Craig Erickson

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Craig Erickson

No. 7

Quarterback

Personal information

Date of birth: May 17, 1969

Place of birth: Boynton Beach, Florida

Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Weight: 213 lb (97 kg)

Career information

High school: West Palm Beach (FL) Newman

College: Miami (FL)

NFL Draft: 1992 / Round: 4 / Pick: 86

Debuted in 1992

Last played in 1999

Career history

*Offseason and/or practice squad member only*

Career highlights and awards

Johnny Unitas Award (1990)

Career NFL statistics

TD–INT	41–38
Yards	7,625
QB Rating	74.3
Stats at NFL.com

Stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Craig Neil Erickson (born May 17, 1969 in Boynton Beach, Florida) is a former professional quarterback who was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 5th round of the 1991 NFL Draft and also by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 4th round of the 1992 NFL Draft. He is one of the few NFL players to be drafted twice, another famous example being Bo Jackson. Coincidentally, each was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

College career and personal information

A 6'2", 200 lb (91 kg). quarterback from the University of Miami who was the starting QB on Miami's 1989 National Championship squad, he ranked third on the Hurricanes all-time career passing-yardage list with 6,056 yards. He has two daughters, one born in the year 2000, and the other one born in the year 1999.

Erickson played in 34 games over a four-year career, taking over starting role as a junior. He won the Johnny Unitas Award in 1990. He went to Cardinal Newman High School in West Palm Beach.

Statistics

Year	Comp	Att	Comp %	Passing	TD	INT
1987	22	37	59.5	307	2	0
1988	26	49	53.1	379	6	1
1989	147	273	53.8	2,007	16	13
1990	225	393	57.3	3,363	22	7

Professional career

Erickson played in seven NFL seasons from 1992–1997 and 1999. His best year as a pro came during the 1993 season for the Buccaneers when he threw for over 3,000 yards and 18 touchdowns.

Erickson is known as one of the few professional athletes outside of baseball who came back from Tommy John surgery.

External links

Pro-football-reference.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Steve Walsh	Miami Hurricanes starting quarterbacks 1989-1990	Succeeded by Gino Torretta

v t e Miami Hurricanes starting quarterbacks

Curci Biletnikoff Mira Cochrane Carney Fortner Glover Rodrigue J. Kelly Richt Vanderwende Kosar Testaverde Ge. Torretta Walsh Erickson Gino Torretta Costa Collins Clement Covington K. Kelly Dorsey Berlin Freeman Wright Marve Harris Morris

1987 Miami Hurricanes football—consensus national champions

Head coach: Jimmy Johnson

1989 Miami Hurricanes football—consensus national champions

Head coach: Dennis Erickson

1991 Miami Hurricanes football—AP national champions

Head coach: Dennis Erickson

v t e Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award winners

1987: McPherson 1988: Peete 1989: Rice 1990: Erickson 1991: Weldon 1992: Torretta 1993: Ward 1994: Barker 1995: Frazier 1996: Wuerffel 1997: Manning 1998: McNown 1999: Redman 2000: Weinke 2001: Carr 2002: Palmer 2003: Manning 2004: White 2005: Leinart 2006: Quinn 2007: Ryan 2008: Harrell 2009: McCoy 2010: Tolzien 2011: Luck 2012: Klein 2013: McCarron

v t e Philadelphia Eagles 1991 NFL Draft selections

Antone Davis Jesse Campbell Rob Selby William Thomas Craig Erickson Andy Harmon James Joseph Scott Kowalkowski Chuck Weatherspoon Eric Harmon Mike Flores Darrell Beavers

Draft years: 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 (AAFC) 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

v t e Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1992 NFL Draft selections

Courtney Hawkins Mark Wheeler Tyji Armstrong Craig Erickson Rogerick Green Santana Dotson James Malone Ken Swilling Anthony McDowell Mike Pawlawski Elijah Alexander Mazio Royster Klaus Wilmsmeyer

Tampa Bay Buccaneers starting quarterbacks

Steve Spurrier (1976)
Parnell Dickinson (1976)
Terry Hanratty (1976)
Gary Huff (1977)
Randy Hedberg (1977)
Jeb Blount (1977)
Doug Williams (1978–1982)
Mike Rae (1978)
Mike Boryla (1978)
Jack Thompson (1983–1984)
Jerry Golsteyn (1983)
Steve DeBerg (1984–1993)
Steve Young (1985–1986)
Vinny Testaverde (1987–1992)
John Reaves (1987)
Jim Zorn (1987)
Joe Ferguson (1988–1989)
Chris Chandler (1990–1991)
Jeff Carlson (1991)
Craig Erickson (1993–1994)
Trent Dilfer (1994–1999)
Shaun King (1999–2002)
Eric Zeier (1999)
Brad Johnson (2001–2004)
Rob Johnson (2002)
Brian Griese (2004–2008)
Chris Simms (2004–2006)
Bruce Gradkowski (2006)
Tim Rattay (2006)
Jeff Garcia (2007–2008)
Luke McCown (2007)
Byron Leftwich (2009)
Josh Johnson (2009–2011)
Josh Freeman (2009–2013)
Mike Glennon (2013–present)

Baltimore / Indianapolis Colts starting quarterbacks

Fred Enke (1953–1954)
George Taliaferro (1953)
Ed Mioduszewski (1953)
Gary Kerkorian (1954)
Cotton Davidson (1954)
George Shaw (1955–1958)
Johnny Unitas (1956–1972)
Gary Cuozzo (1965–1966)
Tom Matte (1965)
Earl Morrall (1968–1971)
Marty Domres (1972–1974)
Bert Jones (1973–1981)
Bill Troup (1978)
Mike Kirkland (1978)
Greg Landry (1979–1980)
David Humm (1981)
Mike Pagel (1982–1985)
Mark Herrmann (1983–1992)
Art Schlichter (1984–1985)
Matt Kofler (1985)
Jack Trudeau (1986–1993)
Gary Hogeboom (1986–1988)
Blair Kiel (1987)
Chris Chandler (1988–1989)
Tom Ramsey (1989)
Jeff George (1990–1993)
Jim Harbaugh (1994–1997)
Don Majkowski (1994)
Browning Nagle (1994)
Craig Erickson (1995)
Paul Justin (1995–1997)
Kelly Holcomb (1997)
Peyton Manning (1998–2010)
Kerry Collins (2011)
Curtis Painter (2011)
Dan Orlovsky (2011)
Andrew Luck (2012–present)

Miami Dolphins starting quarterbacks

Dick Wood (1966)
Rick Norton (1966–1969)
George Wilson (1966)
John Stofa (1966–1967)
Bob Griese (1967–1980)
George Mira (1971)
Earl Morrall (1972–1975)
Don Strock (1975–1983)
David Woodley (1980–1983)
Dan Marino (1983–1999)
Kyle Mackey (1987)
Scott Mitchell (1993)
Steve DeBerg (1993)
Bernie Kosar (1995)
Craig Erickson (1996)
Damon Huard (1999–2000)
Jay Fiedler (2000–2004)
Ray Lucas (2002)
Brian Griese (2003)
A. J. Feeley (2004)
Sage Rosenfels (2004–2005)
Gus Frerotte (2005)
Joey Harrington (2006)
Daunte Culpepper (2006)
Cleo Lemon (2006–2007)
Trent Green (2007)
John Beck (2007)
Chad Pennington (2008–2010)
Chad Henne (2009–2011)
Tyler Thigpen (2010)
Matt Moore (2011)
Ryan Tannehill (2012–present)

Persondata
Name	Erickson, Craig
Alternative names
Short description	American football player
Date of birth	May 17, 1969
Place of birth	Boynton Beach, Florida
Date of death
Place of death

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