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Erik Douglas Ainge (born June 12, 1986 in Portland, Oregon) is a collegiate American football player for the University of Tennessee.

Ainge was an athletic star at Glencoe High School in Hillsboro, Oregon. As a freshman and sophomore, he played baseball and basketball in addition to football. As a junior, he was named a second-team All-American shooting guard in basketball. As a senior, he was named a preseason All-American guard by Street & Smith, although he was sidelined with turf toe. He was a three-year starter at quarterback on the football team, leading the Crimson Tide as deep as the Oregon state quarterfinals. As a senior, he passed for 3,078 yards, 24 touchdowns and eight interceptions. Perhaps his most impressive game as a senior came against Aloha High School, when he went 20-of-28 for 475 yards, five touchdowns and no interceptions and lead the Crimson Tide to 62 points through three quarters of action.

As a freshman at UT in 2004, he threw 17 touchdown passes and nine interceptions before a separated shoulder ended his season four games early. Ainge struggled mightily in his 2005 sophomore season. For the year Ainge finished completing 66 of 145 passes (45.5%) for 737 yards. He threw 5 touchdown passes and 7 interceptions and appeared in just 8 games. One of his most infamous moments was in a game against LSU where he was being sacked in the end zone and flung the ball up into the air just before he was ruled down for a safety. The ball was intercepted on the 2 yard line and ran back for a touchdown. Ainge's head also rammed the goalpost on the play, tweaking his neck. The injury was not serious but he was sidelined by coach Phillip Fulmer for the remainder of the game.

Ainge comes from a strong family history of success in athletics. His father, Doug Ainge, attended Brigham Young University on a basketball scholarship, and was drafted to the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. He declined their offer. His uncle, Danny Ainge, is a former professional basketball and baseball player who starred in the NBA for the Boston Celtics, Sacramento Kings, Portland Trailblazers and Phoenix Suns, and also played Major League Baseball for the Toronto Blue Jays. He is currently the director of basketball operations for the Boston Celtics.

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