Marcus Cromartie
No. 35 San Diego Chargers | |||
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| Cornerback | |||
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| Date of birth: December 3, 1990 | |||
| Place of birth: Mansfield, Texas | |||
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Career information | |||
| College: Wisconsin | |||
| Undrafted in 2013 | |||
| No regular season or postseason appearances | |||
Career history
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| Roster status: Active | |||
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Marcus Cromartie (born December 3, 1990) is an American football cornerback for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Wisconsin.
Early years
Ranked as the 43rd best defensive back prospect in the nation by Rivals.com along with 57th best prospect by Scout.com.[1] He was among the Top 100 players in the state of Texas.[1] He was selected to the PrepTicket all-state team and also was a Texashsfootball.com honorable mention all-state team.[1] He was named to second-team all-district in his junior season.[1] He was selected to the first-team all-district and all-area team in his senior season in high school.[1]
Professional career
San Diego Chargers
On April 27, 2013, Cromartie signed with the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent. On December 16, 2013, he was promoted to the active roster.
Personal life
He is a cousin of Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie of the Denver Broncos, who was an All-American cornerback at Tennessee State University, and was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals with the 16th overall pick in the 2008 NFL Draft. Marcus is the cousin of New York Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie and Da'Mon Cromartie-Smith, who is a safety with the Pittsburgh Steelers.[2] Terrelle Smith, Da'Mon Cromartie-Smith's brother, formally of the New Orleans Saints and the Detroit Lions is also a cousin of Marcus.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Wisconsin Badgers Profile". uwbadgers.com.
- ↑ . (2013-04-27). "Chargers to sign Antonio Cromartie's cousin". UTSanDiego.com. Retrieved 2013-11-11.