Marcus Trufant
Marcus Trufant
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 Trufant with the Seattle Seahawks in 2010 | |||||||||
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| Position: | Cornerback | ||||||||
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| Born: | (1980-12-25) December 25, 1980 Tacoma, Washington, US | ||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 199 lb (90 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school: | Woodrow Wilson (Tacoma, Washington) | ||||||||
| College: | Washington State | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2003 / Round: 1 / Pick: 11 | ||||||||
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Marcus Lavon Trufant[1] (born December 25, 1980) is a former American football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons. He played college football for Washington State University, and was chosen by the Seattle Seahawks 11th overall in the 2003 NFL Draft.
From 2010-2012 Trufant helped mentor the young Seahawks secondary that became known as the Legion of Boom.
Contents
1 Early years
2 College career
2.1 Awards and honors
3 Professional career
3.1 2003 NFL Combine
3.2 Seattle Seahawks
3.3 Jacksonville Jaguars
3.4 Retirement
4 NFL stats
5 Personal life
6 References
7 External links
Early years[edit]
Marcus Trufant first attended McCarver Elementary School and then Truman Middle School. While attending Wilson High School in Tacoma, Trufant lettered in three varsity sports: football, basketball and track, capturing ninth at the State track meet in triple jump, with a leap of 14.50 meters. He was the team captain for two teams as a senior. As a junior, was Offensive Player of the Year in football and Mr. Defense in basketball. As a senior, he was named All-State by the Associated Press, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and Washington Prep Report. Named Washington AAAA player of the year by The News Tribune as well as the Seattle PI and The Seattle Times All-League, All-Area and All-State teams. Lost the State AAAA championship as a senior and scored 30 TD and rushed for 1,800 yards on offense while recording 48 tackles and 8 interceptions on defense.
College career[edit]
Trufant attended Washington State University after being recruited by then-Washington State Cougars football head coach Mike Price. He started for all four years for the Cougars and was a member of the 2003 Rose Bowl team that lost to the Oklahoma Sooners in his 2002 senior year. He did not allow a single touchdown against him for his last two years there. As a freshman in 1999, he was a freshman All-Pac-10 selection.
Awards and honors[edit]
Pac-10 All-Freshman (1999)- Honorable mention All-Pac-10 (2001)
- First-team All-Pac-10 (2002)
- Second-team AP All-American (2002)
Professional career[edit]
2003 NFL Combine[edit]
| Ht | Wt | 40-yard dash | 10-yd split | 20-yd split | 20-ss | 3-cone | Vert jump | Broad | BP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | 199 lb (90 kg) | 4.38 s | 1.56 s | 2.59 s | 4.32 s | 6.87 s | 39 in (0.99 m) | 10 ft 7 in (3.23 m) | 11 reps | |||
| All values from NFL Combine | ||||||||||||
Seattle Seahawks[edit]
Trufant was selected by the Seattle Seahawks with the 11th overall pick in the 2003 NFL Draft. Coming from Tacoma and graduating from Washington State University, Trufant is considered a hometown favorite. In 2007 Trufant played a big part in the Seahawks defense, intercepting a career-high 7 passes and returning one for an 84-yard touchdown. He also deflected 15 passes and made 85 tackles, and was voted into the 2008 Pro Bowl in Hawaii. On February 21, 2008 the Seahawks placed their franchise tag on Trufant, tendering him with a one-year $9.465 million deal.
On March 26, 2008 the Seahawks signed Trufant to a new six-year, $50.2 million deal with a $10 million signing bonus.[2] On April 1, 2010, Marcus Trufant traveled to Cambridge Elementary School in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada as one of the students there, Tyler Wedel, was one of only four Canadian winners of the NFL Take A Player To School Contest and as a winner Wedel brought Trufant to school to talk to his fellow students about his career and inspirations to play in the NFL. [1]
On October 17, 2011, Trufant was placed on injured reserve with a bruised sacrum, ending his season. The Seahawks released Trufant on March 8, 2012,[3] but re-signed him one month and one day later on April 9, 2012 to a one-year contract.
Jacksonville Jaguars[edit]
On May 7, 2013, Trufant signed a contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars, reuniting him with his former defensive coordinator Gus Bradley.[4] Trufant, Matt Hasselbeck and Leroy Hill were the last remaining players from the Seahawks' 2005 NFC championship season.[5] He was released on August 30, 2013.
Retirement[edit]
On April 23, 2014, Trufant signed a one-day contract so that he could retire as a Seattle Seahawk.[6]
NFL stats[edit]
| Year | Team | GP | COMB | TOTAL | AST | SACK | FF | FR | FR YDS | INT | IR YDS | AVG IR | LNG | TD | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | SEA | 16 | 83 | 74 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 19 |
| 2004 | SEA | 16 | 96 | 86 | 10 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 141 | 28 | 58 | 0 | 20 |
| 2005 | SEA | 15 | 64 | 55 | 9 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 2006 | SEA | 15 | 68 | 60 | 8 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2007 | SEA | 16 | 85 | 78 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 150 | 21 | 84 | 1 | 15 |
| 2008 | SEA | 16 | 64 | 60 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 2009 | SEA | 10 | 49 | 43 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 2010 | SEA | 16 | 80 | 65 | 15 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 1 | 8 |
| 2011 | SEA | 4 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | SEA | 12 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Career | 136 | 646 | 565 | 81 | 2.0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 370 | 18 | 84 | 2 | 111 |
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Key
GP: games played
COMB: combined tackles
TOTAL: total tackles
AST: assisted tackles
SACK: sacks
FF: forced fumbles
FR: fumble recoveries
FR YDS: fumble return yards
INT: interceptions
IR YDS: interception return yards
AVG IR: average interception return
LNG: longest interception return
TD: interceptions returned for touchdown
PD: passes defensed
Personal life[edit]
Trufant's younger brother, Isaiah Trufant, has also played in the NFL.
His youngest brother, Desmond, was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the 2013 NFL Draft.[8] He started at the cornerback position as a true freshman for the University of Washington in 2009 and remained a starter through his senior year in 2012.[9]
References[edit]
^ "Trufant on Pro-Football-Reference". rbref.com. Retrieved 2007-12-18..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Trufant gives Seahawks hometown discount with six-year deal
^ "Trufant Released".
^ Oehser, John (7 May 2013). "Jaguars sign CB Marcus Trufant". Jaguars.com. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
^ Condotta, Bob (May 7, 2013). "Marcus Trufant signs with Jacksonville". Seahawks Blog. SeattleTimes.com. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
^ Wilson, Aaron. "Scout.com: Marcus Trufant Profile". Scout.com. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
^ "MArcus Trufant Stats". ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2009-02-05.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-02-08. Retrieved 2009-02-05.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
External links[edit]
- Seattle Seahawks bio
- Trufant Family Foundation
Categories:
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Tacoma, Washington
- Players of American football from Washington (state)
- American football cornerbacks
- Washington State Cougars football players
- Seattle Seahawks players
- Jacksonville Jaguars players
- National Conference Pro Bowl players
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