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College:
  
Weight
  
109 kg

Height
  
1.88 m


Role
  
Name
  
Marvcus Patton

Positions
  
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Date of birth:
  
(1967-05-01) May 1, 1967 (age 48)

Place of birth:
  
High school:
  
Lawndale (CA) Leuzinger

NFL draft:
  
1990 / Round: 8 / Pick: 208

Education
  
University of California, Los Angeles

Marvcus Patton: Football Linebacker


Marvcus Raymond Patton (born May 1, 1967) is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the 8th round of the 1990 NFL Draft. A 6'2", 239-lb. linebacker from UCLA, Patton played in 13 NFL seasons from 1990 to 2002 for the Bills, the Washington Redskins, and the Kansas City Chiefs. Patton never missed a regular season game in his entire career. After earning a full-time starting role in his fourth season with the Bills, he started all but three games for the remainder of his career.

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Early life

Patton was just 9-years-old when his father, an undercover detective in Los Angeles, was shot and killed in the line of duty. His mother, Barbara Patton, a former Women's National Football League player with the Los Angeles Dandelions, taught Patton about football. Mother and son both played middle linebacker, with Barbara once breaking an opposing player's helmet. “I thought it was really cool to tell my friends that my mom was a linebacker,” Patton once shared.

Football career

Earning an academic scholarship, Patton was a walk-on at UCLA. Typically, students without an athletic scholarship are lucky to have a place on special teams. However, the astute Patton was a starter his senior year, gaining All-America honorable mention, and also was a three-time Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention while earning a political science degree with academic honors.

Personal life

Currently, Patton resides in the Washington D.C. area with his wife, Dr. Ina Patton, their two children, and their dog, Jack. Marvcus is a restaurateur and owns sports-themed restaurants in Northern Virginia, one of which is Lucky's Sports Theatre and Grill in Springfield, Virginia. Patton and his wife also created a children's apparel and book company, Girls Like Math, that promotes positive images for girls and challenges gender stereotypes with fun, hip clothing and entertaining books and games.

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Marvcus Patton Wikipedia