Kevin Eckel has been dismissed from the Navy football team, according to a report on The (Annapolis) Capitol website. The younger brother of former Navy fullback Kyle Eckel, Kevin Eckel is entering his third year at the Naval Academy. Also a fullback, Kevin was tied for third on the Navy depth chart after spring practice, according to the Capitol. During his first two seasons at Navy, Kevin Eckel appeared in only six games during his first two seasons at Navy, primarily on special teams, according to his official bio. Not mentioned in Eckel’s official bio is the an outstanding football…
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Kyle Eckel didn’t play a down in the NFL this past season, but he’s managing to make news around the league lately, thanks to a Facebook posting about his onetime team, the Philadelphia Eagles. The former Naval Academy star apparently posted last Sunday or Monday that he’d heard a rumor that Jon Gruden would be replacing Andy Reid as coach of the Eagles. As things occasionally do on the Internet, the hard-to-believe rumor managed to go viral on the Web and was picked up by various media outlets. The Gruden/Reid rumor turned out to be completely false, of course. ESPN…
Last February, former Navy running back Kyle Eckel won a Super Bowl ring with the New Orleans Saints. By the looks of this YouTube video, he’s still celebrating. Eckel has not played in the NFL yet this season. He was signed and later waived by the Denver Broncos over the summer and looks to be out of football shape (but in great beer chugging shape) in this undated clip. I’m not saying that Eckel has let himself go, but if his gut gets any bigger, he might qualify to be an After Action blogger. Video is NSFW (language). [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZiICWdJ0Vc[/youtube]
Missed this one while I was on vacation: Our lone service academy alum in the NFL last season, former Naval Academy fullback Kyle Eckel, has signed with the Denver Broncos. Terms of his deal have not been reported. Eckel, a 2005 USNA grad, is the second former service academy player to sign with the Broncos this offseason. Recent Air Force Academy graduate Ben Garland, a defensive lineman, signed a free-agent deal with the team earlier this offseason. The Broncos are the fifth different franchise Eckel has played for in his now five-year pro career. Last season Eckel won a Super…
Former Navy star running back Kyle Eckel won a Super Bowl ring with the New Orleans Saints last month, but it appears the restricted free agent might be done in the Big Easy. The Saints have not tendered an offer to the fullback, who was signed during the season to replace injured starter Heath Evans. According to Jeff Evans of the Times Picayune, “it looks as though the club is not interested in bringing back” Eckel, who is one of only four restricted free agents not tendered an offer by the Saints. Meanwhile, New Orleans has signed an another free…
While discussing former sailor Kyle Eckel’s return appearance to the Super Bowl, a co-worker asked me: How many guys who’ve played in the Super Bowl have also served in the military? All I could think of the top of my head were legendary Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach, Rocky Bleier, the Steelers running back who returned to play after being wounded in Vietnam, Chad Hennings, the Cowboys defensive lineman who flew A-1os in the Air Force, and Paul Hornung, the Green Bay Packers Hall of Famer who almost missed the 1961 NFL championship game because of his duty in the Army…
Is it time for Kyle Eckel to come clean? Yesterday at Super Bowl Media Day, CBSSports.com columnist Gregg Doyel caught up with the New Orleans Saints fullback and former Naval Academy star. Doyel asked Eckel the obvious question: Why aren’t you still in the Navy? Eckel, of course, was kicked out of the Navy in 2006 after less than two years on active duty. The Navy wouldn’t tell us why back then, and Doyel had no luck getting info from them either. When previously interviewed, Eckel himself has never offered any real insight into the issue. Here’s what Eckel had…
Why is this man smiling? Because he’s going to the Super Bowl. Again. Former Navy running back Kyle Eckel punched his ticket to Miami along with the rest of his Saints’ teammates Sunday as New Orleans won a 31-28 overtime thriller over the Minnesota Vikings to win the NFC title.
There’s a great read in today’s Wall Street Journal about Navy’s 2004 Emerald Bowl win over New Mexico. Yes, the 2004 Emerald Bowl. In the Wall Street Journal. Why, you wonder, would the Wall Street Journal (the Wall Street Journal!) devote space to a bowl game from five years ago? A bowl game of little consequence played before a crowd of less than 29,000? Here’s why: This game contained the longest drive in college football history. Navy held the ball for 14 minutes and 26 seconds as they drove 26 plays over the course of the end of the third…
NFL.com is reporting that the New Orleans Saints have re-signed former Navy star Kyle Eckel. Eckel was cut by the Saints a few weeks ago after being signed at midseason. He played sparingly in his first stint with the team, appearing in five games and carrying the ball two times for six yards. The fullback graduated from the Naval Academy in 2004 and is in his fourth year in the NFL. He is the only service academy graduate currently on the roster of an NFL team. The Saints are 13-1 after losing their first game of the season to the…
