Erick Anderson
American football player (born 1968) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Erick Scott Anderson (born October 7, 1968) is a former American football player.
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Position: | Linebacker | ||||
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Born: | (1968-10-07) October 7, 1968 (age 55) Long Beach, California, U.S. | ||||
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High school: | Glenbrook South (Glenview, Illinois) | ||||
College: | Michigan | ||||
NFL draft: | 1992 / Round: 7 / Pick: 186 | ||||
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Anderson played college football as a linebacker at the University of Michigan from 1988 to 1991. As a senior in 1991, he won the Butkus Award as the best collegiate linebacker in the country, was named Co-Defensive Player of the Year in the Big Ten Conference and was selected as a first-team All-American. He is the only player in Michigan Wolverines football history to lead the team in tackles for four consecutive years, and his 390 tackles at Michigan ranks third in school history.
Anderson also played professional football as linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Kansas City Chiefs in 1993 and the Washington Redskins in 1994.