Vinny Curry in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Defensive line, Marshall, 2007–⁠11

Vinny Curry

Number
No. 99
Height
6′4″
Weight
263 lb
Hometown
Neptune, NJ
Born
Jun 30, 1988, in Neptune Township, New Jersey

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Vinny Curry played defensive line at Marshall (2007–⁠11). The Philadelphia Eagles took Curry in round 2, No. 59 overall in the 2012 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2011
Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year
Drafted
No. 59
Round 2, 2012 NFL Draft (Philadelphia Eagles)

Honors

All-America: FWAA 2011; AP second team 2011; Walter Camp second team 2011; Scout.com second team 2011

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

The teams

No defensive lines in our box scores: before 2016 they record only interceptions for defenders. His defense from other sources is below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksPBUFFHur
2008N72790.50–1–
2009132237598.53.5008
20101244509418123216
2011134433772211178
On file1121272394926.5–10–

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHtWt
2009Marshall99DL
2010Marshall99DL
2011Marshall99DL6′4″263

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Before the draft

Played in the 2012 Senior Bowl (North team, won 23–⁠13).

DrillCombine 2012Combine or pro day 2012
Height6′3⅛″
Weight266 lb
Arm length32¾″
Hand size9¼″
40-yard dash4.98 s
10-yard split1.76 s
Vertical jump32″
Broad jump9′2″
Bench press28 reps
3-cone drill6.90 s
20-yard shuttle4.40 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

10 seasons, 118 games with a stat; latest team: New York Jets.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2012Philadelphia Eagles4900
2013Philadelphia Eagles132140
2014Philadelphia Eagles141990
2015Philadelphia Eagles13123.50
2016Philadelphia Eagles15242.50
2017Philadelphia Eagles164130
2018Tampa Bay Buccaneers10202.50
2019Philadelphia Eagles152550
2020Philadelphia Eagles101530
2022New York Jets81500
NFL career11820132.50

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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