Eric Swann
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| Position: | Defensive tackle | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born: | August 16, 1970 Sanford, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 317 lb (144 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Western Harnett (Lillington, North Carolina) | ||||||||||||||||
| College: | Wake Tech (1989) | ||||||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1991 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6 | ||||||||||||||||
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Eric Jerrod Swann (born August 16, 1970) is an American former
High school
Swann played high-school football at
Semi-pro career
Swann was bound for North Carolina State University but was ruled academically ineligible. Rather than enrolling under Proposition 48,[3] he left Wake Technical in 1990 to join the semi-pro Bay State Titans in Lynn, Massachusetts with a $5-per-hour salary.[4][5]
Professional career
Swann was drafted in the first round of the 1991 NFL Draft with the sixth overall pick.[6] On April 24, 1991, Swann signed a five-year contract with the Phoenix Cardinals.[5] In 1995 and 1996, Swann was named an NFL All-Pro and selected for the NFC Pro Bowl team.
In 1998, Swann resigned with the Cardinals for a five-year, $25 million contract with a $7.5 million signing bonus,[7] the richest contract ever signed by a Cardinals player to date.[8] Because he was recovering from knee surgeries, Swann did not practice with the Cardinals in the 1999 training-camp period.[9] In 1999, he played nine games and recorded four sacks and a 42-yard interception.[10]
The Cardinals waived Swann on July 11, 2000.[11] Two weeks later, he signed a one-year, veteran minimum deal with the Carolina Panthers along with Reggie White.[12]
In 2007, Swann played for the Hudson Valley Saints of the North American Football League.[13]
Swann was inducted into the American Football Association's Semi Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1998.[14]
References
- ^ "Past Shrine Bowl Players in the Pros". HighSchoolOT.com. WRAL. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
- ^ "Juventus Vs Parma en Vivo Por Internet". Archived from the original on January 28, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
- ^ Teel, David (August 5, 1989). "Fierce Area Recruiter Vacates Deacons' Staff". The Daily Press. Newport News, Va. Archived from the original on August 11, 2011. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
- ^ Duckworth, Ed (September 15, 1996). "Tobin building confidence". The Providence Journal. pp. C8. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
Six years ago, the 6-foot-5, 295-pounder dropped out of Wake Technical College in Raleigh, N.C., to play for the Lynn, Mass.-based Bay State Titans of the short-lived Minor League Football System.
- ^ a b "Cardinals Sign No. 1 Choice, A Former Semipro Player". The New York Times. Associated Press. April 25, 1991. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
- ^ "1991 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
- ^ "Swann Re-signs With Cardinals". The New York Times. Associated Press. February 12, 1998. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
- ^ The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/keyword/eric-swann.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Swann dives back in". CNNSI.com. Associated Press. July 22, 1999. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
- ^ "Eric Swann". NFL. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
- ^ "Transactions". The New York Times. July 12, 2000. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
- ^ "N.F.L.: TRAINING CAMPS ROUNDUP; Searcy May Miss Year". The New York Times. July 25, 2000. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
- ^ Houghtaling, Eric (July 14, 2007). "Saints marching back in". The Daily Freeman. Kingston, N.Y. Archived from the original on October 2, 2008.
- ^ "2010 Hall of Fame Listing" (PDF). American Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 22, 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2011.