Marvcus Patton
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Marvcus Raymond Patton 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, Washington Redskins
, and 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.
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, taught Patton about football. They both played middle linebacker. “I thought it was really cool to tell my friends that my mom was a linebacker,” Patton once shared.
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.
Currently, Patton resides just outside Washington D.C with his wife, Dr. Ina Patton, and their two children. Marvcus is a restaurateur and owns sports themed restaurants in Northern Virginia. Among them are 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. Girls Like Math boasts a product line that promotes positive images for girls and challenges gender stereotypes with fun, hip clothing and entertaining books and games.
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...
player who was selected by the Buffalo Bills
Buffalo Bills
The Buffalo Bills are a professional football team based in Buffalo, New York. They are currently members of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
in the 8th round of the 1990 NFL Draft
1990 NFL Draft
The 1990 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 22–23, 1990...
. A 6'2", 239-lb. linebacker
Linebacker
A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...
from UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
, Patton played in 13 NFL seasons from 1990 to 2002 for the Bills, Washington Redskins
Washington Redskins
The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,...
, and Kansas City Chiefs
Kansas City Chiefs
The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...
. 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.
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, taught Patton about football. They both played middle linebacker. “I thought it was really cool to tell my friends that my mom was a linebacker,” Patton once shared.
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.
Currently, Patton resides just outside Washington D.C with his wife, Dr. Ina Patton, and their two children. Marvcus is a restaurateur and owns sports themed restaurants in Northern Virginia. Among them are 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. Girls Like Math boasts a product line that promotes positive images for girls and challenges gender stereotypes with fun, hip clothing and entertaining books and games.