Eric Hall Dorsey is a retired American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 defensive end

Defensive end

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 for seven seasons in the National Football League

National Football League

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. He started in Super Bowl XXV

Super Bowl XXV

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 for the New York Giants

New York Giants

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. He played college football

College football

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 at the University of Notre Dame

University of Notre Dame

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 and was drafted

NFL Draft

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 in the first round of the 1986 NFL Draft

1986 NFL Draft

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. He was a standout at McLean High School

McLean High School

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 (McLean, Virginia

McLean, Virginia

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), where he anchored their 10-1 1981 team, playing almost every position his senior year and becoming the most heavily recruited player in school history.

See also

• History of the New York Giants (1979-1993)