Mark Tauscher
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| Green Bay Packers — No. 65 | |
| Offensive tackle | |
| Date of birth: June 17, 1977 | |
| Place of birth: Marshfield, Wisconsin | |
| Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | Weight: 315 lb (143 kg) |
| National Football League debut | |
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| 2000 for the Green Bay Packers | |
| Career history | |
| College: Wisconsin | |
| NFL Draft: 2000 / Round: 7 / Pick: 224 | |
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Mark Gerald Tauscher (pronounced /TAH-OO-sher/) (born June 17, 1977 in Marshfield, Wisconsin) is an American football Offensive Tackle who plays for the Green Bay Packers in the National Football League.
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[edit] High school
While attending Auburndale High School (Auburndale, Wisconsin), Tauscher won three varsity letters in football, basketball, and baseball. In football, he was a two-time All-Conference honoree and a two-time All-State honoree and was also named the team MVP as a senior. In basketball, he won All-Conference honors. He was also a member of the National FFA Organization.
[edit] College career
Tauscher made the University of Wisconsin-Madison team as a walk-on in 1995. After seeing little action his first two years, Tauscher earned a letter in 1998 and became a starter at right tackle the following year. He contributed significantly as a blocker to Ron Dayne's Heisman Trophy-winning season in 1999.
[edit] Professional career
[edit] Green Bay Packers
During the 2000 NFL Draft, Tauscher was selected by the Packers in the seventh round with the 224th choice overall. He became a starter early in his rookie season, when long-time starter Earl Dotson suffered a back injury at Buffalo and since then has played in 66 games (starting 64 of them).
During the second game of the 2002 season, Tauscher suffered a sprained medial collateral ligament and a torn anterior cruciate ligament. As a result, he underwent surgery and missed the rest of the season. He made a successful comeback, however, and has started every game since his return in 2003.
Tauscher is regarded as a very good and consistent, if unspectacular player. He was one of the many unheralded players on the Green Bay offensive line that achieved so much success from 2000 to 2004.
