Marquand Manuel
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Born: | Miami, Florida, U.S. | July 11, 1979||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||
Weight: | 213 lb (97 kg) | ||||
Career information | |||||
High school: | Miami (Miami, Florida) | ||||
College: | Florida (1997–2001) | ||||
NFL draft: | 2002 / Round: 6 / Pick: 181 | ||||
Career history | |||||
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Marquand Alexander Manuel (born July 11, 1979) is an
Playing career
Early years
Manuel was born in
Manuel accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the
As a junior in
Manuel was a four-year SEC Academic Honor Roll honoree.[4] He earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from the University of Florida in December 2000, and finished his college football career as a graduate student working toward a master's degree in education counseling with a special emphasis on mental health.[3]
National Football League
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | Bench press | |||||||
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6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
209 lb (95 kg) |
30+3⁄4 in (0.78 m) |
10 in (0.25 m) |
4.52 s | 18 reps | |||||||
All values from NFL Combine[5] |
Cincinnati Bengals
The
Seattle Seahawks
Manuel was claimed off waivers by the Seattle Seahawks on September 6, 2004. In his first season with Seattle in 2004, he played in fifteen games, finishing with ten tackles (seven solo) on defense and had nine stops on special teams.[1] In 2005, Manuel was part of the Seahawks team that finished 13–3. In the 2005 NFC Championship Game against the Carolina Panthers, he returned an interception thirty-two yards to set up a touchdown. The Seahawks reached Super Bowl XL, but lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers 21–10. Manuel started the Super Bowl at free safety, but injured his hip in the second quarter, and was replaced by Etric Pruitt.
Green Bay Packers
After Seattle's appearance in the Super Bowl, he was signed by the Green Bay Packers as an unrestricted free agent on March 13, 2006. During his only season with the Packers in 2006, Manuel started all sixteen games, totaling a career-high 103 tackles to rank fourth on the team.[8] Memorably, he intercepted a pass deflected by Ahmad Carroll and returned it twenty-nine yards for a touchdown against the Detroit Lions on September 24.
Carolina Panthers
The Green Bay Packers released Manuel on September 1, 2007 during the final preseason roster cuts, and he was signed by the Carolina Panthers on September 3. He played for the Panthers for a single season during 2007, playing in sixteen games and starting in two of them.[1]
Denver Broncos
The Denver Broncos signed Manuel as an unrestricted free agent on March 8, 2008,[9] and he played for the Broncos for a single season in 2008.[8] He played in all sixteen regular season games for the Broncos, starting in fourteen of them, and tallying eighty-three tackles and four blocked passes.[1]
Detroit Lions
Manuel was signed by the Lions as a free agent on June 2, 2009,[10] and he played his final season in 2009 for the Lions.[8] He played in nine games for the Lions, starting in six of them, and compiling thirty-six tackles.[1] The Lions released him on August 4, 2010, during the 2010 preseason.
During his eight seasons in the NFL, Manuel played in 116 games, starting in fifty-seven of them, and compiled 366 tackles; he also had fifteen blocked passes, two interceptions and four forced fumbles.[2]
NFL career statistics
Legend | |
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Bold | Career high |
Regular season
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
2002 | CIN | 15 | 8 | 42 | 32 | 10 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2003 | CIN | 13 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2004 | SEA | 15 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2005 | SEA | 16 | 11 | 72 | 59 | 13 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2006 | GNB | 16 | 16 | 81 | 62 | 19 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2007 | CAR | 16 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2008 | DEN | 16 | 14 | 84 | 62 | 22 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2009 | DET | 9 | 6 | 36 | 30 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
116 | 58 | 368 | 285 | 83 | 1.0 | 8 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 29 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
2004 | SEA | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2005 | SEA | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Coaching career
Seattle Seahawks
On February 14, 2012, the Seattle Seahawks announced that the team had hired Manuel to serve as Seahawks' assistant special teams coach.[11] A year later he was named defensive assistant.[12] where he helped the Seahawks with Super Bowl XLVIII.[13] In 2014 he was promoted to assistant secondaries coach, helping the Seahawks reach Super Bowl XLIX, where they lost to the New England Patriots.
Atlanta Falcons
Manuel was hired by the Atlanta Falcons in 2015 as the defensive backs coach, following Dan Quinn from Seattle to Atlanta. After coming under fire for it,[14] During the 2016 offseason, Manuel interviewed for the Jacksonville Jaguars defensive coordinator position, though he did not get the job.[15] In the 2016 season, Manuel and the Falcons reached Super Bowl LI, where they lost to the New England Patriots on February 5, 2017.[16]
On February 10, 2017, Manuel was promoted to defensive coordinator of the Falcons.[17]
Manuel let his contract expire with the Atlanta Falcons after the 2018 season in which the team finished with a 7–9 record.[18]
Philadelphia Eagles
Manuel was hired by the
Personal life
He established the Marquand Manuel Foundation to help kids in his hometown of Miami. His oldest brother, John, was a Parade magazine All-American and played football at University of Florida. Marquand is the ninth of nineteen children and has a family of siblings whose ages differ by 25 years from oldest to youngest. Manuel has a daughter, Madison age 15 and son Marquand Manuel II age 11.
See also
- Florida Gators football, 1990–99
- List of Carolina Panthers players
- List of Detroit Lions players
- List of Florida Gators in the NFL Draft
- List of Green Bay Packers players
- List of University of Florida alumni
References
- ^ a b c d e Pro-Football-Reference.com, Players, Marquand Manuel. Retrieved March 18, 2011.
- ^ a b databaseFootball.com, Players, Marquand Manuel Archived December 14, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 18, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l GatorZone.com, Football History, 2001 Roster, Marquand Manuel Archived October 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
- ^ a b c d 2011 Florida Gators Football Media Guide Archived April 2, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 19, 85, 99, 125, 153, 183 (2011). Retrieved August 30, 2011.
- ^ "Marquand Manuel, Combine Results, SS - Florida". nflcombineresults.com. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
- ^ "2002 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
- ^ Pro Football Hall of Fame, Draft History, 2002 National Football League Draft. Retrieved March 18, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e National Football League, Historical Players, Marquand Manuel. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
- ^ "Broncos add safety competition, sign free agents Manuel, McCree," CBS Sports (March 9, 2008). Retrieved March 23, 2011.
- ^ Sean Uille, "Lions Sign Marquand Manuel," Pride of Detroit (June 3, 2009). Retrieved March 23, 2011.
- ^ Danny O'Neil, "Marquand Manuel among Hawks' four new assistants," The Seattle Times (February 14, 2012). Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ^ "Marquand Manuel bio Archived 2013-12-20 at the Wayback Machine," SeattleSeahawks.com (December 19, 2013). Retrieved February 19, 2013,
- ^ "Super Bowl XLVIII - Seattle Seahawks vs. Denver Broncos - February 2nd, 2014". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
- ^ Ledbetter, D. Orlando. "Falcons promote Manuel to DC, Young named defensive line coach". ajc. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
- ^ "Source: Falcons to promote asst. Manuel to DC". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
- ^ "Super Bowl LI - New England Patriots vs. Atlanta Falcons - February 5th, 2017". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
- ^ "Falcons Promoting Marquand Manuel To Defensive Coordinator - NFLTradeRumors.co". nfltraderumors.co. February 10, 2017. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
- ^ "Tabeek: Falcons are making coaching changes and here's why". www.atlantafalcons.com. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
- ^ McManus, Tim (February 5, 2020). "Eagles promote Press Taylor, add Rich Scangarello, Andrew Breiner, but won't have OC". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
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- Golenbock, Peter, Go Gators! An Oral History of Florida's Pursuit of Gridiron Glory, Legends Publishing, LLC, St. Petersburg, Florida (2002). ISBN 0-9650782-1-3.
- Hairston, Jack, Tales from the Gator Swamp: A Collection of the Greatest Gator Stories Ever Told, Sports Publishing, LLC, Champaign, Illinois (2002). ISBN 1-58261-514-4.
- McCarthy, Kevin M., Fightin' Gators: A History of University of Florida Football, Arcadia Publishing, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (2000). ISBN 978-0-7385-0559-6.