Eugene Monroe

Eugene Monroe
No. 75     Jacksonville Jaguars
Offensive tackle
Personal information
Date of birth: April 18, 1987 (1987-04-18) (age 24)
Place of birth: Plainfield, New Jersey
Height: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Weight: 308 lb (140 kg)
Career information
College: Virginia
NFL Draft: 2009 / Round: 1 / Pick: 8
Debuted in 2009 for the Jacksonville Jaguars
Career history
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
  • 2008 All-ACC First Team
  • 2007 All-ACC Honorable Mention
  • 2005 High School All-American (consensus)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 13, 2011
Games played     41
Games started     38
Stats at NFL.com

Eugene Christopher Monroe (born April 18, 1987) is an American football offensive tackle for the Jacksonville Jaguars. He was selected eighth overall by the Jaguars in the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at Virginia.

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High school career

Monroe played at Plainfield High School in Plainfield, New Jersey. He was a SuperPrep All-American, a Parade All-American and All-USA by USA Today. Monroe was a two-time First-team All-State lineman after going the final 25 games of his career without allowing a quarterback sack. Monroe was considered a five-star recruit by Rivals.com and was ranked first among the top offensive tackle prospects in 2005.[1]

College career

As a freshman at the University of Virginia, Monroe played left tackle and right guard and played in every game. In 2006 he played in 12 games and started six games. As a junior in 2007 Monroe was honorable mention All-ACC selection after starting 11 games at left tackle, missing two games due to knee injury. He did not allowed a sack during the regular season and had 20 knockdown blocks during the regular season, according to Virginia coaches.

In 2008 Monroe was a Unanimous All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection and was voted the ACC's most outstanding blocker. He started all twelve games at left offensive tackle and registered a school season-record 105 knockdowns, according to the coaching staff and had blocking consistency grade of 88.42%.[2]

Professional career

2009 NFL Draft

Monroe was widely believed to be one of the top two offensive tackles available in the Draft (alongside Jason Smith).[3][4] Particularly praised for his pass blocking ability, Monroe drew comparisons to Walter Jones.[5] He was selected eighth overall by the Jacksonville Jaguars, a pick that was declared a "steal" by Sports Illustrated's Tony Pauline.[6] Monroe was the third offensive lineman from Virginia selected in the top 15 of an NFL draft in four years, following D'Brickashaw Ferguson and Branden Albert.

Pre-draft measureables
Ht Wt 40-yd dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert Broad BP Wonderlic
6 ft 5½ in 309 lb 5.18 s 1.75 s 2.96 s 4.79 s 7.86 s 28½ in 9 ft 2 in 23 rep 24
All values from NFL Combine[7]

Jacksonville Jaguars

In an effort to rebuild their offensive line, the Jaguars selected Monroe and Eben Britton with their first two picks. Monroe was expected to compete with veteran free-agent acquisition Tra Thomas for the start at left tackle.[8] On August 14, 2009 the Jaguars agreed to a five-year deal with Monroe.

Monroe started his first regular season game at left tackle in week one of the 2009 NFL season against the Indianapolis Colts. As of midseason, Monroe's play was inconsistent by most accounts.[9] He missed week four with an illness, and was also benched in week five. Monroe played in 15 games with 13 starts during his rookie season.

References

  1. ^ "Offensive tackles 2005". Rivals.com. 2005-01-18. http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/viewrank.asp?ra_key=875. Retrieved 2009-04-29. 
  2. ^ Virginia Cavaliers bio
  3. ^ Brooks, Bucky (February 16, 2009), "'09 NFL draft: Top 10 OL prospects", Sports Illustrated, http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/bucky_brooks/02/16/oline/, "Monroe is undoubtedly the best tackle prospect at the position and should be the first offensive linemen taken on draft day." 
  4. ^ Fiutak, Pete (April 22, 2009), "2009 NFL Draft - The Offensive Tackles", College Football News, http://cfn.scout.com/2/857289.html, "While Jason Smith might have the best all-around combination of skills and potential, Monroe is the most ready to start right now." 
  5. ^ Pro Football War Room: Eugene Monroe, SportingNews.com, http://warroom.sportingnews.com/nfl/draft/2009/players/8230.html 
  6. ^ Pauline, Tony (April 26, 2009), "Steals and reaches from the 2009 NFL draft", Sports Illustrated, http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/nfl/draft-2009/04/26/steals.reaches/index.html 
  7. ^ Nawrocki, Nolan (April 21, 2009). "The Way We Hear It — draft edition". Pro Football Weekly website. http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/NFLDraft/Draft+Extras/2009/wwhi042109.htm. Retrieved April 25, 2009. 
  8. ^ Wright, Michael C. (August 2, 2009), "Rookies to lead Jaguars' revival?", Florida Times-Union, http://jacksonville.com/sports/football/jaguars/2009-08-02/story/rookies_to_lead_jaguars_revival 
  9. ^ Rosenthal, Gregg (November 5, 2009), "Monroe to get his starting job back", Pro Football Talk on NBC Sports, http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/11/05/monroe-to-get-his-starting-job-back/ 

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Boselli • Stewart • Hardy • Wynn • Taylor • Darius • Bryant • Soward • Stroud • Henderson • Leftwich • Williams • Jones • Lewis • Nelson • Harvey • Monroe • Alualu • Gabbert

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Jacksonville Jaguars current roster
Active roster

2 Nick Harris | 10 Josh Scobee | 11 Blaine Gabbert | 12 Luke McCown | 13 Dan LeFevour | 15 Taylor Price | 17 Chastin West | 20 David Jones | 22 Kevin Rutland | 24 Montell Owens | 25 Dwight Lowery | 26 Dawan Landry | 30 Drew Coleman | 32 Maurice Jones-Drew | 33 Greg Jones | 34 Trumaine McBride | 35 Deji Karim | 37 Morgan Trent | 38 C. C. Brown | 40 DuJuan Harris | 41 Akwasi Owusu-Ansah | 44 Brock Bolen | 48 Jeremy Cain | 49 Jammie Kirlew | 50 Russell Allen | 51 Paul Posluszny | 52 Daryl Smith | 58 Stephen Franklin | 62 John Estes | 63 Brad Meester | 65 Will Rackley | 67 Jason Spitz | 68 Guy Whimper | 69 Leger Douzable | 70 William Robinson | 75 Eugene Monroe | 76 Daniel Baldridge | 77 Uche Nwaneri | 78 Cameron Bradfield | 80 Mike Thomas | 81 Kassim Osgood | 83 Colin Cloherty | 84 Cecil Shorts | 87 Jarett Dillard | 88 Zach Potter | 89 Marcedes Lewis | 91 George Selvie | 93 Tyson Alualu | 94 Jeremy Mincey | 95 Corvey Irvin | 96 Terrance Knighton | 98 Nate Collins | 99 C. J. Mosley
Reserve lists

18 Brian Robiskie (IR) | 21 Derek Cox (IR) | 23 Rashad Jennings (IR) | 27 Rashean Mathis (IR) | 29 William Middleton (IR) | 31 Ashton Youboty (IR) | 36 Courtney Greene (IR) | 34 T. J. Heath (IR) | 38 Darcel McBath (IR) | 42 Chris Prosinski (IR) | 43 Terrell Whitehead (IR) | 55 Clint Session (IR) | 56 Kyle Bosworth (IR) | 72 Kevin Haslam (IR) | 73 Eben Britton (IR) | 74 Aaron Kampman (IR) | 86 Zach Miller (IR) | 90 Matt Roth (IR) | 92 Austen Lane(IR) | 97 John Chick (IR) | -- Rod Issac (IR) | -- Aaron Morgan (IR) | -- Richard Murphy (IR) | -- Martin Rucker (IR) | -- D'Anthony Smith (IR)
AFC East: BUF · MIA · NE · NYJ • North: BAL · CIN · CLE · • South: HOU · IND · JAC · TEN • West:  ·  · OAK ·
NFC East: DAL · NYG · PHI · WAS • North: CHI · DET · GB · • South: ATL · CAR ·  · TB • West: ARI ·  · SF · SEA