Efren Herrera
| Date of birth: | July 30, 1951 |
| Place of birth: | Guadalajara, Mexico |
| Career information | |
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| Position(s): | Kicker |
| College: | UCLA |
| NFL Draft: | 1974 / Round: 7 / Pick: 189 (By the Detroit Lions) |
| Organizations | |
| As player: | |
| 1974–1977 1978–1981 1982 |
Dallas Cowboys Seattle Seahawks Buffalo Bills |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Pro Bowls: | 1977 |
| Playing stats at NFL.com | |
Efren Herrera (born July 30, 1951 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico) is a former placekicker in the National Football League from 1974–1982. After a college career at the University of California, Los Angeles, Herrera kicked for the Dallas Cowboys in 1974 and 1976–1977. Herrera was selected to the Pro Bowl after the 1977 season. He was a part of the Cowboys' Super Bowl XII-winning team. He later kicked for the Seattle Seahawks and the Oklahoma Outlaws of the United States Football League. Herrera kicked the game-winning field goal, with 20 seconds left, in UCLA's 20–17 upset of two-time defending national champion Nebraska in the opening game of the 1972 season.
Herrera is currently an assistant coach at Claremont High School in Claremont, California.
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- People from Guadalajara, Jalisco
- Mexican players of American football
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- UCLA Bruins football players
- Dallas Cowboys players
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- Buffalo Bills players
- National Conference Pro Bowl players
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