Eric Curry
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| Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | February 3, 1970 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Thomasville, Georgia | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 270 lb (122 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Thomasville (GA) | ||||||||||||
| College: | Alabama | ||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1993 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6 | ||||||||||||
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| Games played: | 75 |
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| Games started: | 44 |
| Tackles: | 95 |
| Quarterback sacks: | 12.5 |
| Forced fumbles: | 7 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Eric Felece Curry (born February 3, 1970) is an American football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons during the 1990s. He played college football for the University of Alabama, and earned All-American honors. A first-round pick in the 1993 NFL Draft, he played professionally for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Green Bay Packers and Jacksonville Jaguars of the NFL.
Curry was born in Thomasville, Georgia. He graduated from Thomasville High School, and played for the Thomasville High School Bulldogs high school football team.
Curry accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Alabama, where he played for coach Bill Curry and coach Gene Stallings' Alabama Crimson Tide football teams from 1989 to 1992. As a senior in 1992, Curry was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American and the United Press International Lineman of the Year. He was a member of the Crimson Tide squad that won the first SEC Championship Game in 1992, and a consensus national championship by defeating the Miami Hurricanes 34–13 in the Sugar Bowl. Curry and fellow defensive end John Copeland were known as the "bookends" during their time at Alabama, and were key players in the Crimson Tide's No. 1 rated defense in 1992.
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