Monique Howard Plays Right Tackle On High School Football Team (VIDEO)

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Friday, November 11, 2011 at 11:03am EST

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Monique Howard is playing with the boys

The 6’1″ 190-pound senior (and former basketball player) plays right tackle on Pershing High School’s football team, and by all indications, she holds her own.

Howard has impressed many with her gridiron prowess. “She’s not some kind of gimmick,” Detroit Public Schools official Chuck Johnson told The Post Game. “The girl can actually play.”

With Howard eventually cracking the starting lineup, the Pershing “Doughboys” went 7-2 during the regular season before falling to Orchard Lake St. Mary’s Prep in the first round of the playoffs.

While there have been other instances of girls playing football, most of those young women have been kickers, which is traditionally a position light on contact. Such was the case with Brianna Amat of Michigan, who served as her high school’s kicker as well as homecoming queen.

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