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Marcus Forston (born September 28, 1989) is an American football defensive tackle who is currently a free agent. Forston was signed by the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent in 2012. He played college football for the University of Miami. ==High school career== Forston was a three-year starter at Miami Northwestern High School. Forston helped lead Miami Northwestern to back-to-back Florida 6A state championships. Forston had a strong junior year in 2006 earning 92 tackles and 20 sacks and was an instrumental part Miami Northwestern's Florida 6A State championship. Forston was named to the Miami Herald's All-Dade 6A-4A Football team.〔http://www.miamiherald.com/static/pdfs/ad_bigfoot.pdf〕 Forston's older brother, Dustin, played college football at Ole Miss and FAU. Forston entered into his senior year as a heavily sought after recruit. Forston accounted for 72 tackles, earned 20 sacks, and forced 7 fumbles during his senior season at Miami Northwestern (2007), which often came while he was double-or triple-teamed.〔http://media.miamiherald.com/smedia/2008/01/08/00/HF1HS030108.source.prod_affiliate.56.pdf〕 Moreover, Forston sometimes lined up at tight end on goal-line situations (he caught one touchdown pass). Forston earned county and state honors for his play and was named to the Miami Herald's All Dade First team and the State of Florida's All-State first team. Forston also earned national recognition being named to several All-American teams, including ''USA Today'', ''Parade'', and ''EA Sports''. Forston was chosen to represent East Team in the U.S. Army All-American game as a starter and was considered one of the best defensive tackles coming out of high school in 2008, earning comparisons to Warren Sapp.〔(Forston's Profile at Takkle.com )〕 In 2010, ''Rivals.com'' called Forston—in retrospect—“maybe the best nose tackle prospect in the past five years.”〔(Rivals.com: Past vs. Present: Look back at the best )〕 Forston was considered a five-star recruit by ''Rivals.com'' and was ranked the No. 1 defensive tackle in the nation.〔(Rivals.com defensive tackles 2008 )〕 He chose Miami over Notre Dame, USC, Tennessee, and Alabama, calling Miami the "dream college right around the corner from my house." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marcus Forston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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