Max Tuerk was from Trabuco Canyon, Calif., and when he played football for his high school team at Santa Margarita Catholic High school, “I helped the school win the state title, in 2011 the per capita The Associated Press.
After high school, “Tuerk played for the Trojans from 2012-15. He was a freshman All-American and an All-Pac-12 first-team selection in 2014. As a three-year starter, he’s played under three head coaches — Lane Kiffin, Steve Sarkisian and Clay Helton,” the AP stated.
In 2016, Tuerk was selected by the then-San Diego Chargers in the NFL draft. And it’s no wonder Tuerk was drafted — according to his NFL Combine Results”, “the then-22-year-old was stopped at 6’4” and weighed and a total of 298 pounds.
The Chargers spoke about Tuerk”s “strengths” in the 2016 press release, “the Best athleticism with elite movement skills for… Play with patience… Possesses huge, strong hands that snatch the target, and allow him to hang around against the aggressive power-players-looking-to-shed.” – The team noted how Tuerk”s “NFL Comparison” was Evan Mathis, who played for the Carolina Panthers and the Miami Dolphins, to name a few
Despite the Chargers’ admiration of Tuerk’, the abilities, the athlete didn’t stay with the Chargers for too long.
