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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||
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| Born: | (1967-05-01)May 1, 1967 (age 57) Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 242 lb (110 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Leuzinger(Lawndale, California) | ||||||||
| College: | UCLA | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1990: 8th round, 208th pick | ||||||||
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Marvcus Raymond Patton (born May 1, 1967) is an American former professionalfootball player who was alinebacker for 13 seasons in theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theUCLA Bruins and was selected by theBuffalo Bills in the eighth round of the1990 NFL draft.[1] Patton played in the NFL from 1990 to 2002 for the Bills,Washington Redskins, andKansas City Chiefs. He never missed a regular season game in his entire career. After earning a full-time starting role in his fourth season with the Bills, he started all but three games for the remainder of his career.
Patton was just 9-years-old when his father Raymond Hicks, an undercover detective in Los Angeles, was shot and killed in the line of duty. His mother, Barbara Patton, a formerNational Women's Football League player with the Los Angeles Dandelions,[2] taught Patton about football. Mother and son both played middle linebacker, with Barbara once breaking an opposing player's helmet.[3] “I thought it was really cool to tell my friends that my mom was a linebacker,” Patton once shared.
Earning an academic scholarship, Patton was awalk-on at theUniversity of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Typically, students without anathletic scholarship are lucky to have a place on special teams. However, the astute Patton was a starter his senior year, gaining All-America honorable mention, and also was a three-time Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention while earning a political science degree with academic honors.
As a rookie in 1990, Patton was injured on the opening kickoff in the Bills 1990 playoff opener against theMiami Dolphins with a lower leg injury. He did not play in either of the Bills final two playoff games, but went on to play in every regular season game for the rest of his career.
Currently, Patton resides in theWashington D.C. area with his wife, Dr. Ina Patton, their two children, and their dog, Jack. Marvcus is a restaurateur and owns sports-themed restaurants in Northern Virginia, one of which is Lucky's Sports Theatre and Grill[4][5] inSpringfield, Virginia. Patton and his wife also created a children's apparel and book company, Girls Like Math, that promotes positive images for girls and challengesgender stereotypes with fun, hip clothing and entertaining books and games.[6]
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