Well, I suppose most people don’t know who he is… I sheepishly admit that I didn’t at first. It wasn’t until after we hit the water fountains and I struck up a conversation with one of the regulars that I discovered the guy was is a cornerback for the Seattle Seahawks.
Stats: Marcus Trufant, #23, CB, 5′11, 197 lbs and ripped like a beast.
You know, I remember seeing him run up and down the Gold’s Gym basketball court, and couldn’t help but notice how cut and muscular this guy was (no homo). I remember thinking “How can some run-of-the-mill gym-goer have this ridiculous kind of build??” And “why wasn’t I born black?”
To hear that the guy was a multimillion-dollar professional athlete… well, that made me feel better. That and the fact that I handed him like 4 assists for the night easy, one being a game-winning jumpshot from the 3-pt line…. money.
(But just so we’re clear here, I was probably the last reason why our team kept winning).
4 Comments
July 3, 2008 at 11:41 am
Cool! So he still plays?
July 4, 2008 at 1:20 am
Yeah yo! He’s still in the league.
July 10, 2008 at 12:26 am
dang, you still get to play basketball indoors… and with celebrities. i play outdoors on a shitty rim.
July 10, 2008 at 12:28 am
also, dont know much about football but this guy’s a superstar!:
After the 2002 season he was selected by the Seattle Seahawks with the 11th overall pick in the NFL Draft. His impact in the NFL has been felt, as many quarterbacks avoid trying to throw in Marcus Trufant’s area. Coming from Tacoma and graduating from Washington State University, Trufant is considered a hometown favorite. In 2007 Trufant played a big part in the Seahawks defense, intercepting a career high 7 passes and returning one for an 84 yard touchdown. He also deflected 15 passes and made 85 tackles, and was voted into the 2008 Pro Bowl in Hawaii. On February 21, 2008 the Seahawks placed their franchise tag on Trufant, tendering him with a one year $9.465 million deal.
On March 26, 2008 the Seahawks signed Trufant to a new six-year, $50.2 million deal with a $10 million signing bonus. [2]
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