Career
While at Minnesota Lumpkin played four years and accrued numerous awards:
1990: All Big Ten Second Team
1991: All Big-Ten First Team, Bronko Nagurski Award (Team Most Valuable Player), Carl Eller Award (Outstanding Defensive Player), Captain
Lumpkin was the 106th player selected in the 1992 NFL Draft and played 67 games for the Saints between 1992 and 1996. He was released by the Saints in June 1997. Lumpkin grew up in Golden Valley, Minnesota and graduated from Benilde-Saint Margaret"s School where he is one of a handful of notable alumni.