Marcus Monk

Marcus Monk

Monk with the football Razorbacks in 2006.
No. --     Free Agent
Wide receiver
Personal information
Date of birth: April 26, 1986 (1986-04-26) (age 25)
Place of birth: Lepanto, Arkansas
Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Weight: 212 lb (96 kg)
Career information
College: Arkansas
NFL Draft: 2008 / Round: 7 / Pick: 248
No regular season or postseason appearances
Career history
Chicago Bears (2008)* New York Giants (2008)* Carolina Panthers (2009)* *Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
No notable achievements
Stats at NFL.com

Marcus Monk (born April 26, 1986 in Lepanto, Arkansas) is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Arkansas. Monk has also been a member of the New York Giants.

Early years

Monk attended East Poinsett County High School and was a 4.0 student and a letterman in football and basketball. Also, he was the Valedictorian of his graduating class. He was an All-State honoree in both sports, 2004 Mr. Basketball of Arkansas as a senior, and was named the National Football Foundation's Scholar Athlete of the Year.

College football career

Monk led all SEC freshmen in receiving in 2004 and set a school record for receptions by a freshman with 37 catches, breaking Richard Smith's school record of 33. He garnered Freshman All-SEC honors for catching 37 balls for 569 yards and six touchdowns.

Monk continued to improve in his sophomore season by catching 35 passes for a team-high 476 yards and seven touchdowns.

In his junior season, Monk had his best statistical season with 50 catches for a career-high 962 yards. Monk broke a school record with 11 touchdown passes caught and averaged 19.2 yards per catch.

Monk was sidelined for most of the season due to an injury to his knee in the offseason that required two surgeries. Of the six games he played, Monk caught 16 balls for 144 yards and three touchdowns, tying him for seventh in the SEC for career touchdowns.

Statistics

		Receiving
Year	G	Rec	Yrds	YPC	TD	Lg
2004	11	37	569	15.4	6	38
2005	11	35	476	13.6	7	55
2006	14	50	962	19.2	11	56
2007	7	16	144	9	3	23
Totals	43	138	2151	15.6	27	56

Professional career

Chicago Bears

Monk was selected in the seventh round (248th overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears. Monk signed a four-year rookie deal with the Bears on May 31, 2008. He was waived on August 24.

New York Giants

On August 26, 2008, Monk was claimed off waivers by the New York Giants after the team waived/injured wide receiver Craphonso Thorpe. However, he was waived by the team four days later during final cuts. On August 31, he was re-signed to the team's practice squad. He was released from the practice squad on September 8 after wide receiver Taye Biddle was signed.

Carolina Panthers

Monk was signed by the Carolina Panthers on April 28, 2009 after impressing scouts at Arkansas's pro day.

College basketball career

As a college freshman, Monk also played 10 games with the basketball Razorbacks after completing the football season.

On November 18, 2008, KARK 4 News in Little Rock, Arkansas reported that Monk was possibly coming back for his last semester to play college basketball for the Arkansas Razorbacks. Monk was allowed to play as he had basketball eligibility remaining and was never a professional athlete in that sport.

Monk's breakout game would come on December 30, 2008 when Arkansas hosted the Oklahoma Sooners, ranked fourth in that week's Associated Press Poll.^[1] Monk scored 12 points and added six rebounds and one steal while holding his ground defensively against the Sooners' star player, Blake Griffin,^[2] in only his third game with the Razorbacks of the 2008-2009 season.

Monk was officially removed from the roster on February 13, 2009 by the University of Arkansas after several weeks of not dressing out for the team, for a suspected undisclosed NCAA rules infraction.^[3]

References

1. ^ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/ncaa/men/polls/
2. ^ http://www.arkansasrazorbacks.com/pdf5/361618.pdf?ATCLID=1512597&SPSID=30748&SPID=2421&DB_OEM_ID=6100
3. ^ http://www.arkansasrazorbacks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&ATCLID=3669283&DB_OEM_ID=6100

External links

• Arkansas Razorbacks bio
• Carolina Panthers bio
• Chicago Bears bio
• New York Giants bio

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Name	Monk, Marcus
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Date of birth	April 26, 1986
Place of birth	Lepanto, Arkansas
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