Vinny Curry

Vincent Curry (born June 30, 1988) is an American football defensive end who is currently a free agent. After playing college football for Marshall, he was drafted by the Eagles in the second round of the 2012 NFL Draft, with whom he won Super Bowl LII.

Vinny Curry
Curry with the Eagles in 2017
Free agent
Position:Defensive end
Personal information
Born: (1988-06-30) June 30, 1988
Neptune, New Jersey
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:279 lb (127 kg)
Career information
High school:Neptune (NJ)
College:Marshall
NFL Draft:2012 / Round: 2 / Pick: 59
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of 2019
Total tackles:178
Sacks:29.5
Forced fumbles:5
Fumble recoveries:1
Pass deflections:2
Player stats at NFL.com

Curry wore number 75 with the Eagles out of respect for the 75 people lost in the crash of Southern Airways Flight 932, a Marshall football charter flight in 1970.[1]

College career

Curry had his breakout season in 2010, as a junior where he had a career high 12 sacks.[2] As a senior in 2011, Curry had 74 tackles, 11 sacks, and 6 forced fumbles.[3] The 11 sacks were the sixth most in the nation and the 6 forced fumbles were second.[4] Curry became the first Marshall player to win C-USA Defensive Player of the Year since Albert McClellan in 2006.

Professional career
Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight Arm length Hand size 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
6 ft 3 1⁄8 in
(1.91 m)		 266 lb
(121 kg)		 32 3⁄4 in
(0.83 m)		 9 1⁄4 in
(0.23 m)		 4.98 s 4.40 s 6.90 s 32 in
(0.81 m)		 9 ft 2 in
(2.79 m)		 28 reps
All values from NFL Combine[5]

Philadelphia Eagles

Curry was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the second round (59th overall) of the 2012 NFL Draft. He was the highest selected player from Marshall since Darius Watts in 2004. Curry signed a four-year contract with the team on May 9, 2012. His first year was uneventful, he played 6 games, started zero, and finished with 9 combined tackles. He was given an increased role in his second year, finishing with 17 tackles, 5 assists, 4 sacks, and 2 pass deflections. Curry had a breakout season in 2014, where he played all 16 games. Although he did not start a game, and he only recorded 17 tackles and 2 assists, he recorded 9 sacks, second on the team only to Connor Barwin and led the team in forced fumbles, with 4. In a disappointing 2015 season, Curry was moved to outside linebacker and struggled to find a groove, totaling 12 tackles and 3.5 sacks in 16 games and no starts.

Although there was speculation that Curry could leave the Eagles in free agency, the arrival of new defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz and the transition back into a 4-3 defense cemented his return to Philadelphia. On February 2, 2016, Curry signed a five-year, $47.5 million contract extension with the Eagles with $23 million guaranteed.[6] The Eagles won Super Bowl LII against the New England Patriots 41-33.[7] Curry recorded four tackles in the victory.

On March 16, 2018, two years into his five-year contract, Curry was released by the Eagles after declining to take a pay cut.[8]

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

On March 19, 2018, Curry signed a three-year, $23 million contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.[9][10]

On February 12, 2019, after one season, Curry was released by the Buccaneers.[11]

Return to the Eagles

On March 21, 2019, after one season away from the Eagles, Curry was re-signed on a one-year deal.[12]

References
  1. "Vinny Curry Pays Tribute To Marshall Plane Crash With Jersey Number". May 5, 2012. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  2. "2010 FBS (I-A) College Football Individual Statistics Leaders for Defense - ESPN". ESPN.com.
  3. "Vinny Curry". ESPN.com.
  4. "Vinny Curry College Stats - College Football at Sports-Reference.com". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  5. http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/dsprofile.php?pyid=69509&draftyear=2012&genpos=DE NFL Draft Scout
  6. Dragon, Tyler (February 2, 2016). "Vinny Curry signs 5-year, $47.25M deal with Eagles". NFL.com. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  7. "Eagles dethrone Tom Brady, Patriots for first Super Bowl title in stunner". USA TODAY. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
  8. Patra, Kevin (March 16, 2018). "Eagles release Vinny Curry after declining pay cut". NFL.com.
  9. Knoblauch, Austin (March 17, 2018). "Vinny Curry agrees to three-year, $23M deal with Bucs". NFL.com.
  10. Smith, Scott (March 19, 2018). "Vinny Curry Signed to Add Edge Pressure". Buccaneers.com.
  11. Smith, Scott (February 12, 2019). "Buccaneers Release DE Vinny Curry". Buccaneers.com.
  12. McPherson, Chris (March 21, 2019). "DE Vinny Curry is an Eagle once again". PhiladelphiaEagles.com.
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