlantic Coast Conference defensive player of the week.
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Mike Junkin graduated from Duke after the 1986 season as the school record-holder for career tackles with 512.
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Mike Junkin was selected with the fifth overall pick in the 1987 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns.
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Mike Junkin spent training camp competing with Eddie Johnson for the second inside linebacker position alongside Mike Johnson, and by the end of preseason play, Junkin had won the starting job.
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Mike Junkin was given the starting job again to end the season, but missed tackles and a lack of impact plays led to his second season being considered a disappointment.
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Mike Junkin still had faith in Junkin, unlike the Browns, and traded a fifth-round pick to bring him to Kansas City.
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Two weeks after the trade, a report came out that Mike Junkin had taken steroids provided by a doctor to treat an injured ankle, and had failed a drug test at the scouting combine as a result.
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Mike Junkin was released from the Chiefs after season's end, and retired after not being signed by any team through the 1990 season.
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Mike Junkin became known as a draft bust due to his unproductive career.
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An ESPN article in 2008 noted Mike Junkin noted as the eighth biggest draft bust of all time.
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Mike Junkin was named one of the Cleveland' Browns worst three draft picks from 1995 or earlier.