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| Position | Quarterback | ||||||||
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| Born | (1969-05-17)May 17, 1969 (age 56) Boynton Beach, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 213 lb (97 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Cardinal Newman (West Palm Beach, Florida) | ||||||||
| College | Miami (FL) | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1991: 5th round, 131st overall pick | ||||||||
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Craig Neil Erickson (born May 17, 1969) is an American former professionalfootball player who was aquarterback in theNational Football League (NFL). Prior to entering the NFL, he playedcollege football for theMiami Hurricanes. He was selected by thePhiladelphia Eagles in the fifth round of the1991 NFL draft and also by theTampa Bay Buccaneers in the fourth round of the1992 NFL draft.[1][2] He is one of the fewNFL players to be drafted twice (Bo Jackson is another example). Coincidentally, each was drafted by theTampa Bay Buccaneers.
Erickson attendedCardinal Newman High School inWest Palm Beach and then theUniversity of Miami. A 6'2", 200 lb (91 kg)quarterback from theUniversity of Miami who was thestarting quarterback on Miami's1989 National Championship squad, he ranked third on the Hurricanes all-time career passing-yardage list with 6,056 yards.
Erickson played in 34 games over a four-year career, taking over starting role as a junior. He won theJohnny Unitas Golden Arm Award in 1990.
| Year | Comp | Att | Comp % | Passing | TD | INT | Rtg |
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| 1987 | 22 | 37 | 59.5 | 307 | 2 | 0 | 147.0 |
| 1988 | 26 | 49 | 53.1 | 379 | 6 | 1 | 154.4 |
| 1989 | 147 | 273 | 53.8 | 2,007 | 16 | 13 | 125.4 |
| 1990 | 225 | 393 | 57.3 | 3,363 | 22 | 7 | 144.0 |
Erickson played in sevenNational Football League season seasons, from 1992 to 1998. His best year as a pro came during the 1993 season for theTampa Bay Buccaneers, when he threw for over 3,000 yards and 18 touchdowns.[3] He had a litany of injuries in his playing career, ranging from a knuckle injury in college that changed his throwing motion, a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his knee that had miss what would've been his rookie season in 1991.
Erickson is known as one of the few professional athletes outside of baseball who came back fromTommy John surgery, having suffered the injury in 1998. He tried playing in the 1999 preseason but did not make it back to regular season play.[4][5]
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