| Date of birth: | May 1, 1967 |
| Place of birth: | Los Angeles, California |
| Career information | |
|---|---|
| Position(s): | Linebacker |
| College: | UCLA |
| NFL Draft: | 1990 / Round: 8 / Pick: 208 |
| Organizations | |
| As player: | |
| 1990-1994 1995-1998 1999-2002 |
Buffalo Bills Washington Redskins Kansas City Chiefs |
| Playing stats at NFL.com | |
Marvcus Raymond Patton (born May 1, 1967 in Los Angeles, California) is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the 8th round of the 1990 NFL Draft. A 6'2", 239-lb. linebacker from UCLA, Patton played in 13 NFL seasons from 1990 to 2002 for the Bills, Washington Redskins, and Kansas City Chiefs. Patton 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, an undercover detective in Los Angeles, was shot and killed in the line of duty. His mother, Barbara Patton, a former Women's National Football League player,[1] taught Patton about football. They both played middle linebacker. “I thought it was really cool to tell my friends that my mom was a linebacker,” Patton once shared.[2]
Earning an academic scholarship, Patton was a walk-on at UCLA. Typically, students without an athletic 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.
Currently, Patton resides just outside Washington D.C with his wife, Dr. Ina Patton, and their two children. Marvcus is a restaurateur and owns sports themed restaurants in Northern Virginia. Among them are Lucky's Sports Theatre and Grill[3] in Springfield, Virginia. Patton and his wife also created a children's apparel and book company, Girls Like Math. Girls Like Math boasts a product line that promotes positive images for girls and challenges gender stereotypes with fun, hip clothing and entertaining books and games.[4]