Eric Barton was born on September 29,1977 and is a former American football linebacker who played for twelve seasons in the National Football League.
22 Facts About Eric Barton
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Eric Barton played college football at Maryland before he was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the fifth round of the 1999 NFL draft.
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Eric Barton played for the Raiders from 1999 to 2003, the New York Jets from 2004 to 2008, and the Cleveland Browns from 2009 to 2010.
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Eric Barton earned All-American honors from the National Recruiting Advisor and an All-Atlantic Coast recognition from Blue Chip Illustrated Magazine and was rated 10th-best football player in Virginia by Super Prep Magazine as a senior.
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Eric Barton recorded more than 100 tackles as a sophomore, junior and senior at Maryland, which helped land him fourth on the career tackles list.
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Eric Barton led the ACC in solo tackles as junior and senior.
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Eric Barton was an All-ACC first-team selection as senior and led conference in total tackles and average tackles per game.
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Eric Barton was selected by the Oakland Raiders in the fifth round of the 1999 NFL draft.
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Eric Barton saw action in all of his 16 games in the 1999 NFL season, making three starts and finishing with 29 tackles and two sacks.
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Eric Barton recorded a sack in the first play of his first NFL start and finished with, a team-high, eight tackles in Week 15 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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Eric Barton led the team for the ninth time on the season with a nine-tackle performance vs the Kansas City Chiefs in the season finale.
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Eric Barton signed with the New York Jets as an unrestricted free agent in 2004.
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Eric Barton registered nine or more tackles seven times in the 2004 NFL season, including an AFC Wild Card victory over the San Diego Chargers.
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Eric Barton earned AFC Defensive Player of the Week honors as a result of nine tackles, one sack, one INT, two PD, one FF and one FR in a Week 15 win vs the Seattle Seahawks.
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Eric Barton led the defense with a career-high 16 tackles, including 12 solo and one for loss, in a defeat against the Buffalo Bills.
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Eric Barton was placed on the Injured Reserve, for the first time in his career after suffering an ankle injury.
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Eric Barton became the first Jet defender since 2000 to record a sack and interception on the same drive against the Washington Redskins.
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Eric Barton had recorded 680 tackles, 18.5 sacks, four INTs, 18 passes deflected, six forced fumbles, and four fumble recoveries in his career.
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Eric Barton had posted four seasons with 100 or more total tackles.
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Eric Barton signed with the Cleveland Browns as an unrestricted free agent on March 13,2009, and played 2 years with them.
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On February 9,2011, Eric Barton was released by the Browns.
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Eric Barton was adopted and met his brother, Aaron Curry, a former NFL linebacker, and his birth mother, Chris Curry, for the first time on October 30,2010.