Monty Beisel
Encyclopedia
Monty Beisel is an American football
linebacker
who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs
in the fourth round of the 2001 NFL Draft
. He played college football
at Kansas State
.
Beisel has also played for the New England Patriots
and Arizona Cardinals
.
Read more at: http://www.patriots.com/team/index.cfm?ac=playerbio&bio=30936&cp
as a Social Sciences
/Mass Communications major. Beisel also played in 44 games accumulating 192 tackles
(110 solo), 22.0 sacks
, 45.0 stops for loss and 18 passes defended. He was a two-time first-team Academic All-Big 12
selection. He also received All-Big 12 Conference honorable mention and was a second-team Academic All-Big 12 pick.
, Beisel became the first player in NFL history to score a game-winning touchdown in overtime by returning a blocked punt
.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
linebacker
Linebacker
A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...
who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs
Kansas City Chiefs
The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...
in the fourth round of the 2001 NFL Draft
2001 NFL Draft
The 2001 NFL Draft took place on April 21–22, 2001 at the theater at Madison Square Garden, in New York City. This was the 66th National Football League draft in league history. The draft was broadcast on ESPN both days and eventually moved to ESPN2. No teams elected to claim any players in the...
. He played college football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
at Kansas State
Kansas State Wildcats football
The Kansas State Wildcats football program is the intercollegiate football program of the Kansas State University Wildcats. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I Bowl Subdivision, and the team competes in the Big 12 Conference...
.
Beisel has also played for the New England Patriots
New England Patriots
The New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National...
and Arizona Cardinals
Arizona Cardinals
The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
.
Prep Football
An allstate prep performer who played for his father Doug at Douglass High School in Douglass, Kansas as a senior ... Carried the ball 513 times for 3,693 yards, caught 76 passes for 1,006 yards and finished his career with 58 total touchdowns ... Finished his career at Victoria HS and Douglass HS with 343 tackles, including 55 behind the line of scrimmage ... A 1996 Parade All- America selection and an honorable mention All-USA pick by USA Today ... A first-team all-state pick by the Topeka Capital-Journal ... A track standout who was a two-time winner of the state Class 3A discus and shot titles, as well as a two-time runner-up in the javelin and a finalist in the 100 meters as a senior ...His shot put throw of over 60 feet at 1997 state track meet was once a state record in Class 3A, breaking former Kansas State teammate Mark Simoneaus 60 foot toss in 1995. Also lettered in basketball and track ... Named the 1997 High School Athlete of the Year by Bigger, Faster, Stronger Journal ... His father Doug played football at Tabor College, while his mother Sandy played volleyball for one year at Kansas State.Read more at: http://www.patriots.com/team/index.cfm?ac=playerbio&bio=30936&cp
College career
Beisel attended college at Kansas State UniversityKansas State University
Kansas State University, commonly shortened to K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States...
as a Social Sciences
Social sciences
Social science is the field of study concerned with society. "Social science" is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields outside of the natural sciences usually exclusive of the administrative or managerial sciences...
/Mass Communications major. Beisel also played in 44 games accumulating 192 tackles
Tackle (football move)
Most forms of football have a move known as a tackle. The primary purposes of tackling is to disposses an opponent of the ball, to stop the player from gaining ground towards goal or to stop them from carrying out what they intend....
(110 solo), 22.0 sacks
Quarterback sack
In American football and Canadian football, a sack occurs when the quarterback is tackled behind the line of scrimmage before he can throw a forward pass, or when the quarterback is tackled behind the line of scrimmage in the "pocket" and the intent of what he was going to do is unclear...
, 45.0 stops for loss and 18 passes defended. He was a two-time first-team Academic All-Big 12
Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...
selection. He also received All-Big 12 Conference honorable mention and was a second-team Academic All-Big 12 pick.
Arizona Cardinals
In Week 6 of the 2008 season, against the Dallas CowboysDallas Cowboys
The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...
, Beisel became the first player in NFL history to score a game-winning touchdown in overtime by returning a blocked punt
Punt (football)
In some codes of football, a punt is a play in which a player drops the ball and kicks it before it touches the ground. A punt is in contrast to a drop kick, in which the ball touches the ground before being kicked....
.