David Binn life and biography

David Binn born February 6, 1972 is an American football long snapper for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League.

He is the last remaining player from the Chargers' lone Super Bowl team. One of the league's more consistent long snappers, Binn also displays great awareness and speedy coverage on punt plays. He was selected to the 2007 NFL Pro Bowl squad, making him the eleventh selection from the 2006 Chargers chosen to represent the AFC in Hawaii.

Binn's Career

The longest tenured player on the Chargers’ roster and the only remaining player from the Chargers’ 1994 Super Bowl team, long snapper David Binn heads into the 2010 season as the franchise’s all-time leader in seasons (16) and games played (255). On September 13, 2010, he surpassed Russ Washington for the most consecutive games played (179) in team history.

Known for pinpoint accuracy, Binn is among the best at his trade. He joined the Chargers as an undrafted free agent from Cal-Berkeley in ’94 and has spent his entire NFL career in Lightning Bolts. One of the league’s most durable players, Binn has missed only one game in his career due to injury.

Long overlooked, he was finally rewarded with his first trip to the Pro Bowl after the ’06 season when AFC coach Bill Belichick selected him as the conference’s “need” player. Binn’s accurate snaps have helped the careers of several of the leading kickers and punters in team history, including the team’s current duo of Nate Kaeding and Mike Scifres, andpast greats like John Carney and Darren Bennett.

In ’08, Chargers General Manager A.J. Smith rewarded Binn with a four-year contract through the 2011 season. An avid golfer, Binn maintains a handicap that hovers in the low single digits. He has been invited to compete in golf tournaments around the country, and in ’99 he won a trip to Hawaii in a hole-in-one contest.

Binn has long been a supporter of the local military. In May ’03, he visited the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln at sea as the ship and its crew returned to San Diego from the war in Iraq. Aboard the ship, he had the chance to meet President George W. Bush, who had also flown to the carrier to deliver a speech to the nation declaring an end to the hostilities in Iraq. Binn was photographed with the nation’s Commander in Chief. In 2000, he received a special invitation to fly in an F-18 with the Navy’s Blue Angels.

He has also been one of the Chargers’ most active players in the local community. In 1998, he started the David Binn Foundation to support environmental education and scholarship programs. The foundation supports several worthy causes including the annual “Teddy Bear Drive to Children’s Hospital,” in which local police deliver stuffed animals to patients. Binn has visited many interesting places, including Russia, Hawaii, Alaska, Australia, Europe and Costa Rica.

A native of Foster City in Northern California, Binn now makes his home year-round in Pacific Beach. In 2007, he was honored in his hometown when he was elected into the San Mateo County Hall of Fame, joining such stars as NFL Hall of wide receiver Lynn Swann and former San Francisco Giants’ slugger Barry Bonds.

Binn got married in November 2009, tying the knot with the former Jennifer Isley. The couple has a son, Jackson.

TRANSACTION HISTORY: Signed with Chargers as undrafted rookie, April 28, 1994…re-signed July 18, 1995, May 8, 1996, Feb. 25, 1998, Feb. 14, 2000, March 5, 2002, March 2, 2003 and March 3, 2004...signed four-year contract May 12, 2008.

2010: Placed on "Reserved-Injured" (hamstring) Sept. 15, 2010.

2009: Season-high two STTs Oct. 4 at PIT...Game Ball after Nate Kaeding’s game-winning 52-yard FG Dec. 20 vs. CIN.

2008: USA Today All-Joe.

2007: Two STTs in playoffs.

2006: Pro Bowl special teams “needs” player...team-record 201st career game Wk 10 at DEN…FR of blocked punt Dec. 17 vs. KC led to 85-yard TD run on next play.

2005: USA Today All-Joe...100th consecutive game at DEN Sept. 18.

2004: Handled all snapping duties.

2003: Season-high three STTs at DET Dec. 7 and at CHI Nov. 2. Handled all LS duties.

2001: Handled all LS.

2000: Handled LS in all 16 games.

1999: Saw action in all 16 games as LS.

1998: Missed only game of career Dec. 13 at SEA (shoulder).

1997: Handled all LS.

1996: Inj. Oct. 6 at DEN (groin) and missed second half.

1995: LS on punts and FGs all season.

1994: LS as rookie for 19 games, including three playoff games.

COLLEGE: Played in 42 career games at California from 1990-93…team had only one blocked kick during his career…ecology and social systems degree.

PERSONAL: Born in San Mateo, California…All-Peninsula League as junior and senior at San Mateo HS…lettered in football, basketball and golf.

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