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Eric Wright

Eric Cortez Wright

Position: DB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 183 lbs.
Born: April 18, 1959 in St. Louis, MO
College: Missouri

Career AV: 55 (1109th overall since 1950)

2-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 2nd round (40th overall) of the 1981 NFL Draft.

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Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty AV
1981 22 SFO RCB 21 16 16 3 26 0 26 0 2 0 0 7
1982 23 SFO RCB 21 7 7 1 31 0 31 5
1983 24 SFO RCB 21 16 15 7 164 2 60 0 1 0 0 7
1984* 25 SFO RCB 21 16 14 2 0 0 0 14
1985*+ 26 SFO RCB 21 16 16 1 0 0 0 19
1986 27 SFO 21 2 1 1
1987 28 SFO 21 2 2 1
1988 29 SFO RCB 21 15 10 2 -2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
1989 30 SFO 21 11 1 2 37 0 23 1
1990 31 SFO 21 9 0 0 1 0 0 1
Career 110 82 18 256 2 60 0 5 0 0 61

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1983 24 SFO RCB 21 16 15 2 2 12
Career 110 82 2 2 12

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1984
1985

First-Team All-Pro

1985

Non-Offensive TDs

1983 NFL 2 (1)

Interceptions

1983 NFL 7 (6)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

1983 NFL 164 (1)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1983 NFL 2 (1/24)

   
Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1983UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
1984Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
1985UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL