Education
Monk attended East Poinsett County High School and was a 4.0 student and a letterman in football and basketball.
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Monk attended East Poinsett County High School and was a 4.0 student and a letterman in football and basketball.
He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Arkansas. As of January 2012, Monk is playing professional basketball in the German Basketball Bundesliga.
Also, he was the Valedictorian of his graduating class.
He was an All-State honoree in both sports, 2004 Mr. Basketball of Arkansas as a senior, and was named the National Football Foundation"s Scholar Athlete of the Year.
Monk led all Securities and Exchange Commission freshmen in receiving in 2004 and set a school record for receptions by a freshman with 37 catches, breaking Richard Smith"s school record of 33. He garnered Freshman All-Securities and Exchange Commission honors for catching 37 balls for 569 yards and six touchdowns.
Monk continued to improve in his sophomore season by catching 35 passes for a team-high 476 yards and seven touchdowns.
In his junior season, Monk had his best statistical season with 50 catches for a career-high 962 yards. Monk broke a school record with 11 touchdown passes caught and averaged 19.2 yards per catch. Monk was sidelined for most of the season due to an injury to his knee in the offseason that required two surgeries.
Of the six games he played, Monk caught 16 balls for 144 yards and three touchdowns, tying him for seventh in the Securities and Exchange Commission for career touchdowns.
Monk has also been a member of the New York Giants.