American football player
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Position: | Defensive tackle | ||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Born: | (1978-09-16) September 16, 1978 (age 46) Ahoskie, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 315 lb (143 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
High school: | Paterson (NJ) John F. Kennedy | ||||||||
College: | Syracuse | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 2001 / round: 3 / pick: 75 | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
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Eric Lamont Downing (born September 16, 1978), is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He plaed for Syracuse and was selected in the third round of the 2001 NFL Draft.
Early life and college
Downing attended John F. Kennedy High School, in Paterson, New Jersey, where he was selected for the first-team All-State.
Downing played college football at Syracuse University for Paul Pasqualoni. He was named to the ALL-Big East team in 2000.
NFL career statistics
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Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
2001 | KAN | 15 | 9 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2002 | KAN | 13 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2003 | KAN | 14 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2004 | SDG | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
45 | 13 | 50 | 36 | 14 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
References
- "2001 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
- Eric Downing player profile Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, National Football League Players Association. Accessed July 24, 2007. "Was a first team All-State selection by the Newark Star Ledger at John F. Kennedy High School in Paterson, New Jersey"
- "SU's All-Time All-BIG EAST Selections". Syracuse University Athletics. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
External links
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