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Tramaine Brock

Overview
Tramaine Brock is an American football player currently 24 years old and was born on August 20th, 1988 in Gulfport, Mississippi. Currently, Brock is a cornerback for the San Francisco 49ers in the National Football League (NFL). In high-school he played at Long Beach Senior High School in Mississippi. Later on he played college football at three different colleges. His freshman and sophomore year he played for a junior college called Mississippi Gulf Coast. Junior year he played at Minnesota University. He played his senior year at Belhaven University which is part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletes (NAIA). Tramaine was signed as an unsigned free agent by the San Francisco 49ers in 2010, meaning that he was not selected by any team in the 2010 NFL Draft.

College Football
At Mississippi Gulf Coast he led them to an undefeated season with a 12-0 record and a spot in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) championship game which his team won by a margin of 62-28 over Kilgore College. That season he recorded 72 tackles, seven interceptions and two forced fumbles. While at Mississippi Gulf Coast, Brock was considered as a highly decorated hard hitting safety meaning that he was pretty boy that can flat play football. Mississippi Gulf Coast considered him as a three star overall player with tremendous secondary skills. He was great on the run and in man-to-man coverage with a blazing 40 yard dash of 4.37. At the of the Mississippi Gulf Coast’s, Brock was awarded first team All-American by the NJCAA and also earned third team All-America accolades. He also received all-conference and a NJCAA Region XXIII selection, with a defense that only allowed 13.9 points per game.

At Minnesota University, Tramaine Brock was recruited to fill in the defensive back position. The year before, Minnesota went 1-11 and got beaten in the air tremendously. Brock made the team and was a starter. He was third on the team in tackles and led them with 71, an interception two passes defended, and three forced fumbles. But the team had to let him go because of academic reasons. (Rittenberg, 2009)

Belhaven University plays in the NAIA which is a league for small college athletic teams. Belhaven is not known for its athletics but known for its Christian foundation, and it also holds the International Ballet Competition every four years. It also has only 2,600 students on campus, so one can see how small the college really is. At Belhaven, Brock used to do what is called the “Blazer Walk” where they had to get ready in the locker room before games on campus and then walk down to the field. They did not have the luxury of having a locker room within the field, and also had to share the field with the soccer team and local high schools. The players did not watch film on their opponents to study how they play. Belhaven’s head coach stated one has to have passion and love the game of football to make it into the NFL out of a school like Belhaven. Before playing for Belhaven, Tramaine Brock played for the University of Minnesota, but was suspended for academic reasons. After transferring to Belhaven, Brock still had his dream set on for playing in the NFL, he knew it would a tougher road, but still believed in himself that he would end playing football professionally. He thought he was going to get drafted pretty late around the sixth or seventh round, but ended up not getting drafted. That year he recorded 51 tackles which 13.5 were tackles for loss, and returning two out of his six interceptions for touchdowns. One of those touchdowns was a 55 yard return which had an NFL scout in the stands from the Indianapolis Colts. (Borden, 2013)

Professional Football
Tramaine Brock was an undrafted free agent after the NFL draft in 2010, but the San Francisco 49ers seemed to have interest in him. Brock was on and off with the 49ers. The 49ers signed him on April 26th 2010, then later released on September 14th 2010, put on the practice squad on the 15th and five days later he was on the active roster. Later that year he was released again on October 12th, then put on the practice squad on the 14th, and then again put on the active roster on the 27th. He later signed a one year deal on March 12th 2012. In 2010, Brock made his debut against the Denver Broncos and that year only played in three games and recorded only 4 tackles. In 2011, Brock played in 11 games but he missed three games due to a hand injury. That year Brock recorded six tackles and two interceptions in back to back games. He got his first interception in the first game of the season versus the Seattle Seahawks and his second versus the Dallas Cowboys with an 18 yard return. In 2012, Brock played a big role on special teams especially the kickoff, that year he played all 16 games. That year he played in the Super Bowl. Brock, recorded 16 tackles and a key forced fumble against the St. Louis Rams, a divisional rival, Brock, created the forced fumble that gave the 49ers the ball back and took advantage of the turnover to put them up in the lead 21-17. In the offseason in 2013, Brock signed a 1.323 million dollar contract that has him entitled until the 2014 season.

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