BIOGRAPHY
Sherrick Terravis McManis was born on December 19, 1987, in Peoria, Illinois. He is a cornerback and special teamer for the Chicago Bears of the NFL. He played college football at Northwestern. McManis attended Richwoods High School in Peoria, Illinois where he played football.
During high school, Mcmanis was considered only a two-star recruit by Rivals.com, McManis chose Northwestern over Eastern Illinois, Western Illinois, and Illinois State.
As a freshman, McManis was named to Sporting News' Freshman All-Big Ten team after recording 21 tackles, breaking up six passes and making one interception. As a sophomore, he became a full-time starter on defense and recorded 75 tackles, 6.5 tackles-for-loss, seven pass break-ups, and one interception. As a junior, he recorded 53 tackles, broke up 14 passes and had two interceptions. As a senior, he earned first-team All-Big Ten honors after he set career highs in interceptions with five, and recorded 37 tackles, 1.5 tackles-for-loss, and broke up 12 passes. He finished his collegiate career with 201 tackles, eight tackles-for-loss, 39 pass break-ups, and nine interceptions.
McManis was drafted by the Houston Texans in the fifth round (144th overall) of the 2010 NFL Draft. He signed a four-year, $1.982 million contract with the Texans on May 27. On August 31, 2012, McManis was traded to the Chicago Bears for fullback Tyler Clutts. In Week 9 against the Tennessee Titans, McManis blocked Brett Kern's punt, which was recovered by former Northwestern teammate Corey Wootton, who returned the blocked punt for a touchdown. McManis was eventually named the NFC Special Teams Player of the Week. McManis was placed on injured reserve on December 11. In the 2015 season, McManis had 11 special-teams tackles, which led the team.
On March 10, 2016, McManis was re-signed by the Bears to a two-year contract.
On March 22, 2018, McManis signed a two-year contract to remain with the Bears. Since 2012, McManis has been Chicago's special teams ace, spending time as a captain while making 80 tackles in that time entering the 2018 season. In Week 3 against the Arizona Cardinals, McManis recorded his first interception since 2010 off Sam Bradford's pass to Chad Williams. Later in the season, he became the Bears' starting Nickelback.
