:Marc Boutte

As a senior defensive tackle at Lake Charles-Boston High School in Lake Charles, Boutte was a first-team Class AAA All-State selection{{Cite web|title=Garrett tops Class Triple A All-State|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/472281216/?match=1&terms=Class%20AAA%20All-State|access-date=2025-03-07|website=The Rayne Acadian-Tribune|language=en-US}} with 69 tackles and two interceptions for the Cougars.{{Cite web|title=Marc Boutte|url=https://lsusports.net/sports/fb/roster/player/marc-boutte/|access-date=2025-03-07|website=LSUsports.net|language=en}} Boutte was also named to the Baton Rouge Advocate's Super Dozen list that season.{{cite news|last=Hunter|first=Bruce|date=February 12, 1987|title=Archer off to fast start as LSU signs 22 players|url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=NewsBank&req_dat=10063F9C6C1C3CE0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0EB474408CB6BA3F|work=The Advocate|location=Baton Rouge, Louisiana|publisher=Baton Rouge Advocate|access-date=March 7, 2025}}

Under head coaches Mike Archer and later Curley Hallman at Louisiana State University, Boutte was a three-year starter at defensive tackle and nose tackle earning First Team All-SEC honors by UPI in 1990 and Second-Team All-SEC by the Associated Press in both 1990 and 1991.

Boutte was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the third round of the 1992 NFL Draft, three selections ahead of LSU teammate Todd Kinchen who was also picked by the Rams. Boutte started all but one game in his two seasons with the Rams under head coach Chuck Knox, making 71 tackles and two quarterback sacks while forcing four fumbles.

Boutte suffered a knee injury in training camp entering the 1994 season{{Cite web|title=Injury-plagued Rams get another scare|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/934771714/?match=1&terms=%22marc%20boutte%22|access-date=2025-03-07|website=Ventura County Star|language=en-US}} which hampered his play-making ability and he was subsequently cut by the Rams the following month.{{Cite web|title=Rumblin', fumblin' Gary looks for job|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/934759430/?match=1&terms=%22marc%20boutte%22|access-date=2025-03-07|website=Ventura County Star|language=en-US}}

Boutte was picked up off of waivers by the Washington Redskins shortly before Washington's 1994 season-opener with the Seattle Seahawks{{Cite web|title=New-look Skins await first test from Seahawks|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/832585453/?match=1&terms=%22marc%20boutte%22|access-date=2025-03-07|website=Richmond Times-Dispatch|language=en-US}} to help shore up a depleted defensive line that was one of the worst in the league in 1993.{{Cite web|title=Skins biggest defensive worry is fatigue|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/985429796/?match=1&terms=%22marc%20boutte%22|access-date=2025-03-07|website=The News and Advance|language=en-US}}

By 1995, Boutte had earned a starting defensive tackle job after oft-injured Bobby Wilson suffered a career-ending back injury in training camp.{{Cite web|title=Skins new defenders face tough task|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/980601133/?match=1&terms=%22marc%20boutte%22|access-date=2025-03-07|website=News and Messenger|language=en-US}} That season turned into Boutte's best as a professional. He started all 16 games for Washington, making 42 tackles and two sacks and recovering a fumble.

Over the next three seasons, Boutte was a near-constant presence in the Washington defensive line as both a starter and reserve, playing in 39 games while making 66 tackles, four sacks and two interceptions. He scored his only career NFL points in 1998 in Washington's Week 13 victory over the Oakland Raiders when he tackled Raiders quarterback Donald Hollas in the end zone for a safety.{{Cite web|title=Washington Redskins at Oakland Raiders - November 29th, 1998|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/199811290rai.htm|access-date=2025-03-07|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com|language=en-US}}

By 1999, injuries began to take their toll and Boutte fell from the starting job, to backup, to unused reserve.{{Cite web|title=Running out of gas?|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/833231895/?match=1&terms=%22marc%20boutte%22|access-date=2025-03-07|website=Richmond Times-Dispatch|language=en-US}} After a Washington win over the Chicago Bears on Halloween, Boutte was held out of the next eight games and did not play again until Washington's regular-season finale against the Miami Dolphins.{{cite web|title=Marc Boutte 1999 Game Log|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BoutMa20/gamelog/1999/|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=March 7, 2025}} Though he would make a tackle for loss and sack Dolphins' quarterback Damon Huard, it would turn out to be Boutte's final game in the NFL. He would not play in either of Washington's playoff games that postseason, and would leave as an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season.{{Cite web|title=Turks, Redskins part ways|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/342279468/?match=1&terms=%22marc%20boutte%22|access-date=2025-03-07|website=The Journal Times|language=en-US}}

On September 29, 1998, Boutte, his wife, and a family friend were nearly killed when a man committed suicide by leaving his car running in the garage below the player's apartment in Herndon, Virginia. Though the carbon monoxide fumes sickened the Bouttes, they were able to drive themselves to the hospital where they were treated and released.{{Cite web|title=Boutte suffers carbon monoxide poisoning at home|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1998/10/01/boutte-suffers-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-at-home/f7d5716c-e077-48a2-9a13-57e7138dffaf/|access-date=2025-03-07|website=The Washington Post|language=en-US}}

Boutte died on March 2, 2025, at the age of 55.{{Cite web|title=Marc Anthony Boutte|url=https://www.combrefuneralhome.com/obituary/marc-boutte|access-date=2025-03-06|website=Combre Funeral Home|language=en-US}}

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