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{{short description|American football guardplayer, offensive tackle}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
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| current_team = Dallas Cowboys
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| position = [[GuardOffensive (American and Canadian football)|Guardtackle]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|8|23|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Moultrie, Georgia]]
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| weight_lbs = 313
| high_school = [[Colquitt County High School|Colquitt County]]<br>([[Norman Park, Georgia]])
| college = [[Florida State Seminoles football|Florida State]]
| draftyear = 2015
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'''Cameron Drew Erving''' (born August 23, 1992) is an [[American football]] [[Guardoffensive (American and Canadian football)|guardtackle]] for the [[Dallas Cowboys]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL) and was selected in the first round of the [[2015 NFL Draft]]. He played [[college football]] at [[Florida State University]].
 
==College career==
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On August 30, 2017, Erving was traded to the [[Kansas City Chiefs]] for their 2018 fifth-round pick.<ref>{{cite web|title=Browns ship Cameron Erving to Chiefs for fifth-rounder|url=http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000837136/article/browns-ship-cameron-erving-to-chiefs-for-fifthrounder|author=Sessler, Marc|website=NFL.com|date=August 30, 2017}}</ref> He played in 13 games, starting four at guard.
 
On May 2, 2018, the Chiefs declined the fifth-year option on Erving's contract, making him a free agent in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chiefs won’t pick up option on Cameron Erving|url=http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/05/02/chiefs-wont-pick-up-option-on-cameron-erving/|author=Gantt, Darin|website=ProFootballTalk.NBCSports.com|date=May 2, 2018}}</ref> On September 4, 2018, Erving signed a two-year contract extension with the Chiefs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Source: Cameron Erving signs 2-year extension with Chiefs|url=http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/24577912/kansas-city-chiefs-give-ot-cameron-erving-contract-extension|author=Teicher, Adam|website=ESPN.com|date=September 4, 2018}}</ref> In the 2018 season, Erving became the Chiefs' starting left guard.<ref>{{cite web |title=2018 Week 2 Chiefs vs Steelers gamebook |url=http://www.nfl.com/liveupdate/gamecenter/57589/PIT_Gamebook.pdf |website=NFL.com}}</ref>

In 2019, he started eight games at [[left tackle]], while [[Eric Fisher (American football)|Eric Fisher]] recovered from a sports-hernia surgery. He started 17 games during his first season with the team and saw time at guard as well as tackle over that period. Erving won his first championship when the Chiefs defeated the [[San Francisco 49ers]] 31-20 in [[Super Bowl LIV]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Kansas City Chiefs win Super Bowl LIV |url=http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001100762/article/chiefs-rally-once-again-to-defeat-49ers-win-sb-liv |publisher=NFL |accessdate=February 2, 2020}}</ref>
 
The Chiefs declined the 2020 option on Erving's contract, making him a free agent.<ref>{{cite web|title=Report: Chiefs not expected to exercise option on Cam Erving’s contract|url=https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/03/01/report-chiefs-not-expected-to-exercise-option-on-cam-ervings-contract/|author=Alper, Josh|work=Pro Football Talk|publisher=NBC Sports|date=March 1, 2020}}</ref>
 
===Dallas Cowboys===
On May 6, 2020, Erving signed a one-year contract with the [[Dallas Cowboys]] to compete for the swing tackle position.
 
==References==
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* {{Twitter}}
* [https://www.chiefs.com/team/players-roster/cameron-erving/ Kansas City Chiefs bio]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150911230031/http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/team/roster/Cameron-Erving/26c58a61-d05d-43d6-87e7-2d2a5c42dcb1 Cleveland Browns bio]
* [httphttps://www.seminoles.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=209572974&DB_OEM_ID=32900sports/football/roster/cameron-erving/ Florida State Seminoles bio]
 
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