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| Position | Defensive tackle | ||||||||||||
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| Born | (1978-06-25)June 25, 1978 (age 47) Thomasville, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 310 lb (141 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | Brooks County(Quitman, Georgia) | ||||||||||||
| College | Georgia (1996–2000) | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 2001: 1st round, 13th overall pick | ||||||||||||
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Marcus LaVar Stroud (born June 25, 1978) is an American former professionalfootball player who was adefensive tackle for 10 seasons in theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theGeorgia Bulldogs, and was selected by theJacksonville Jaguars with the 13th overall pick in the2001 NFL draft. He was a member of the NFL'sBuffalo Bills andNew England Patriots.
Stroud won a state title withBrooks County High School in 1994. He appeared on the cover ofSports Illustrated in 1996 while still in high school which featured a cover story ofNational Signing Day.[1] Stroud, at the time a 6'6" 266-pound defensive end, originally gave Florida a verbal commitment but changed his mind after Bulldogs coachRay Goff was fired in November 1995. After heavy pursuit from new Georgia coachJim Donnan, Stroud switched and committed to the Bulldogs on Signing Day.[1]
Stroud attended theUniversity of Georgia, where he played for theGeorgia Bulldogs football team. He played for Georgia during a major re-building era, in which coach Jim Donnan turned the program around from among the mediocre to averaging 8 wins per year, including four straight bowl game victories.
He was initiated as a member ofPhi Beta Sigmafraternity while he was an undergraduate.
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft6+1⁄8 in (1.98 m) | 321 lb (146 kg) | 34+1⁄2 in (0.88 m) | 10 in (0.25 m) | 5.10 s | 1.76 s | 2.96 s | 4.72 s | 8.07 s | 30.0 in (0.76 m) | 9 ft 2 in (2.79 m) | 21 reps | |
| All values fromNFL Combine[2][3] | ||||||||||||
Stroud was selected in the first round with the 13th overall pick in the2001 NFL draft by the Jaguars.[4] The 2001 NFL Draft is considered by many experts to be the finest draft fordefensive tackles in draft history, and Stroud was among the highest rated of the group that year. The 2001 class included fellowPro Bowl selectionsRichard Seymour,Casey Hampton andKris Jenkins.
He andJohn Henderson helped give the Jaguars one of the more dominant defensive tackles duos in the NFL.
During his Jacksonville days, Stroud had 22 sacks and 256 tackles while appearing in 100 games. Stroud also played in every Jaguars game for the first 5 years of his career.
Marcus Stroud was selected to thePro Bowl following the 2003, 2004 and 2005NFL seasons.
Stroud was suspended in 2007 for four games without pay for violating the league's policy on anabolic steroids and related substances.[5]
On March 1, 2008, Stroud was traded to the Buffalo Bills for third (previously acquired from theBaltimore Ravens in theWillis McGahee trade)- and fifth-round picks in the2008 NFL draft.[6]
Stroud was immediately deemed one of the key players to the Bills' 2008 season. Buffalo ranked 31st in total defense the year prior, and vaulted up to 14th in 2008, Stroud's first season there. The Bills got off to a strong start that year, going 5–1 in the first six games. They fell off towards the mid-season mark, however, and finished the year with a 7–9 record.[7]
On April 7, 2009, Stroud signed a two-year contract extension that paid $16 million and guaranteed $12 million. In combination with the existing terms of his contract, Stroud could've earned an additional $28 million over the following four seasons.[8]Stroud was released on February 16, 2011.
On March 1, 2011, theNew England Patriots signed defensive lineman Stroud to a two-year contract. He was released just under 5 months later on July 28.[9]
In June 2012, Stroud signed a one-day contract with the Jaguars and announced his retirement. He became the fifth player to re-sign with Jacksonville before retiring, joiningTony Boselli,Fred Taylor,Paul Spicer andDonovin Darius.[10]
| Year | Team | GP | Tackles | Fumbles | Interceptions | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comb | Solo | Ast | Sack | FF | FR | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | PD | |||
| 2001 | JAX | 16 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2002 | JAX | 16 | 45 | 38 | 7 | 6.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2003 | JAX | 16 | 65 | 47 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | JAX | 16 | 54 | 38 | 16 | 4.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005 | JAX | 16 | 42 | 31 | 11 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2006 | JAX | 11 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | JAX | 9 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | BUF | 16 | 45 | 29 | 16 | 2.5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2009 | BUF | 15 | 56 | 38 | 18 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2010 | BUF | 15 | 49 | 29 | 20 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Career[11] | 146 | 424 | 309 | 115 | 29.5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | |
During his NFL days, Stroud founded the Marcus Stroud Charitable Foundation to assist underprivileged youth who lived in low-income, single-parent homes, according to its website, by establishing various academic and athletic programs otherwise unavailable to them. Additionally, Stroud hosts an annual football camp aimed to combat childhood obesity.
Stroud hosted theMarcus Stroud 99 Pro Bowl Football Camp For Kids in May 2009 at Brooks County's Veterans Stadium in Georgia. Several NFL players, including Mike Peterson and Verron Haynes of theAtlanta Falcons, and George Wilson, Donte Whitner, Kavika Mitchell, Marcus Buggs and Drayton Florence of theBuffalo Bills contributed to the free camp.[12][13][14]
Stroud has a passion for classic cars and eventually founded his own auto body business, DeciBels Auto Creations, in Jacksonville.[15]
Stroud escaped injury in 2005, when he rolled hisSUV while driving onFlorida'sInterstate 10 outside ofJacksonville.[16]
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