- Mike Marquardt
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Mike Marquardt No. -- Free Agent Defensive tackle Personal information Date of birth: July 10, 1982 Place of birth: Vista, California Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Weight: 302 lb (137 kg) Career information College: Arizona State Undrafted in 2008 No regular season or postseason appearances Career history - Cincinnati Bengals (2008)*
- Carolina Panthers (2008)*
- Philadelphia Eagles (2008)*
- St. Louis Rams (2009)*
- Washington Redskins (2009)*
- *Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards - 2× Honorable mention All-Pac-10 (2006–2007)
Career NFL statistics as of 2008 Tackles -- Sacks -- Forced fumbles -- Stats at NFL.com Michael Marquardt (born July 10, 1982 in Vista, California) is an American football defensive tackle who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Arizona State.
Marquardt has also been a member of the Carolina Panthers, Philadelphia Eagles, St. Louis Rams and Washington Redskins.
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Early years
Marquardt attended Rancho Buena Vista High School in Vista, California. He was named a Prep Star magazine All-American and named All C.I.F. and All-league as a senior. He also earned Palomar League Most-Valuable Player honors as a senior when he had 40 tackles and a team-leading 18 sacks while forcing four fumbles and returning one for a touchdown.
College career
Brigham Young
Marquart began his college career at Brigham Young University in 2000, redshirting that year. In 2001 he played in 10 games for the Cougars and had 11 tackles, including five tackles and three sacks. After the 2001 season he served mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Bahía Blanca, Argentina. He returned for the 2004 season and he played in 11 games, totaling five tackles, including one tackle for loss.
Arizona State
Marquart sat out 2005 after transferring to Arizona State University. In 2006 he started 12 of 13 games played and was honorable mention All-Pac-10, totaling 25 tackles (18 solo), 7.5 tackles-for-loss, 3.5 sacks. As a senior, in 2007, he started 11 games and again earned honorable mention All-Pac-10 recognition. He totaled 23 tackles (11 solo), two fumble recoveries and 1.5 tackles-for-loss on the year. Both in 2006 and 2007 he was All-Academic Pac-10 and was a semifinalist for the 2007 Draddy Trophy, nicknamed the "Academic Hesiman".
Statistics
YEAR TEAM GP GS UA AT TT T/L Sacks FF FR PD INT 2001 Brigham Young 10 0 8 2 10 5 3 0 0 0 0 2004 Brigham Young 11 0 4 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2006 Arizona State 13 12 18 7 25 7.5 3.5 0 0 1 0 2007 Arizona State 11 11 11 12 23 1.5 0 0 2 0 0 Totals 45 23 41 22 64 15 6.5 0 2 1 0 Key: GP - games played; GS - games started; UA - unassisted tackles; AT - assisted tackles; TT - total tackles; T/L - tackles for a loss; Sacks - ; FF – Forced fumble ; FR – Fumbles recovered; PD - passes deflected; Int - interceptions
Professional career
Pre-draft
Marquardt ran a 4.97 forty-yard dash.[1]
Cincinnati Bengals
After going undrafted in the 2008 NFL Draft, Marquardt signed with the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent. He was waived by the team on July 7.
Carolina Panthers
Marquardt was then signed by the Carolina Panthers, but was waived on August 6, 2008.
Philadelphia Eagles
Marquardt was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles on August 10, 2008. He was waived by the team during final cuts, but re-signed to the practice squad on September 1.
St. Louis Rams
Marquardt was signed by the St. Louis Rams on April 2, 2009, only to be released a month later on May 1.
Washington Redskins
Marquardt was signed by the Washington Redskins on August 5, 2009 after the team waived defensive tackle Vaka Manupuna. He was waived on August 30.
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Categories:- 1982 births
- Living people
- Players of American football from California
- American Christians
- American Latter Day Saints
- American Mormon missionaries
- Mormon missionaries in the United States
- American football defensive tackles
- BYU Cougars football players
- Arizona State Sun Devils football players
- Undrafted National Football League players
- Cincinnati Bengals players
- Carolina Panthers players
- Philadelphia Eagles players
- St. Louis Rams players
- Washington Redskins players
- People from Vista, California
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