Eric Ebron

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Eric Ebron
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Eric Ebron 2013
Pittsburgh Steelers - No. 85
Tight end
Date of birth: April 10, 1993
Place of birth: Newark , New Jersey
Height: 1.93 m Weight: 115 kg
NFL debut
2014 for the Detroit Lions
Career
College : North Carolina
NFL Draft : 2014 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10
 Teams:
Current status: active
Career highlights and awards

college

NFL

Selected NFL stats
as of week 17 of the 2019 season
Pass catches     283
Space gain     3,195 yards
Touchdowns     27
Statistics at NFL.com
Statistics at pro-football-reference.com

Eric Ebron (* 10. April 1993 in Newark , New Jersey ) is an American American football poker players on the position of tight ends . He plays for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League (NFL).

Early years

Ebron first went to high school in Rhode Island . He later moved to Ben L. Smith High School in Greensboro , North Carolina . Between 2011 and 2013 he attended the University of North Carolina , where he scored eight touchdowns for the college football team in three years . In 2012 he even set a school record for the most pass catches (40) and the most yards after pass catches (973) for a tight end. In 2013 he was a finalist for the John Mackey Award , which is given to the best tight end of the NCAA Division I FBS.

NFL

Ebron was selected tenth in the first round by the Detroit Lions in the 2014 NFL Draft . His first touchdown in the NFL was on the fourth day of the 2014 season against the New York Jets . It remained his only touchdown in his first season. A year later he caught 47 passes for 537 yards and scored 5 touchdowns. In 2016 , he caught 61 passes for 711 yards and a touchdown.

For the 2018 season he moved to the Indianapolis Colts , with whom he reached the play-offs directly . He also scored 13 touchdowns in the season; in the previous four years with the Lions, there were a total of 11.

For the 2020 season he moved to the Pittsburgh Steelers .

Individual evidence

  1. Report on greensboro.com, accessed on July 15, 2017
  2. Report on goheels.com, accessed on July 15, 2017
  3. Andrew Walker: Colts Sign Free Agent Tight End Eric Ebron. Indianapolis Colts, March 19, 2018, accessed September 15, 2018 (American English): "The Indianapolis Colts made a major splash in free agency tonight, signing tight end Eric Ebron."
  4. Jason Owens: Report: Steelers add tight end Eric Ebron on $ 12M deal. Yahoo Sports, March 20, 2020, accessed March 20, 2020 (American English): "The Pittsburgh Steelers have reached a two-year, $ 12 million deal with tight end Eric Ebron, NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reports."

Web links

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