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Eric Downing
No. 79, 92, 93
Position:	Defensive tackle
Personal information
Born:	September 16, 1978 (age 45); Ahoskie, North Carolina, U.S.
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
Career history
	Kansas City Chiefs (2001–2003); San Diego Chargers (2004);
Career NFL statistics
Tackles:
Tackles:	50
Sacks:	2.0
Passes defended:	2
	Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

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]

High school career edit

Downing attended John F. Kennedy High School, in Paterson, New Jersey, where he was selected for the first-team All-State.^[2]

Legend
Bold	Career high

Year	Team	Games		Tackles					Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Team	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

^ "2001 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
^ Eric Downing player profile, National Football League Players Association. Accessed July 24, 2007. "Was a first team All-State selection by the Newark Star Ledger at John F. Kennedy High School in Paterson, New Jersey"