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Eric Westmoreland (born March 11, 1977) is a former
linebacker Linebacker (LB) is a playing position in gridiron football. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage and the defensive linemen. They are the "middle ground" of defenders, p ...
in the
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(NFL) who played from 2001 to 2004 for the
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and
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. He was drafted in the third round of the 2001 NFL Draft. Eric Westmoreland played his high school ball at Marion County High School in
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. He led the Warriors to three state championships as a running back/safety. Eric rushed for 2,359 yards and 40 TD's as a senior and finished with more than 6,000 yards and 85 TDs in his high school career. The Warriors racked up an impressive 56–1 record. He played college football at the University of Tennessee where he was a starting linebacker and helped the Vols win the 1998 National Championship.


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1977 births Living people American football linebackers Tennessee Volunteers football players Jacksonville Jaguars draft picks Jacksonville Jaguars players Cleveland Browns players People from Jasper, Tennessee Sportspeople from the Chattanooga metropolitan area Players of American football from Tennessee {{linebacker-1970s-stub