Markus Zusevics ( lv, Markus Zuševics; born April 25, 1989) is an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wit ...

offensive tackle who is currently a

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. He played college football for

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from 2009 to 2011. He is of

Latvian descent The Latvian diaspora refers to Latvians and people of Latvian descent residing outside Latvia. According to estimates by the Latvian Foreign Ministry, as at 2012, about 370,000 Latvian citizens permanently resided outside of Latvia, most of t ...

Early years

Zusevics graduated from Prospect High School in Illinois in 2007.

Professional career

While

bench pressing The bench press, or chest press, is a weight training exercise in which the trainee presses a weight upwards while lying on a weight training bench. Although the bench press is a full-body exercise, the muscles primarily used are the pectoralis ...

for the

NFL Scouting Combine The NFL Scouting Combine is a week-long showcase occurring every February at Lucas Oil Stadium (and formerly at the RCA Dome until 2008) in Indianapolis, where college football players perform physical and mental tests in front of National Footba ...

on February 24, 2012, Zusevics tore a

pectoral Pectoral may refer to: * The chest region and anything relating to it. * Pectoral cross, a cross worn on the chest * a decorative, usually jeweled version of a gorget * Pectoral (Ancient Egypt), a type of jewelry worn in ancient Egypt * Pectoralis ...

muscle and missed most of the Combine workouts.

New England Patriots

On May 10, 2012, he was signed as an undrafted free agent by the New England Patriots. On August 26, 2013, he was placed on the injured reserve list and will miss the rest of the 2013 season.

New York Jets

Zusevics was signed by the Jets on May 19, 2014 after trying out for the team during rookie minicamp. He was released on August 23, 2014.

References

External links

Iowa Hawkeyes bio
1989 births Living people American football offensive linemen Iowa Hawkeyes football players American people of Latvian descent Place of birth missing (living people) New England Patriots players New York Jets players {{Offensive-lineman-1980s-stub