| No. 52, 56 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Linebacker | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born | (1977-03-11)March 11, 1977 (age 48) Jasper, Tennessee, U.S. | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school | Marion County (Jasper) | ||||||||
| College | Tennessee | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 2001: 3rd round, 73rd overall pick | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
| Awards and highlights | |||||||||
| |||||||||
| Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
| |||||||||
Eric Westmoreland (born March 11, 1977) is an American former professionalfootball player who was alinebacker in theNational Football League (NFL) from 2001 to 2004 for theJacksonville Jaguars andCleveland Browns.[1] He was selected in the third round of the2001 NFL draft.[2]
Eric Westmoreland played high school football at Marion County High School inJasper, Tennessee.[3][4][5] He led the Warriors to three state championships as a running back/safety.[6] He rushed for 2,359 yards and 40 touchdowns as a senior and finished with more than 6,000 yards and 85 touchdowns in his high school career. The Warriors racked up an 56–1 record.[7]
Westmoreland played college football at the University of Tennessee where he was a starting linebacker and helped the Vols win the 1998 National Championship in the Fiesta Bowl.[8][9][10]
Westmoreland played in four seasons in the NFL from 2001 to 2004. He spent his first three seasons with the Jaguars and his last with the Browns.[11][12][13][14]
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 2001 | JAX | 11 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | JAX | 15 | 2 | 36 | 29 | 7 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | JAX | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | CLE | 16 | 0 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 44 | 4 | 81 | 63 | 18 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |