Eric Mensik

{{Short description|American football player (born 1987)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Eric Mensik

| image =

| caption =

| position = Offensive tackle

| number = 69

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|12|18}}

| birth_place = Rosenberg, Texas, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 6

| weight_lbs = 288

| college = Oklahoma

| undraftedyear = 2011

| pastteams =

• Arizona Cardinals ({{NFL Year|2011}})*

|highlights =

• First-team All-Big 12 (2010)

| pfr = MensEr00

}}

Eric Mensik (born December 18, 1987) is a former American football offensive tackle. He was signed by the Arizona Cardinals as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He played college football at Oklahoma from 2007 to 2010, beginning as a tight end and later moving to the offensive line.{{cite news|title=Sooners Eric Mensik, Gabe Ikard gain collective 72 pounds in position switch|newspaper=Tulsa World|date=August 11, 2010|url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/OU/article.aspx?subjectid=92&articleid=20100811_92_B5_NORMAN652356}}{{cite news|title=Eric Mensik is OU's unexpected surprise performer|newspaper=Tulsa World|date=December 21, 2010|url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/OU/article.aspx?subjectid=92&articleid=20101231_92_B7_CUTLIN402622&allcom=1}}{{cite news|author=John Helsley|title=Boomer Bio: Eric Mensik; Sooner O-lineman has made smooth transition|publisher=Sooner Spectator magazine|date=August 19, 2010|url= http://www.soonerspectator.com/featureStory.php?id=237}}{{cite news|title=OU tight end on the move: Mensik changes jerseys, moves to right tackle during game|author=David Ubben|newspaper=The Dallas Morning News|date=November 15, 2009|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=12C0758BCCD13C18&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM}}{{cite news|title=OU's Eric Mensik gets crash course in workings of offensive line|author=David Ubben|date=December 24, 2009|newspaper=The Oklahoman|url=http://newsok.com/ous-eric-mensik-gets-crash-course-in-workings-of-offensive-line/article/3427103}}{{cite news|title=Mensik starts at TE, moves to RT|newspaper=The Oklahoman|date=November 15, 2009}}{{cite news|title=TE Mensik out for a month|newspaper=The Oklahoman|date=September 24, 2008}} He was selected as a first-team All-Big 12 player after the 2010 college football season.{{cite web|title=Erik Mensik, OT|work=CBS Sports|url=http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/players/archive/1694980}} Mensik was signed by the Cardinals as an undrafted free agent following the end of the NFL lockout in 2011. He was waived on August 29, 2011.