[1] After their divorce, Marie married Ernest Kumerow, a minor league baseball player and later official of the Laborers' International Union of North America,[1][2][3] whose surname Eric & his sister, Cheryl, took.
He won numerous other awards in football and basketball, receiving The Tribune Athlete of the Month Award in December 1982, and being added to The Tribune All-State, the Associated Press and the United Press International All-State teams during the football season of 1982.
He started his career as a quarterback, which he played in high school, but switched to defense after spending his first season "on the bench.
[8] In college he played linebacker, and was named Big Ten Defensive Lineman of the year in 1986.
[8] Kumerow played alongside future pro bowl linebacker Chris Spielman while at Ohio State.
In 1986, when he won Defensive Lineman of the Year honors, he had 66 tackles (nine for a total loss of 62 yards), had an interception, and six passes defended.
[9] Kumerow's best game of the season came against Iowa, in which he had eight tackles, a sack, and a pass defended to earn Associated Press Lineman of the Week honors.
[7] Kumerow finished his college career with 23 sacks, which ranks sixth among all Ohio State players.