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Eric Downing

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Los Angeles Chargers · DT

Eric Downing recorded 30 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 4 rostered seasons with San Diego Chargers, Kansas City Chiefs.

▶Best highlights

1.3

tackles/gm

0

playoff games

4

indexed seasons

30

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Eric Downing's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
2001
SAN DIEGOCHARGERS
KANSAS CITYCHIEFS
DEC 23, 2001

San Diego Chargers vs Kansas City Chiefs

Regular Season · Dec 23, 2001

1 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
2001
DENVERBRONCOS
KANSAS CITYCHIEFS
DEC 16, 2001

Denver Broncos vs Kansas City Chiefs

Regular Season · Dec 16, 2001

2 tackles · 0.5 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
2002
ARIZONACARDINALS
KANSAS CITYCHIEFS
DEC 1, 2002

Arizona Cardinals vs Kansas City Chiefs

Regular Season · Dec 1, 2002

1 tackles · 0.5 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
2001
KANSAS CITYCHIEFS
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
JAN 6, 2002

Kansas City Chiefs vs Seattle Seahawks

Regular Season · Jan 6, 2002

4 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
2003
KANSAS CITYCHIEFS
HOUSTONTEXANS
SEP 21, 2003

Kansas City Chiefs vs Houston Texans

Regular Season · Sep 21, 2003

3 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Eric Downing's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 4 total tackles

Regular Season
2001
KANSAS CITYCHIEFS
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
JAN 6, 2002

Kansas City Chiefs vs Seattle Seahawks

Regular Season · Jan 6, 2002

4 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 sack

Regular Season
2001
SAN DIEGOCHARGERS
KANSAS CITYCHIEFS
DEC 23, 2001

San Diego Chargers vs Kansas City Chiefs

Regular Season · Dec 23, 2001

1 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 tackle for loss

Regular Season
2002
KANSAS CITYCHIEFS
NEW YORKJETS
OCT 6, 2002

Kansas City Chiefs vs New York Jets

Regular Season · Oct 6, 2002

1 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 quarterback hit

Regular Season
2002
ARIZONACARDINALS
KANSAS CITYCHIEFS
DEC 1, 2002

Arizona Cardinals vs Kansas City Chiefs

Regular Season · Dec 1, 2002

1 tackles · 0.5 sacks · 0 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Eric Downing's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1999–2012

01
KCDOWNING—Eric Downing
KCGONZALEZ88Tony Gonzalez
KCHOLMES31Priest Holmes

Priest Holmes and an elite line light up Sundays

Kansas City Chiefs · Great offenses, painful Januarys

Kansas City built record-setting offenses but remained unable to win a playoff game, then bottomed out before a transformative coaching hire.

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Franchise era

2001–2009

02
LACDOWNING—Eric Downing
LACTOMLINSON21LaDainian Tomlinson
LACRIVERS17Philip Rivers

An extraordinary core dominates the regular season

Los Angeles Chargers · Tomlinson, Gates and Rivers

Tomlinson's MVP records and a loaded roster produced five division titles, but injuries and close losses repeatedly blocked a Super Bowl.

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Career accomplishments

4 NFL seasons30 career games25 career solo tackles2 career sacksDrafted by: KCDraft pick: 75Jersey: 930 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Oct 21, 2001Most recent: Oct 10, 2004

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history