Eric Metcalf

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Position:

Running back / wide receiver / return specialist

Personal information

Date of birth:

January 23, 1968

Place of birth:

Seattle, Washington

Height:

5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Weight:

190 lb (86 kg)

Career information

College:

Texas

NFL draft:

1989 / Round: 1 / Pick: 13

Career history

Career highlights and awards

3× Pro Bowl selection (1993, 1994, 1997)
3× All-Pro selection (1993, 1994, 1997)
NFL Kickoff Return Yards Leader (1990)
NFL's second All-Time Punt Return Touchdown Leader (10)

Career NFL statistics

Return Touchdowns:	12
PR yards:	3,453
KR yards:	5,813
Player stats at NFL.com

Eric Quinn Metcalf (born January 23, 1968) is a former American football running back, wide receiver and return specialist who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cleveland Browns, Atlanta Falcons, San Diego Chargers, Arizona Cardinals, Carolina Panthers, Washington Redskins and Green Bay Packers. He was a three-time Pro Bowl selection for the Browns and the Chargers. He was also the 1988 US Track and Field Champion in the long jump and a two-time NCAA Champion in the same event at the University of Texas at Austin.

High school career

Metcalf attended Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High School in Arlington County, Virginia. In high school Metcalf competed in both football and track and field.

College career

Metcalf attended and played college football at the University of Texas at Austin where he was an All-Southwest Conference selection three times. He was the 1987 Southwest Conference player of the year and a second team All-American. He is the only player in Texas history to lead the team in all-purpose yards all four years. He holds every school receiving record for a running back.

Track and field

Metcalf also had a distinguished career in track and field. In high school, he was a standout long jumper and sprinter, and still has the seventh longest distance ever posted indoors by an American high schooler with a jump of 7.75 meters. He also recorded personal-bests of 10.54 seconds in the 100 meters and 21.34 in the 200 meters.

He set the University of Texas at Austin's long jump record (still current) at 8.44 m (27.7 ft). He won the NCAA National Long Jump Championship in 1986 and 1988 and the SWC Long Jump titles in 1986 and 1987. He was also the Us Jr. National Long Jump Champion in 1986 and 1987. He earned the distinction of being a five-time All-American and in 1988 competed in the USA Olympic Trials, finishing 8th overall.

Professional career

A multi-talented player, Metcalf excelled at offense and as a returner on special teams. In his second NFL season, he led the league in kickoff return yards (1,052) and return touchdowns (two). He also led the NFL in punt return touchdowns in four different seasons (1993–1995, 1997). Overall, Metcalf finished his career with 2,392 rushing yards, 541 receptions for 5,572 yards, 3,453 punt return yards, and 5,813 yards returning kickoffs. This gave him a total of 17,230 all-purpose yards, ranking him among the NFL's top 10 in that category at the time of his retirement. He also scored 55 touchdowns (12 rushing, 31 receiving, ten punt returns, two kickoff returns). His 12 returns for touchdowns are the third most in NFL history behind Devin Hester and Brian Mitchell. Metcalf's 10 punt return touchdowns were an NFL record, until October 2, 2011 when Devin Hester broke it against the Carolina Panthers. He is the only player ever to have 7,000+ yards on offense and 7,000+ yards on kickoff/punt returns.

Metcalf was traded along with two first round and one second round draft pick by the San Diego Chargers to the Arizona Cardinals for moving one spot in the 1998 NFL Draft to pick quarterback Ryan Leaf.

NFL stats

Receiving stats^[1]

Year	Team	Games	Receptions	Yards	Yards per Reception	Longest Reception	Touchdowns	First Downs	Fumbles	Fumbles Lost
1989	CLE	16	54	397	7.4	68	4	0	0	0
1990	CLE	16	57	452	7.9	35	1	0	0	0
1991	CLE	8	29	294	10.1	45	0	13	0	0
1992	CLE	16	47	614	13.1	69	5	25	2	1
1993	CLE	16	63	539	8.6	49	2	21	1	1
1994	CLE	16	47	436	9.3	57	3	21	2	2
1995	ATL	16	104	1,189	11.4	62	8	53	0	0
1996	ATL	16	54	599	11.1	67	6	33	0	0
1997	SD	16	40	576	14.4	62	2	24	1	1
1998	ARI	16	31	324	10.5	29	0	18	0	0
1999	CAR	16	11	133	12.1	33	0	6	0	0
2001	WSH	10	4	19	4.8	9	0	0	0	0
Career		179	541	5,572	10.3	69	31	214	6	5

Returning stats^[1]

Year	Team	Games	Punt Return Attempts	Punt Return Yards	Punts Returned for Touchdown	Punts Fair Caught	Longest Punt Return	Kickoff Return Attempts	Kickoff Return Yards	Kickoffs Returned for Touchdown	Longest Kickoff Return
1989	CLE	16	0	0	0	0	0	31	718	0	49
1990	CLE	16	0	0	0	0	0	52	1,052	2	101
1991	CLE	8	12	100	0	1	30	23	351	0	24
1992	CLE	16	44	429	1	10	75	9	157	0	30
1993	CLE	16	36	464	2	11	91	15	318	0	47
1994	CLE	16	35	348	2	6	92	9	210	0	32
1995	ATL	16	39	383	1	14	66	12	278	0	47
1996	ATL	16	27	296	0	9	39	49	1,034	0	55
1997	SD	16	45	489	3	8	85	16	355	0	63
1998	ARI	16	43	295	0	7	24	57	1,218	0	59
1999	CAR	16	34	238	0	18	30	4	56	0	31
2001	WSH	10	33	412	1	5	89	1	25	0	25
2002	GB	1	3	-1	0	0	0	2	41	0	21
Career		179	351	3,453	10	89	92	280	5,813	2	101

Rushing stats^[1]

Year	Team	Games	Carries	Yards	Yards per Carry	Longest Carry	Touchdowns	First Downs	Fumbles	Fumbles Lost
1989	CLE	16	187	633	3.4	43	6	0	0	0
1990	CLE	16	80	248	3.1	17	1	0	0	0
1991	CLE	8	30	107	3.6	15	0	3	0	0
1992	CLE	16	73	301	4.1	31	1	12	1	1
1993	CLE	16	129	611	4.7	55	1	25	2	2
1994	CLE	16	93	329	3.5	37	2	12	1	0
1995	ATL	16	28	133	4.8	23	1	8	0	0
1996	ATL	16	3	8	2.7	4	0	0	0	0
1997	SD	16	3	-5	-1.7	2	0	0	0	0
1999	CAR	16	2	20	10.0	17	0	1	0	0
2002	GB	1	2	7	3.5	5	0	1	0	0
Career		179	630	2,392	3.8	55	12	62	4	3

Personal

Metcalf no longer coaches football at Rainier Beach High School in Seattle, Washington, however in the 2005-2006 season he helped lead the team to the state semi-finals. He also started an elite high school track and field club called Seatown Express. Eric is the son of former NFL player Terry Metcalf.

References

1 2 3 "Eric Metcalf Stats". ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved 28 April 2014.

External links

Professional statistics

1989 NFL draft first-round selections

Cleveland Browns first-round draft picks

Carpenter Konz Rechichar Agganis Atkins Garrett Bauer Burris Carpenter Brown Shofner Kreitling Houston Crespino Collins L. Jackson Hutchinson Warfield Morin Matheson Upshaw Johnson Phipps McKay Scott Darden Holden Adams Mitchell Pruitt R. Jackson Newsome Matthews Adams White Dixon Banks Rogers Junkin Charlton Metcalf Turner Vardell Everitt Langham Alexander Powell Couch Brown Warren Green Faine Winslow Edwards Wimbley Thomas Quinn Mack Haden Taylor Richardson Weeden Mingo Gilbert Manziel Shelton Erving

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US National Championship winners in men's long jump

1876–1878 New York Athletic Club	1876: Isaiah Frazier 1877: William Livingston 1878: William Willmer

1879–1888 NAAAA	1879: Frank Kilpatrick 1880–81: John Voorhees 1882: John Jenkins 1883–86: Malcolm Ford 1887: Alexander Jordan 1888^{Note 1}: Victor Schifferstein

1888–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1888^{Note 1}: William Halpin 1889: Malcolm Ford 1890: Alfred Copeland 1891: Charles Reber 1892: Eugene Goff 1893: Charles Reber 1894: Eugene Goff 1895–97: Edward Bloss 1898: Myer Prinstein 1899: Alvin Kraenzlein 1900–01: Harry McDonald 1902: Myer Prinstein 1903: Percival Molson 1904: Myer Prinstein 1905: Hugo Friend 1906: Myer Prinstein 1907: Daniel Kelly 1908: Platt Adams 1909–10: Frank Irons 1911–12: Platt Adams 1913: Phil Stiles 1914: Platt Adams 1915–16: Harry Worthington 1917: Joseph Irish 1918: David Politzer 1919: Floyd Smart 1920^OT: Sol Butler 1921: Ed Gourdin 1922–27: DeHart Hubbard 1928^OT: Ed Hamm 1929: Edward Gordon 1930–31: Al Bates 1932^OT: Edward Gordon 1933–34: Jesse Owens 1935: Eulace Peacock 1936: Jesse Owens 1937: Kermit King 1938–39: William Lacefield 1940–42: Billy Brown 1943: William Christopher 1944: William Lund 1945: Herb Douglas 1946–47: Willie Steele 1948: Fred Johnson 1949: Gay Bryan 1950: Jim Holland 1951–53: George Brown 1954: John Bennett 1955: Greg Bell 1956–58: Ernie Shelby 1959: Greg Bell 1960: Henk Visser (NED) * Joel Wiley 1961–66: Ralph Boston 1967: Jerry Proctor 1968–69: Bob Beamon 1970: Bouncy Moore 1971–72: Arnie Robinson 1973: Randy Williams 1974: Bouncy Moore 1975–78: Arnie Robinson 1979: Larry Myricks

1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Larry Myricks 1981–83: Carl Lewis 1984: Mike McRae 1985: Mike Conley, Sr. 1986–87: Carl Lewis 1988: Eric Metcalf 1989: Larry Myricks 1990: Mike Powell 1991: Carl Lewis 1992^OT: Mike Powell

1993–onwards USA Track & Field	1993–96^OT: Mike Powell 1997: Joe Greene 1998: Roland McGhee 1999: Kevin Dilworth 2000^OT: Melvin Lister 2001–02: Savante Stringfellow 2003–04^OT: Dwight Phillips 2005: Miguel Pate 2006: Brian Johnson 2007: Dwight Phillips 2008^OT: Trevell Quinley 2009–10: Dwight Phillips 2011–12^OT: Marquise Goodwin 2013: George Kitchens 2014: Jeff Henderson 2015: Marquis Dendy

Notes	Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.

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