Mark Duckens

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Mark Duckens
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Position: Defensive end / Defensive tackle
Personal information
Born: (1965-03-04) March 4, 1965 (age 59)
Wichita, Kansas
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:270 lb (122 kg)
Career information
High school: Wichita North
(Wichita, Kansas)
College: Arizona State
Undrafted: 1988
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Games played:35
Games started:3
Fumble recoveries:2
Sacks:3.0
Player stats at PFR

Mark Anthony Duckens (born March 4, 1965) is a former American football defensive lineman in the National Football League. He played for the New York Giants (1989), the Detroit Lions (1990), and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1992). He played at Municipal University of Wichita, now known as Wichita State University and Arizona State University. He was a defensive tackle and a defensive end. Mark also briefly played for the Indianapolis Colts as well.

In 1993, Duckens was sentenced to a six-month pretrial diversion program for steroid possession along with former New York Giants teammate Eric Moore. They were described by federal agents as “pawns in international steroid ring.”| [1]

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References

  1. "Federal Steroid Case Cites 2 NFL Players". Los Angeles Times . January 14, 1993. Retrieved September 16, 2013.