{{Short description|American football player (born 1978)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Monty Beisel | image = Monty_Beisel.jpg | caption = Beisel with the New England Patriots in 2005 | number = 96, 56, 52, 50 | position = Linebacker | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|8|20}} | birth_place = Victoria, Kansas, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3 | weight_lbs = 244 | high_school = Douglass {{avoid wrap|(Douglass, Kansas)}} | college = Kansas State | draftyear = 2001 | draftround = 4 | draftpick = 107 | pastteams = * Kansas City Chiefs ({{NFL Year|2001}}–{{NFL Year|2004}}) * New England Patriots ({{NFL Year|2005}}) * Arizona Cardinals ({{NFL Year|2006}}–{{NFL Year|2008}}) * Kansas City Chiefs ({{NFL Year|2009}}) * Arizona Cardinals ({{NFL Year|2009}}) | highlights = * Second-team All-Big 12 (2000) | statlabel1 = Total tackles | statvalue1 = 252 | statlabel2 = Sacks | statvalue2 = 4.5 | statlabel3 = Forced fumbles | statvalue3 = 2 | statlabel4 = Fumble recoveries | statvalue4 = 1 | statlabel5 = Interceptions | statvalue5 = 2 | statlabel6 = Defensive touchdowns | statvalue6 = 1 | pfr = BeisMo20 }} '''Monty Gene Beisel''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|aɪ|z|əl}}; born August 20, 1978) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fourth round of the 2001 NFL draft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2001 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2001/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He played college football for the Kansas State Wildcats.
Beisel also played for the New England Patriots and Arizona Cardinals.
==Early life== Born in Victoria, Kansas, Beisel graduated from Douglass High School in Douglass, Kansas, in 1997. Beisel was a ''Parade'' All-America selection and honorable mention All-USA pick by ''USA Today'' in 1996.<ref name="Patriots bio">{{cite web|title=Mike Beisel|url=http://archive.patriots.com/team/index.cfm?ac=playerbio&bio=30936|publisher=New England Patriots|accessdate=August 18, 2012}}</ref>
==College career== Beisel attended college at Kansas State University as a Social Sciences/Mass Communications major. Beisel also played in 44 games accumulating 192 tackles (110 solo), 22.0 sacks, 45.0 stops for loss and 18 passes defended. He was a two-time first-team Academic All-Big 12 selection. He also received All-Big 12 Conference honorable mention and was a second-team Academic All-Big 12 pick.
==Professional career==
===Arizona Cardinals (first stint)=== In Week 6 of the 2008 season, against the Dallas Cowboys, Beisel became the first player in NFL history to score a game-winning touchdown in overtime by returning a blocked punt.
===Kansas City Chiefs (second stint)=== He re-signed with the Chiefs during the 2009 off-season.<ref>[https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=3990892 Chiefs Bring Back Monty Beisel] ESPN, March 17, 2009</ref> He was released on September 29.
===Arizona Cardinals (second stint)=== Beisel was re-signed by Arizona on November 24, 2009. He was released September 3, 2010.
==NFL career statistics== {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" ! colspan="2"| Legend |- | '''Bold''' | Career high |}
===Regular season=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !rowspan="2"| Year !rowspan="2"| Team !colspan="2"| Games !colspan="5"| Tackles !colspan="5"| Interceptions !colspan="4"| Fumbles |- ! GP !! GS !! Cmb !! Solo !! Ast !! Sck !! TFL !! Int !! Yds !! TD !! Lng !! PD !! FF !! FR !! Yds !! TD |- ! 2001 !! KAN | '''16''' || 0 || 22 || 19 || 3 || 0.0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2002 !! KAN | '''16''' || 0 || 13 || 10 || 3 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2003 !! KAN | 12 || 0 || 24 || 23 || 1 || 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2004 !! KAN | 11 || '''9''' || '''55''' || '''44''' || 11 || '''2.5''' || '''3''' || '''1''' || -1 || 0 || -1 || '''1''' || '''1''' || '''1''' || '''9''' || 0 |- ! 2005 !! NWE | 15 || 6 || 48 || 31 || '''17''' || 1.0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''1''' || '''1''' || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2006 !! ARI | 8 || 2 || 20 || 18 || 2 || 0.0 || 1 || '''1''' || '''11''' || 0 || '''11''' || '''1''' || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2007 !! ARI | '''16''' || 2 || 42 || 32 || 10 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2008 !! ARI | '''16''' || 0 || 20 || 15 || 5 || 0.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! rowspan="2" | 2009 !! ARI | 6 || 0 || 6 || 6 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! KAN | 3 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! colspan="2"| Career !! 119 !! 19 !! 252 !! 200 !! 52 !! 4.5 !! 9 !! 2 !! 10 !! 0 !! 11 !! 3 !! 2 !! 1 !! 9 !! 0 |}
===Playoffs=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !rowspan="2"| Year !rowspan="2"| Team !colspan="2"| Games !colspan="5"| Tackles !colspan="5"| Interceptions !colspan="4"| Fumbles |- ! GP !! GS !! Cmb !! Solo !! Ast !! Sck !! TFL !! Int !! Yds !! TD !! Lng !! PD !! FF !! FR !! Yds !! TD |- ! 2003 !! KAN | 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2005 !! NWE | 2 || '''1''' || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0.0 || '''1''' || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2008 !! ARI | '''4''' || '''1''' || '''8''' || '''4''' || '''4''' || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||0
|- ! 2009 !! ARI | 2 || '''1''' || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''2''' || 0 ||0
|- ! colspan="2"| Career !! 9 !! 3 !! 13 !! 9 !! 4 !! 0.0 !! 1 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 2 !! 0 !! 0
|}
==Post-football career== Since his retirement, Beisel has worked as a real estate agent specializing in luxury homes and condos.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090830211529/http://www.kcchiefs.com/player/monty_beisel/ Kansas City Chiefs bio] {{Chiefs2001DraftPicks}}
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