Eric Metcalf
Eric Quinn Metcalf
Born: January 23, 1968
Seattle, WA USA
Position: RB-WR
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 188
College: Texas
High School: Bishop Denis J. O'Connell (Arlington, VA)
Career: 1989-2002
Drafted: 1989 in Round 1, #13 overall by the Cleveland Browns
Eric Metcalf played from 1989 to 2002 during his career with the Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers, San Diego Chargers and Washington Redskins. Metcalf caught 541 passes for 5,572 yards and 31 receiving touchdowns in his career.
 Cleveland Browns |
 Atlanta Falcons |
 San Diego Chargers |
 Arizona Cardinals |
 Carolina Panthers |
 Washington Redskins |
 Green Bay Packers |
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 32 | 16.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 135.4 |
| 1991 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0.0 | ||||
| 1992 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 1994 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 1995 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 2001 | NFL Washington Redskins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||
| Totals | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 32 | 6.4 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 2 | 13 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 187 | 633 | 3.4 | 43 | 6 |
| 1990 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 80 | 248 | 3.1 | 17 | 1 |
| 1991 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 30 | 107 | 3.6 | 15 | 0 |
| 1992 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 73 | 301 | 4.1 | 31 | 1 |
| 1993 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 129 | 611 | 4.7 | 55 | 1 |
| 1994 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 93 | 329 | 3.5 | 37 | 2 |
| 1995 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 28 | 133 | 4.8 | 23 | 1 |
| 1996 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 3 | -5 | -1.7 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | NFL Carolina Panthers | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 17 | 0 |
| 2002 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 630 | 2392 | 3.8 | 55 | 12 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 54 | 397 | 7.4 | 68 | 4 |
| 1990 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 57 | 452 | 7.9 | 35 | 1 |
| 1991 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 29 | 294 | 10.1 | 45 | 0 |
| 1992 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 47 | 614 | 13.1 | 69 | 5 |
| 1993 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 63 | 539 | 8.6 | 49 | 2 |
| 1994 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 47 | 436 | 9.3 | 57 | 3 |
| 1995 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 104 | 1189 | 11.4 | 62 | 8 |
| 1996 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 54 | 599 | 11.1 | 67 | 6 |
| 1997 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 40 | 576 | 14.4 | 62 | 2 |
| 1998 | NFL Arizona Cardinals | 31 | 324 | 10.5 | 29 | 0 |
| 1999 | NFL Carolina Panthers | 11 | 133 | 12.1 | 33 | 0 |
| 2001 | NFL Washington Redskins | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 541 | 5572 | 10.3 | 69 | 31 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 12 | 100 | 8.3 | 30 | 0 |
| 1992 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 44 | 429 | 9.8 | 75 | 1 |
| 1993 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 36 | 464 | 12.9 | 91 | 2 |
| 1994 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 35 | 348 | 9.9 | 92 | 2 |
| 1995 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 39 | 383 | 9.8 | 66 | 1 |
| 1996 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 27 | 296 | 11.0 | 39 | 0 |
| 1997 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 45 | 489 | 10.9 | 85 | 3 |
| 1998 | NFL Arizona Cardinals | 43 | 295 | 6.9 | 24 | 0 |
| 1999 | NFL Carolina Panthers | 34 | 238 | 7.0 | 30 | 0 |
| 2001 | NFL Washington Redskins | 33 | 412 | 12.5 | 89 | 1 |
| 2002 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 351 | 3453 | 9.8 | 92 | 10 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 31 | 718 | 23.2 | 49 | 0 |
| 1990 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 52 | 1052 | 20.2 | 101 | 2 |
| 1991 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 23 | 351 | 15.3 | 24 | 0 |
| 1992 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 9 | 157 | 17.4 | 30 | 0 |
| 1993 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 15 | 318 | 21.2 | 47 | 0 |
| 1994 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 9 | 210 | 23.3 | 32 | 0 |
| 1995 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 12 | 278 | 23.2 | 47 | 0 |
| 1996 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 49 | 1034 | 21.1 | 55 | 0 |
| 1997 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 16 | 355 | 22.2 | 63 | 0 |
| 1998 | NFL Arizona Cardinals | 57 | 1218 | 21.4 | 59 | 0 |
| 1999 | NFL Carolina Panthers | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 31 | 0 |
| 2001 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| 2002 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Totals | 280 | 5813 | 20.8 | 101 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1990 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1991 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1992 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1993 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1994 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1995 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1996 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1997 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1998 | NFL Arizona Cardinals | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1999 | NFL Carolina Panthers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2001 | NFL Washington Redskins | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2002 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 53 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1989 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||||||
| 1990 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| 1992 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||
| 1993 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| 1994 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||
| 1995 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||
| 1996 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||
| 1997 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| 2001 | NFL Washington Redskins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 12 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 330 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 11 |
| 1990 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 10 |
| 1991 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 8 | 3 |
| 1992 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 5 |
| 1993 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 9 |
| 1994 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 8 |
| 1995 | NFL | Atlanta Falcons | 16 | 15 |
| 1996 | NFL | Atlanta Falcons | 16 | 11 |
| 1997 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 16 | 1 |
| 1998 | NFL | Arizona Cardinals | 16 | 3 |
| 1999 | NFL | Carolina Panthers | 16 | 1 |
| 2001 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 10 | 0 |
| 2002 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 1 | 0 |
Honors
1993 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1993 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
1993 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1993 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1993 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)
1994 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1997 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
