Marcus Stroud
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| Buffalo Bills — No. 99 | |
| Defensive tackle | |
| Date of birth: June 25, 1978 | |
| Place of birth: Thomasville, Georgia | |
| Height: 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | Weight: 310 lb (140 kg) |
| National Football League debut | |
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| 2001 for the Jacksonville Jaguars | |
| Career history | |
| College: Georgia | |
| NFL Draft: 2001 / Round: 1 / Pick: 13 | |
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| Current status: Active | |
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| Selected NFL statistics (through Week 17 of the 2007 NFL season) |
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| Tackles | 274 |
| Sacks | 22.0 |
| INT | 0 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
Marcus LaVar Stroud (born June 25, 1978 in Thomasville, Georgia) is an American Football defensive tackle for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars 13th overall in the 2001 NFL Draft. He played college football at Georgia.
Stroud was a three-time All-Pro and three-time Pro Bowl selection with the Jaguars.
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[edit] Early years
Stroud won a state title with Brooks County High School in 1994. He appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated in 1996 while still in high school which featured a cover story of National Signing Day.
[edit] College career
Marcus played college football for the University of Georgia. At Georgia, his teammates included future NFL players Kendrell Bell, Will Witherspoon, Richard Seymour, Charles Grant, Josh Mallard and Jamie Henderson.
Marcus is a member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.
[edit] Professional career
[edit] Jacksonville Jaguars
Marcus was selected 13th in the 2001 NFL Draft by the Jaguars. The 2001 NFL Draft is considered by many experts to be the finest draft for defensive tackles in draft history. The 2001 class included fellow Pro Bowl selections Richard Seymour, Casey Hampton and Kris Jenkins.
Marcus and John Henderson helped give the Jaguars one of the most dominant defensive tackles duos in the NFL.
Marcus Stroud was selected to the Pro Bowl following the 2003, 2004 and 2005 NFL seasons.
In November of 2007 he was suspended for four weeks for drug/substance abuse. Stroud, a three time pro bowler who tested positive for a banned supplement, had a lot to say about the matter. "The only thing that was tough about it is I didn't want people to think I was a cheater”. "God gave me this talent to play football, and I feel like I do it well, and I don't need any juice or anything else to help me." He said a doctor in Atlanta was the one who gave him this over the counter supplement, when he was rehabbing from his off-season ankle surgery. Stroud later commented, that when he received the supplement from his doctor, he checked the bottles ingredients, with the little booklet the NFL gives each player, for illegal substances, banned in the league. He said no ingredient from the bottle was in the booklet, and he thought he was in the clear to take it to speed the process for his return. So when Stroud found out he had tested positive, he was very surprised and upset. Stroud who was disappointed at the time said it was the first time in his career he had ever used a supplement and it would definitely be the last. When serving the month long absence from his team the Jacksonville Jaguars, he was in the city of Atlanta working out hard at a training facility called Competitive Edge Sports. There Stroud performed at a high level of training to become ready for his comeback to his team. When asked from the media about his time off from the game he had this to say "When you're the only one home, it's boring," Stroud said. "All your friends are working and they look like they're having a great time out there on the field and I had to watch from afar. It was pretty tough. It was something I had to go through. Now it's time to play ball."
[edit] Buffalo Bills
On March 1, 2008 Stroud was traded to the Buffalo Bills for third- and fifth-round picks in the 2008 NFL Draft.[1]
[edit] Car accident
Stroud escaped injury in 2005, when he rolled his SUV while driving on Florida’s Interstate 10 outside of Jacksonville.
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