He burst onto the scene like a spark to kindling, caught fire and won like no Mizzou quarterback in a generation. Mauk didn’t re-enter the picture until after Odom was hired in December. On game days, older brother Ben Mauk would drive up from Springfield each Saturday and take Maty to Tolton High School, where they’d throw passes on the field. Yes, he’s heard from the XFL. “I know he’ll get through it.”.

There was video of that, but that video never came out of me walking away being the bigger person.”.

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It was the only thing Mauk relished about his suspension. I’m not saying he was perfect. At just 26, Mauk has a lifetime of experiences to pass along to the next generation. “That was really a strange situation,” Mauk said. The next summer, as Mauk prepared for his junior season, Mike Mauk, who had moved from Ohio to Springfield, was diagnosed with stage 3 colorectal cancer.

But in our world, the first thing that’s out about you, that’s who you are. He’s made peace with Mizzou and his past. I felt good. Over an hour-long interview, Mauk rattles off the dates of milestone moments from his turbulent times in Columbia, from the day he verbally committed (July 7, 2011) to his final day in the program (Jan. 28, 2015). Find out more.

“A winner, a competitor,” he said. Maty has 2 jobs listed on their profile. “I was dealing with my dad’s (illness), and I wasn’t using that as an excuse and … I (used marijuana) a couple times,” he said. He had strong character.”. “The thing that disappoints me the most was … I was not able to be as involved or active in all the things that were going on,” Mike said, “where I could have maybe stepped in and intervened.”. The team’s African-American players briefly boycotted all team activities to support protests on campus, after which Pinkel announced he’d been diagnosed with lymphoma and planned to retire at season’s end. Copyright © 2000-2020 Sports Reference LLC. Yahoo ist Teil von Verizon Media. He misses the adrenaline rush of Saturdays.

After moving to Springfield, Mauk started flipping houses with a local realtor, who suggested he pursue his real estate license. “I was stupid and coming from a small town,” he said. A visitor to our site felt the following article might be of interest to you: Maty Mauk reboots his life. At the time, Mike Mauk, whose cancer is now in remission, was consumed with his treatment in Springfield. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. In his fourth start, he tied MU’s single-game team record with five touchdown passes. “I had to move on. Not for long. That fall, after MU’s fourth game, Mauk failed a drug test for marijuana. As the full-time starter in 2014, Mauk led Missouri to 11 wins and a second straight Southeastern Conference East title. “There was a lot going on with multiple players, multiple athletes. On Nov. 1, Mauk was immediately put back on suspension.

Mauk hopes he’s remembered differently. See our list of forfeits and vacated games for more details. Maty finished that season with 7,181 total yards and 92 touchdowns (5,413 yards passing and 68 touchdowns and 1,768 yards rushing and 24 touchdowns). A friend from a local body shop discovered Mauk’s brakes had been damaged, Mauk said. This is the first season since he left Mizzou that Mauk has watched the Tigers closely. I never reacted. I felt like everything was in the past. 6-1, 190 | Class of 2012. They said he’d compete with Drew Lock for the starting job. Come fan with us. Shortly after Pinkel reinstated him, Mauk was involved in an incident at a downtown bar, a night he says was “blown way out of proportion.” He joined a couple of teammates and a Mizzou basketball player for a teammate’s birthday. But it’s not like I’d say, ‘It’s Thursday night.

Hi! He misses the games. Two years ago his professional career lasted only a few days in Canada, but he stays in shape just in case the phone rings. “I put myself in that spot. Hometown Kenton, Ohio; School Kenton High School; Position Quarterback; Status Signed Missouri 07/07/2011 Scout Grade. It’s not that (the boycott) was something I didn’t care about, but there was a lot of extra stuff going on and it all could have been handled differently.

“I found out who my true friends were,” Mauk said. He considered leaving Mizzou to be with his family. He had some help from some of the school’s great defenses, but Mauk’s winning percentage of .773 is the best of any quarterback since Pinkel took over in 2001.
Dies geschieht in Ihren Datenschutzeinstellungen. Patterson), Maty Mauk arrived at the University Missouri in 2012 as a prize recruit from Kenton High School, where he set the national career passing records for yards and touchdowns.

He is shown laughing with teammates on the bench during the third quarter of 34-3 victory against Southeast Missouri State on Sept. 5, 2015, in Columbia, Mo. “I couldn’t throw the ball 10 yards.”. And I’ll always call Mizzou home. It upset me that people didn’t really know me.”, “I was doing the same things as everyone else and probably not to their extent,” he added. He’s been called a lot of things since he left Mizzou. “It was never to where I felt like I had a problem or other people felt like I had a problem, at least the people who truly know me.

“I couldn’t sleep.

The video portrayed an image and spawned a reputation that Mauk says never was accurate. On Jan. 28, Mauk crashed his pickup truck just outside the team facility. Swept away from the headlines that fall was the quarterback who unraveled and then disappeared. He was never an addict. “The thing is I was in a good spot. “It’s not like I was (drinking and smoking) every day,” he said. Former MU tight end Eric Waters coaches with Mauk at Glendale. The quarterback last seen in Columbia is but a ghost. “I met him in his office and he gave me a hug and said, ‘I’m going to do everything I can to get you the ball back.’ I was excited. At 26, Mauk looks refreshed and younger. Mauk wears his hair short, his beard neatly trimmed. As quickly as Mauk arrived, he burned out with the same ferocity. “I feel good.”.


It’s a Monday in Springfield as Mauk sits over a plate of street tacos to talk about his new life here in the southwest corner of the state. “I don’t look at it like Mizzou screwed me,” he said. As the full-time starter in 2014, Mauk led Missouri to 11 wins and a second straight Southeastern Conference East title.