If Maty Mauk is to resurrect a playing career that went down in spectacular flames once, it appears he’ll do so at a lower level of football.
Dismissed by Missouri earlier this year, Mauk graduated from the university this weekend. And, apparently, as he attempts to move on to the next chapter of his life, it will include a move on to Eastern Kentucky of the FCS as that’s his destination per his updated Twitter bio.Officially done in Columbia and ready to start the next chapter.… https://t.co/2Rgp9s43bV
— Maty Mauk © (@M_MAUK_7) May 17, 2016
Dave Matter of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch tweeted that there has been "[n]o confirmation from Mauk or [his] family” on landing at EKU. Then there’s this:
Given how the first three years of his collegiate career went, confusion and uncertainty should be expected.
In late January, Mauk was dismissed by Mizzou, three days after he was suspended when a video showing a person who appeared to be Mauk snorting what appeared to be a line of cocaine. That marked Mauk’s third suspension in four months.
Mauk was suspended in late September of las year for violating unspecified team rules. After missing four games, he was reinstated. Less than a week after his reinstatement, he was suspended for the remainder of the 2015 season. That suspension allegedly stemmed from an off-campus incident involving the player and an unidentified male outside of a downtown Columbia drinking establishment.
In late December, new Mizzou head coach Barry Odom reinstated Mauk.
Mauk was the starting quarterback on the Tigers’ 2014 SEC East title squad after starting a handful of games for the 2013 East title team. He attempted just 110 passes in that truncated 2015 season that again saw him begin the year as the starting quarterback.
If Mauk does end up landing at EKU, he would be eligible to play immediately in 2016.
