Marcus Monk
Marcus Monk (born April 26, 1986 in Lepanto , Arkansas ) is a retired American basketball and American football player. After Monk was selected in the seventh round of the NFL Draft in 2008, he could not assert himself in the highest endowed American football league and continued his sports career from 2010 as a professional basketball player. As a basketball player, he played as a professional in the third-class German ProB and was named “Player of the Year” in this division in 2012.
youth
Monk attended the "East Poinsett County High School" as a secondary school until 2004 and was recognized as an athlete both as an American footballer and as a basketball player. In 2004 he was named one of four players by the National Football Foundation to be a “National High School Scholar-Athlete” in American football and in basketball that same year he was named “Mr. Basketball of Arkansas “as the best high school player in this US state .
American football
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Position (s): Wide Receiver |
Jersey Numbers: 19, 85 (College) |
| born on April 26, 1986 in Lepanto , Arkansas | |
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| Active : 2008 - 2009 | |
| NFL Draft : 2008 / Round: 7 / Pick: 248 | |
| College : University of Arkansas | |
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Monk stayed in his native US state to study from 2004 and attended the University of Arkansas . There he played for the Razorbacks in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) of the NCAA . Together with Darren McFadden , among others , they reached the 2007 championship finals of this conference. In his college career, Monk set the school record in 2004 with 37 passports caught as a “freshman” (college rookie ) and led in this statistic within the players of this age group in the SEC. In his third year in 2006, he caught a personal best of 50 passes in 14 games. In his senior year 2007, he only played seven games for knee problems that were being treated by surgery.
While his teammate McFadden was selected in fourth place in the NFL Draft in 2008, Monk was only selected in the seventh round in 248th place. With the Chicago Bears he got a four-year contract in late May 2008, which was dissolved on August 24, 2008 before the start of the season. Two days later, the New York Giants signed up. There he did not make it into the season squad, but was only accepted into the training squad and finally fired on September 8, 2008. For the following season he got another training contract with the Carolina Panthers in April 2009. He completed his last preparation game there on September 3, 2009 and was then no longer considered by the Panthers for the season squad and dismissed.
basketball
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| birthday | April 26, 1986 | |
| place of birth | Lepanto (AR), United States | |
| size | 196 cm | |
| position | Small forward | |
| college | Arkansas | |
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2004–2009 Arkansas Razorbacks ( NCAA ) 2010–2011 Hertener Löwen 2011–2012 Oettinger Rockets Gotha 
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Already in his first year of college Monk had played individual games for the Razorbacks basketball team in the winter of 2004/05. In 2008 he returned to college and was accepted into the basketball team. A return to the American football team at the university was no longer possible after four seasons. In January 2009, Monk's further permission to play in the NCAA was questioned and he was officially removed from the college's squad in February 2009.
After a return to the NFL in 2009 also failed, Monk became a professional basketball player and joined the German club Hertener Löwen in the 2010/11 season , which plays in the third-class ProB, which is officially part of the 2nd Bundesliga . After achieving a promotion place in the ProB 2009/10, the lions did not get a license for the higher ProA class . In the play-offs that were newly created in 2010/11, the lions were eliminated in the quarter-finals and this time could not achieve promotion rights in terms of sport either. Monk was named best player of the month November 2010 and achieved the best scores of all players in points per game and effectiveness per game in the regular season . He also achieved a double-double in more than half of the games .
For the following season, ProB 2011/12 , Monk was obliged by the Oettinger Rockets from Gotha , who had only held the class by withdrawing their license from other teams. The Rockets reached first place in the group South in the regular season and remained undefeated in the play-offs for the promotion places. So they not only achieved the sporting promotion right through the finals, but also won the championship of this division in 2012 in the final series. Monk was named Player of the Year by the ProB, comparable to the Most Valuable Player . However, Monk subsequently ended his active career and did not return.
Web links
- Marcus Monk (Oettinger Rockets Gotha) - player profile on the statistics pages of the Basketball Bundesliga
- Marcus Monk Stats - Arkansas Razorbacks - College basketball playtime stats on statsheet.com
- Carolina Panthers Marcus Monk - Profile on the Carolina Panthers website
- # 85 Marcus Monk - Profile on the football pages of the Arkansas Razorbacks (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b ProB - Awards: Schröder / Monk / Simic. (No longer available online.) DieJungeLiga.de, April 20, 2012, formerly in the original ; Retrieved May 31, 2012 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Four Named 2004 National High School Scholar-Athletes. (No longer available online.) PlayItSmart.org, September 14, 2004, formerly the original ; accessed on May 31, 2012 (English). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Kevin Trainor: Monk does not want to return to competition. (No longer available online.) University of Arkansas on Feb. 13, 2009, archived from the original on Feb. 22, 2012 ; Retrieved May 31, 2012 (Razorbacks press release). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Bye-bye and all the best, Marcus Monk. BiG Rockets Gotha , August 7, 2012, accessed on April 10, 2013 (media information).
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| SURNAME | Monk, Marcus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American basketball and american football players |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1986 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lepanto (Arkansas) , USA |