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Marquand Manuel
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Manuel with Green Bay Packers in 2006
New York Jets
Position:Safeties coach
Personal information
Born: (1979-07-11) July 11, 1979 (age 45)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
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
As a player:
As a coach:
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Total tackles:368
Sacks:1.0
Forced fumbles:4
Fumble recoveries:1
Interceptions:2
Defensive touchdowns:1
Player stats at PFR
Coaching stats at PFR

Marquand Alexander Manuel (born July 11, 1979) is an American football coach and former safety who is the Safeties coach for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the defensive coordinator for the Atlanta Falcons and as an assistant coach for the Seattle Seahawks. After playing college football for the University of Florida, he was selected in the sixth round of the 2002 NFL draft. He played for eight seasons in the NFL for the Cincinnati Bengals, Seattle Seahawks, Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers, Denver Broncos, and Detroit Lions. He was the defensive coordinator for the Atlanta Falcons from 2017 to 2018.

Early life

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Manuel was born in Miami, Florida in 1979.[1] He attended Miami Senior High School,[2] and he played high school football for the Miami High Stingarees.[3] As a senior safety in 1996, Manuel was a Florida Class 6A all-state selection who made ninety-six tackles, nine interceptions, and eight blocked passes.[3] He received high school All-America recognition from National Recruiting Advisor, PrepStar, and SuperPrep, and was rated among the top defensive back prospects in the country.[3] Manuel was also a four-year honor roll student, and ran the 100-meter dash in 10.6 seconds for the Miami Stingarees track team.[3]

College career

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Manuel accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida,[3] where he played for coach Steve Spurrier's Florida Gators football team from 1998 to 2001.[4] The Gators coaching staff decided to red-shirt him as a true freshman in 1997, but he played in all eleven regular season games in 1998.[3] As a sophomore in 1999, he totaled 118 tackles, three interceptions, two sacks, one forced fumble and four passes defensed as a sophomore.[3] He started two games at outside linebacker, in addition to seeing significant action at safety,[3] and led the team in tackles.[4]

As a junior in 2000, Manuel served as a key leader on Florida's 10–2 Southeastern Conference (SEC) championship team that earned a berth in the Sugar Bowl.[3] As a senior team captain in 2001, he helped lead the Gators to a 10–2 record, a 56–23 victory over the Maryland Terrapins in the Orange Bowl, and a final No. 3 ranking in both major polls.[3][4] He played in forty-six games during his collegiate career, and totaled 308 tackles, eight quarterback sacks, nine tackles for a loss, six fumble recoveries, twenty-two passes defended and six interceptions.[3]

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]

Professional playing career

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Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight Arm length Hand span 40-yard dash Bench press
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

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The Cincinnati Bengals selected Manuel in the sixth round (181st pick overall) of the 2002 NFL draft,[6][7] and he played for the Bengals for two seasons in 2002 and 2003.[8] Manuel made his NFL debut against the Cleveland Browns on September 15, 2002, and started for the first time against the Indianapolis Colts and had two tackles. During the 2003 season, Manuel totaled eight tackles (six solo) in thirteen games with one start for the Bengals,[8] and he also added five tackles on special teams. Manuel was waived by Cincinnati on September 5, 2004.

Seattle Seahawks

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Legend
Bold Career high

Regular season

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Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles
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

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Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles
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

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Seattle Seahawks

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On February 14, 2012, the Seattle Seahawks announced that the team had hired Manuel to serve as the 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

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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

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Manuel was hired by the Philadelphia Eagles as their defensive backs coach on February 5, 2020.[19]

Personal life

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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 two children.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Pro-Football-Reference.com, Players, Marquand Manuel. Retrieved March 18, 2011.
  2. ^ a b databaseFootball.com, Players, Marquand Manuel Archived December 14, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 18, 2011.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Marquand Manuel, Combine Results, SS - Florida". nflcombineresults.com. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
  6. ^ "2002 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  7. ^ Pro Football Hall of Fame, Draft History, 2002 National Football League Draft. Retrieved March 18, 2011.
  8. ^ a b c d e National Football League, Historical Players, Marquand Manuel. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
  9. ^ "Broncos add safety competition, sign free agents Manuel, McCree," CBS Sports (March 9, 2008). Retrieved March 23, 2011.
  10. ^ Sean Uille, "Lions Sign Marquand Manuel," Pride of Detroit (June 3, 2009). Retrieved March 23, 2011.
  11. ^ Danny O'Neil, "Marquand Manuel among Hawks' four new assistants," The Seattle Times (February 14, 2012). Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  12. ^ "Marquand Manuel bio Archived 2013-12-20 at the Wayback Machine," SeattleSeahawks.com (December 19, 2013). Retrieved February 19, 2013,
  13. ^ "Super Bowl XLVIII - Seattle Seahawks vs. Denver Broncos - February 2nd, 2014". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  14. ^ Ledbetter, D. Orlando. "Falcons promote Manuel to DC, Young named defensive line coach". ajc. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  15. ^ "Source: Falcons to promote asst. Manuel to DC". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  16. ^ "Super Bowl LI - New England Patriots vs. Atlanta Falcons - February 5th, 2017". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  17. ^ "Falcons Promoting Marquand Manuel To Defensive Coordinator - NFLTradeRumors.co". nfltraderumors.co. February 10, 2017. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  18. ^ "Tabeek: Falcons are making coaching changes and here's why". www.atlantafalcons.com. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  19. ^ 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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