:Eric Randall

{{Short description|American football player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox college football player

| name = Eric Randall

| school = Southern

| position = Quarterback

| bowlgames = Heritage Bowl (Jan 1994, 1995)

| highschool = Glen Oaks

| highlights = *2× SWAC Champion

  • 2010 Southern Sports Hall of Fame inductee

}}

Eric Randall (born c. 1974) was a quarterback for Southern University who led the team to a Black College National Championship in 1995.{{cite news|title=Southern lays claim to Sheridan Poll title|work=The Spokesman-Review|agency=Associated Press|date=1995-12-31|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=F6QpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZfEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3212,5072890|accessdate=2010-06-02}} In his four seasons with Southern (1992 to 1995), the team won the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship twice. Randall attended Glen Oaks High School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana where he is the current principal. He is the brother of former LSU quarterback Marcus Randall,{{cite news|last=Keys|first=Perryn|title=Ex-QB Randall among 11 SU Hall inductees|work=The Advocate|date=2010-05-09|url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/sports/southern/featured/93213354.html?showAll=y&c=y|accessdate=2010-06-02|archive-date=2019-12-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210204006/https://www.theadvocate.com/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=New mountain to climb for LSU, Randall|publisher=NBC Sports. Associated Press|date=2004-08-22|url=http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/5790775/|accessdate=2010-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009073902/http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/5790775/|archive-date=2012-10-09|url-status=dead}} who signed as a linebacker with the Green Bay Packers.{{cite press release|title=Packers Sign Five Players |publisher=Green Bay Packers |date=2007-02-19 |url=http://www.packers.com/news/releases/2007/02/19/1/ |accessdate=2010-06-02 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516151937/http://www.packers.com/news/releases/2007/02/19/1/ |archive-date=2008-05-16 }} Randall is married to the former Angela Washington and has four children. In May 2010, he was inducted into Southern's Sports Hall of Fame.

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