Mark Sanchez
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| Mark Sanchez | |
|---|---|
| College | USC |
| Sport | American football |
| Position | QB |
| Jersey # | 6 |
| Class | RS Freshman |
| Career | 2006 – present |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Born | November 11, 1986 Mission Viejo, California |
| High School | Mission Viejo High School, Mission Viejo, California |
Mark Sanchez (born on November 11, 1986) is a Latino college football quarterback attending the University of Southern California (USC). He is of Mexican ethnicity.
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[edit] High school career
Sanchez attended Mission Viejo High School where he threw for 2,600 yards, 29 touchdowns, and only four interceptions as a junior. With a 75 percent completion rate, he rushed for 90 yards and had a touchdown receiving on a reverse throwback. Sanchez was named a first team all-league, county, and CIF. As a senior, Sanchez was 114-186 for 1746 yards, 16 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. In 2004, Sanchez was named high school "Player of the Year" by several major college recruiting services.
[edit] College career
Sanchez was a highly recruited player and arrived at the University of Southern California in 2005[1]. He did not play during his freshman year and redshirted.
His work as the quarterback of USC's scout team earned Sanchez the Service Team Offensive Player of the Year Award his freshman year.
For the 2006 season, as a redshirt freshman, he served as the back-up quarterback to junior John David Booty, seeing playing time in three games.
[edit] 2006 arrest
On April 26, 2006, Sanchez was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault. A 19 year old female USC student accused Sanchez of pressuring her to have sexual intercourse with him, in his room at the Cardinal Gardens Apartments, despite her protests. When she informed her mother of the incident, her mother called the police and the Los Angeles Police Department surrounded Sanchez's apartment building, arresting Sanchez and questioning his roommate, fellow USC football player Brian Cushing.[2]
Sanchez was released from jail the following day, after posting $200,000 bail, but USC placed him on interim suspension that suspended him from the football team, yet permitted him to take his semester finals, albeit separate from the general student body and under the supervision of campus security.[3]
On June 3, 2006, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office announced it would not press charges against Sanchez due to a "lack of sufficient evidence beyond a reasonable doubt" as a result of medical exams proving inconclusive on the issue of force; thus making the case "essentially a 'one-on-one' allegation."[4]
While USC reinstated Sanchez, he remained subject to team-related discipline for underage drinking and using fake identification on the night he was arrested.[5] This followed a series of other incidents on campus the previous few months, where Sanchez was detained by USC's Department of Public Safety for a variety of infractions, including breaking a fraternity house window, public intoxication and disruptive behavior.[6]
On October 25, 2006, it was revealed that a Los Angeles newspaper had spent several months investigating Sanchez's arrest from earlier in the year, with an upcoming news story regarding potential preferential treatment from USC during Sanchez's legal troubles that was not afforded to other players.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ Steward Mandel, Next in line? Sanchez could be the next great Trojan QB, Sports Illustrated, January 19, 2005, Accessed June 3, 2006
- ^ Scott Wolf, Some Sanchez Background, Inside SoCal, May 22, 2006, Accessed October 18, 2006. (NOTE: Scott Wolf is the USC beat writer for the Los Angeles Daily News.
- ^ USC Suspends Football Player Under Investigation, KNBC, April 26, 2006, Accessed October 18, 2006.
- ^ USC Quarterback Won't Face Sexual Assault Charges, KABC-TV, June 3, 2006, Accessed January 15, 2007
- ^ Gary Klein, Sanchez Says He's Been Reinstated by University, Los Angeles Times, June 6, 2006, Accessed June 6, 2006
- ^ USC Suspends Football Player Under Investigation, KNBC, April 26, 2006, Accessed October 18, 2006.
- ^ Scott Wolf, Media Matters, Inside SoCal, October 25, 2006, Accessed January 9, 2007. (NOTE: Scott Wolf is the USC beat writer for the Los Angeles Daily News.
