Mkristo Bruce

Mkristo Bruce

Free Agent
Defensive end
Personal information
Date of birth: October 16, 1984 (1984-10-16) (age 27)
Place of birth: Seattle, Washington
Height: 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Weight: 268 lb (122 kg)
Career information
College: Washington State
Undrafted in 2007
Debuted in 2008 for the Arizona Rattlers
Career history
Miami Dolphins (2007)* Oakland Raiders (2007)* Arizona Rattlers (2008) Jacksonville Jaguars (2008) Florida Tuskers (2009)* *Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
2× First-team All-Pac-10 (200–2006)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2008
Tackles	0
Sacks	0.0
Forced fumbles	0
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at ArenaFan.com

Mkristo Eugene Bruce (born October 16, 1984 in Seattle, Washington) is an American football defensive end who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football at Washington State.

Bruce has also been a member of the Oakland Raiders, Arizona Rattlers, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Florida Tuskers.

Early years

Bruce graduated from Liberty Senior High School in 2002 where he earned eight letters competing in basketball and track, along with football. As a junior he started at quarterback and linebacker, where he was named honorable mention All-Kingco, His senior year he was named a Seattle Times Red Chip prospect as the team finished 4-5 overall and 4-5 in the Kingco Conference. He was a First-team All-league pick as a linebacker and the second team quarterback after passed for 718 yards and seven touchdowns while rushing for 602 yards and six touchdowns.

College career

Bruce was a four-year letterman at Washington State and played in 47 career contests, including34 starts, all coming over his final three seasons. He totaled 203 tackles, 45.5 stops for loss, 29.5 sacks and an interception. As a senior he had 11 sacks and 16 tackles for losses to go with his 57 tackles and First-team All-Pac-10 selection. In 2005, as a junior, he played in and started 11 games finished the season 67 tackles and 15 TFL, 10 sacks and two fumbles recovered and three forced fumbles for which he was name Second-team Pacific-10 Conference second team and ESPN.com First-team All-Pac-10 first team. He started all 11 games in 2004 and recorded 60 tackles (12.5 for losses) and 6.5 sacks). In 2003 he played in 13 games with no starts and made 9 tackles (2 for losses) and 2 sacks. In 2002 he redshirted.

Professional career

Pre-draft

Bruce measured a height of 6-foot-5½ and a weight of 260 pounds at his Pro Day. He ran the 40-yard dash in 4.98 seconds and 4.89 seconds, the short shuttle in 4.52 seconds and the 3-cone drill in 7.47 seconds. He measured a 33" vertical jump and an 8'11" broad jump.

Miami Dolphins

After going undrafted in the 2007 NFL Draft, Bruce was signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent. He was waived on September 1 during final cuts.

Oakland Raiders

Bruce was signed to the Oakland Raiders practice squad on October 10, 2007.^[1]

Arizona Rattlers

Bruce played for the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League in 2008, recording eight tackles (three solo) and a pass breakup.

Jacksonville Jaguars

On June 25, 2008 Bruce signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars because the Jaguars had not yet signed Derrick Harvey. During a pre-season game against the Atlanta Falcons, Mkristo, had 3 sacks. He was promoted to the active roster on December 4 after cornerback Rashean Mathis was placed on injured reserve. He was later released on June 17, 2009.

Florida Tuskers

Bruce was signed by the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League on August 25, 2009.^[2] He was released before the season began.

See also

• List of Arena Football League and National Football League players

References

1. ^ Oakland Raiders Transactions - 2007
2. ^ "UFL's Florida Tuskers Sign 12 Players Including QB Craig Nall". OurSports Central. United Football League. August 25, 2009. http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3893176. Retrieved August 30, 2011. 

External links

• Jacksonville Jaguars bio
• Washington State Cougars bio

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Name	Bruce, Mkristo
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Date of birth	October 16, 1984
Place of birth	Seattle, Washington
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