Eric Curl

Height:
6-2
Weight:
280
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Livonia, Mich.
High School:
Stevenson

Team captain and an anchor point of the offensive line this season ... along with fellow senior Rob Fehrman, the only returning starter from the offensive line ... a fifth-year senior with lots of experience whose leadership will be crucial to the overall effectiveness of the Falcons ... has 24 career starts ... a team captain along with Fehrman and D.J. Durkin

As a redshirt junior in 1999

Started all 11 games at right guard.

As a redshirt sophomore in 1998

Started all 11 games at right guard helping the Falcons to their best season running the ball in more than 20 years ... helped BG finish third in the MAC and 13th in the country in rushing yards.

As a redshirt freshman in 1997

Started the first two games of the season at right guard ... broke his right foot in the second game against Miami and missed the next six contests ... returned from the injury for the Toledo game ... played in only the Marshall game among the final three games after returning.

As a freshman in 1997

Redshirted.

Stevenson H.S.

Earned three letters for coach Tim Gabel ... was a two-year starter, playing center as a junior and offensive and defensive tackle as a senior ... rated as the 37th-best senior in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press ... was a Class AA (largest schools) first-team all-state selection as a senior as an offensive lineman ... earned all-metro honors from both the Free Press and the Detroit News and earned a spot on the academic squads picked by both newspapers ... was a first-team All-Western Lakes Conference pick as a senior while earning a spot in the Michigan high school all-star game ... helped the Spartans to an 8-3 record as a junior and a 7-3 mark as a senior ... won the league title both seasons while also earning a state playoff berth each year ... team advanced to the quarterfinals his junior season ... helped team set rushing record as a junior ... also lettered in basketball and baseball.

Personal

Social studies major ... has a 3.41 GPA ... a 1998 honorable-mention Academic All-MAC selection ... son of Ronald and Holli Curl ... born May 17, 1978 ... his dad, Ronald, was a two-time All-Big Ten defensive tackle at Michigan State before being drafted and playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers and enjoying a four-year professional career.