Marcus Trufant

A native of Tacoma, Washington, Trufant attended McCarver Elementary School and Truman Middle School. While attending Wilson High School in Tacoma, Trufant lettered in three varsity sports: football, basketball and track, capturing ninth at the State track meet in triple jump, with a leap of 14.50 meters. He was the team captain for two teams as a senior. As a junior, was Offensive Player of the Year in football and Mr. Defense in basketball. As a senior, he was named All-State by the Associated Press, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and Washington Prep Report. Named Washington AAAA player of the year by The News Tribune as well as the Seattle PI and The Seattle Times All-League, All-Area and All-State teams. Lost the State AAAA championship as a senior and scored 30 TD and rushed for 1,800 yards on offense while recording 48 tackles and 8 interceptions on defense.

Trufant attended Washington State University after being recruited by then-Washington State Cougars football head coach Mike Price. He started for all four years for the Cougars and was a member of the 2003 Rose Bowl team that lost to the Oklahoma Sooners in his senior year. He did not allow a single touchdown against him for his last two years there. As a freshman in 1999, he was a freshman All-Pac-10 selection.

• Pac-10 All-Freshman (1999)
• Honorable mention All-Pac-10 (2001)
• First-team All-Pac-10 (2002)
• Second-team AP All-American (2002)

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Trufant was selected by the Seattle Seahawks with the 11th overall pick in the 2003 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=2003 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2003/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Marcus Trufant 2007 Game Log |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/T/TrufMa20/gamelog/2007/ |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=2007 NFL Pro Bowlers |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2007/probowl.htm |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}} On February 21, 2008, the Seahawks placed their franchise tag on Trufant, tendering him with a one-year $9.465 million deal.{{cite web | last=Clayton | first=John | title=CB Trufant gets franchised by the Seahawks | website=ESPN.com | date=2008-02-21 | url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=3255734 | access-date=2024-12-21}}

On March 26, 2008, the Seahawks signed Trufant to a new six-year, $50.2 million deal with a $10 million signing bonus.{{cite web | last=Clayton | first=John | title=Seahawks, Trufant agree on six-year, $50.2M deal | website=ESPN.com | date=2008-03-26 | url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=3313104 | access-date=2024-12-21}}

On October 17, 2011, Trufant was placed on injured reserve with a bruised sacrum, ending his season. The Seahawks released Trufant on March 8, 2012,{{cite web |url=http://blog.seahawks.com/2012/03/07/trufant-released/ |title=Trufant Released |access-date=March 7, 2012 |archive-date=January 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123210833/http://blog.seahawks.com/2012/03/07/trufant-released/ |url-status=dead }} but re-signed him one month and one day later on April 9, 2012, to a one-year contract.

On May 7, 2013, Trufant signed a contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars, reuniting him with his former defensive coordinator Gus Bradley.{{cite web |last=Oehser |first=John |title=Jaguars sign CB Marcus Trufant |publisher=Jaguars.com |date=May 7, 2013 |url=http://www.jaguars.com/news/article-JaguarsNews/Jaguars-sign-CB-Marcus-Trufant/5082ab53-91ab-4402-9d53-a207652a23a7 |access-date=May 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123210835/http://www.jaguars.com/news/article-JaguarsNews/Jaguars-sign-CB-Marcus-Trufant/5082ab53-91ab-4402-9d53-a207652a23a7 |archive-date=January 23, 2016 |url-status=dead }} Trufant, Matt Hasselbeck and Leroy Hill were the last remaining players from the Seahawks' 2005 NFC championship season.{{cite web|url=http://blogs.seattletimes.com/seahawks/2013/05/07/marcus-trufant-signs-with-jacksonville/|title= Marcus Trufant signs with Jacksonville |author=Condotta, Bob|website=Seahawks Blog|publisher=SeattleTimes.com|access-date=August 17, 2013|date=May 7, 2013}} He was released on August 30, 2013.

On April 23, 2014, Trufant signed a one-day contract so that he could retire as a Seattle Seahawk.{{cite web|last=Jayson|first=Jenks|title=Marcus Trufant officially retires as a Seahawk|date=April 24, 2014 |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/seahawks/marcus-trufant-officially-retires-as-a-seahawk/|publisher=seattletimes.com|access-date=April 26, 2019}}

Key

• GP: games played
• COMB: combined tackles
• TOTAL: total tackles
• AST: assisted tackles
• SACK: sacks
• FF: forced fumbles
• FR: fumble recoveries
• FR YDS: fumble return yards
• INT: interceptions
• IR YDS: interception return yards
• AVG IR: average interception return
• LNG: longest interception return
• TD: interceptions returned for touchdown
• PD: passes defensed

Trufant's younger brother, Isaiah Trufant, has also played in the NFL.

His youngest brother, Desmond, was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the 2013 NFL draft.{{cite web|url=http://gohuskies.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/020409aae.html |title=University of Washington - Official Athletic Site :: Football |access-date=February 5, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207071831/http://gohuskies.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/020409aae.html |archive-date=February 7, 2009 }} He started at the cornerback position as a true freshman for the University of Washington in 2009 and remained a starter through his senior year in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://gohuskies.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/trufant_desmond00.html |title=University of Washington - Official Athletic Site :: Football |access-date=February 5, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208072534/http://gohuskies.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/trufant_desmond00.html |archive-date=February 8, 2009 }}

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