No. 79, 92, 93 | |||||||
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Position: | Defensive tackle | ||||||
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Born: | Ahoskie, North Carolina, U.S. | September 16, 1978||||||
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 | ||||||
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Eric Lamont Downing (born September 16, 1978), is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted in the third round of the 2001 NFL Draft. [1]
Downing attended John F. Kennedy High School, in Paterson, New Jersey, where he was selected for the first-team All-State. [2]
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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 |
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