{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1991)}} {{Use American English|date=December 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Eric Page | image = Eric Page (6617069503) (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Page with Toledo at the 2011 Military Bowl | current_team = | number = 17 | position = Wide receiver / Punt returner | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|9|23|mf=y}} | birth_place = Toledo, Ohio, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 9 | weight_lbs = 185 | high_school = Springfield Local {{nowrap|(Holland, Ohio)}} | college = Toledo | undraftedyear = 2012 | pastteams = * Denver Broncos ({{NFL Year|2012}})* * Tampa Bay Buccaneers ({{NFL Year|2013}}–{{NFL Year|2014}}) * Edmonton Eskimos ({{CFL Year|2015}})* | status = | highlights = * Consensus All-American (2010) * MAC Special Teams Player of the Year (2010) * 2× First-team All-MAC (2010, 2011) * Second-team All-MAC (2009) * CFN Freshman All-American | statlabel1 = Receptions | statvalue1 = 4 | statlabel2 = Receiving Yards | statvalue2 = 68 | statlabel3 = Kick Return Yards | statvalue3 = 548 | statlabel4 = Punt Return Yards | statvalue4 = 251 }} '''Eric Anthony Page''' (born September 23, 1991) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver and return specialist for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Toledo Rockets, earning consensus All-American honors in 2010. The Denver Broncos signed him as an undrafted free agent following the 2012 NFL draft.
==College career== Page attended the University of Toledo, where he played for the Toledo Rockets football team from 2009 to 2011. As a freshman in 2009, he was voted to the freshman All-American team by College Football News.<ref>[http://collegefootballnews.com/2015/12/2009-cfn-freshman-all-american-teams Eric Page Named Freshman All-American by CFN]</ref> As a sophomore in 2010, he was a consensus first-team All-American.<ref>[http://www.utrockets.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=18000&ATCLID=205055583 Eric Page Named First-Team All-America by Sporting News]</ref><ref>[http://www.aolnews.com/2010/12/20/college-footballs-consensus-all-americans/ College Football's 2010 Consensus All-Americans] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919003805/http://www.aolnews.com/2010/12/20/college-footballs-consensus-all-americans/ |date=September 19, 2011 }}</ref> As a junior in 2011, he caught 112 passes in the regular season, becoming Toledo's all-time leading receiver,<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.independentcollegian.com/six-ut-players-honored-by-mid-american-conference-1.2678370 |work=The Independent Collegian |accessdate=April 30, 2012 |date=December 1, 2011 |title=Six UT players honored by Mid-American Conference |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210094710/http://www.independentcollegian.com/six-ut-players-honored-by-mid-american-conference-1.2678370 |archivedate=December 10, 2013 }}</ref> and he was named to the All-MAC first-team at three positions: as a wide receiver, as a kick returner, and as a punt returner.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.toledoblade.com/UT/2011/12/01/All-MAC-football-team.html |work=The Blade |accessdate=April 30, 2012 |date=December 1, 2011 |title=UT's Page named All-MAC at 3 spots}}</ref> Following the 2011 season, he forwent his fourth year of collegiate eligibility and entered the 2012 NFL draft.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.mac-sports.com/News/tabid/969/Article/140323/rockets-eric-page-to-enter-2012-nfl-draft.aspx |title=Rockets Eric Page To Enter 2012 NFL Draft |publisher=Mid-American Conference |accessdate=April 30, 2012 |date=January 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329094014/http://www.mac-sports.com/News/tabid/969/Article/140323/rockets-eric-page-to-enter-2012-nfl-draft.aspx |archive-date=March 29, 2014 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
==Professional career==
===Denver Broncos=== After the closure of the third day in the 2012 NFL draft, Page was left undrafted and he signed with the Denver Broncos for an undisclosed amount.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.denverpost.com/broncos/2012/04/28/broncos-agree-sign-10-undrafted-rookies/13246/ |title=Broncos agree to sign 12 undrafted rookies | First-and-Orange — the Denver Post |accessdate=August 7, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006091401/http://blogs.denverpost.com/broncos/2012/04/28/broncos-agree-sign-10-undrafted-rookies/13246/ |archivedate=October 6, 2014 }}</ref> The Broncos released him on July 25, 2012, after he tore his anterior cruciate ligament in practice.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbssports.com/general/blog/nfl-rapidreports/19656679/eric-pages-release-puts-broncos-puntreturn-game-in-flux |title=Eric Page's release puts Broncos' punt-return game in flux - CBSSports |website=www.cbssports.com |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119024932/http://www.cbssports.com/general/blog/nfl-rapidreports/19656679/eric-pages-release-puts-broncos-puntreturn-game-in-flux |archive-date=19 January 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Tampa Bay Buccaneers=== On April 11, 2013, Page was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He started all 16 games at the punt and kick return spot. The Buccaneers waived him on August 24, 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://media.buccaneers.com/press+releases/buccaneers+trim+roster+8+24+14.htm |title=BUCCANEERS TRIM ROSTER |access-date=August 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826120818/http://media.buccaneers.com/press%20releases/buccaneers%20trim%20roster%208%2024%2014.htm |archive-date=August 26, 2014 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> He was signed to the practice squad that October 8 and released again on October 27.
===Edmonton Eskimos=== Page signed with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League on February 13, 2015. He was released on June 14, following the first preseason game.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://edmontonjournal.com/Edmonton+Eskimos+seven+players+after+winning+preseason+game+against+Roughriders/11136137/story.html |title=Edmonton Eskimos cut seven players after winning preseason game against Roughriders |access-date=August 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923234526/http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Edmonton+Eskimos+seven+players+after+winning+preseason+game+against+Roughriders/11136137/story.html |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20131212065850/http://www.buccaneers.com/team-and-stats/roster/Eric-Page/d4c0ea87-c487-4b1a-adca-4be2df9b5dbc Tampa Bay Buccaneers bio] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120503002851/http://www.utrockets.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=18000&ATCLID=204766012 Toledo Rockets bio] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150306230026/http://www.esks.com/roster/show/id/7697 Edmonton Eskimos bio]
{{2010 NCAA Division I FBS College Football Consensus All-Americans}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Page, Eric}} Category:1991 births Category:Living people Category:All-American college football players Category:American football return specialists Category:American football wide receivers Category:Edmonton Elks players Category:Players of American football from Toledo, Ohio Category:Toledo Rockets football players Category:Tampa Bay Buccaneers players