David Molk
David Michael Molk (born December 15, 1988) is an American former football center who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Diego Chargers and the Philadelphia Eagles. Molk played college football for the Michigan Wolverines, where he was a consensus All-American and won the 2011 Rimington Trophy as the best center in college football.
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Position: | Center | ||||
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Born: | Palos Hills, Illinois, U.S. | December 15, 1988||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||
Weight: | 298 lb (135 kg) | ||||
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High school: | Lemont (Lemont, Illinois) | ||||
College: | Michigan (2007–2011) | ||||
NFL draft: | 2012 / Round: 7 / Pick: 226 | ||||
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Molk grew up in the Chicago area and played high school football at Lemont Township High School. He was named an All-State player by the Chicago Tribune and was selected to play in the first East-West All-America Football Game in January 2007.
Molk enrolled at the University of Michigan in 2007. He missed portions of the 2008 and 2009 seasons with injury. As a redshirt junior in 2010, Molk was the cornerstone in an offensive line that helped Denard Robinson break the Big Ten Conference single-season record with 4,189 yards of total offense. Molk was recognized as a first-team All-Big Ten Conference player at the end of the 2010 season. As a redshirt senior in 2011, Molk anchored a line that led the way for Denard Robinson and Fitzgerald Toussaint to become Michigan's first duo of 1,000-yard rushers since 1975. At the end of the 2011 season, he won the Rimington Trophy and was a consensus first-team All-American.
Molk was selected by the Chargers in the seventh round of the 2012 NFL draft. He appeared in 12 games, none as a starter, for the Chargers during the 2012 season.