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Jersey Number 29
Marcus Marshall
- Year:
- Senior
- Position:
- Running Back
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-10 / 200
- Hometown:
- Raleigh, N.C.
- High School:
- Millbrook
- Previous:
- Georgia Tech
- Major:
- Management
Bio
2018 as a Senior: Played in 10 games, making one start... Had 78 carries for 466 yards and six touchdowns... Averaged 5.7 yards per rush and 44.6 yards per game... Also had 10 receptions for 92 yards and a touchdown... Ranked sixth in the CAA in yards per rush and tied for sixth in rushing touchdowns... Season-high 99 rushing yards and two touchdowns at Richmond (Sept. 29)... Ran for 95 yards and a score against Robert Morris (Sept. 13)... Tallied 65 rushing yards at NC State (Sept. 1) and against William & Mary (Sept. 22)... Season-long 81-yard run and 39-yard reception in RMU game... Added a rushing touchdown at Villanova (Oct. 13) and in FCS First Round vs. Delaware (Nov. 24)... HERO Sports Third Team Preseason All-American... Gary Clark Offensive MVP.
2017 as a Junior: Played in 14 games, making four starts at running back… VaSID First Team All-State... Had 143 carries for 850 yards and a team-best 11 touchdowns… Averaged 5.9 yards per rush… Also had 12 receptions for 58 yards, including a long of 16 yards… Served as team’s primary kick returner, with 16 returns for 360 yards (22.5 avg.)… Led the league in rushing touchdowns… Ranked third in the CAA in both yards per carry and rushing average (60.7), sixth in total offense per play (5.9), eighth in all-purpose yards (90.6) and 10th in scoring (4.7)… Was also seventh in kick-return average… Tallied three 100-yard games, including a career-high 203 yards and two touchdowns in FCS Semifinals versus South Dakota State (Dec. 16)… Had touchdown runs of 65 yards and a career-long 87 yards in the semifinal… Averaged 13.5 yards per carry on 15 rushes in SDSU game… Ran 14 times for 128 yards (8.6 avg.) and two scores in FCS Quarterfinals against Weber State (Dec. 8)… Had 135 rushing yards against Maine (Sept. 23)… Ran for 64 yards and two touchdowns against both Norfolk State (Sept. 16) and at William & Mary (Oct. 21)… Rushed for 88 yards and a score in first game for JMU at ECU (Sept. 22)… First touchdown as a JMU Dukes was from 70 yards out… Also had a touchdown versus Richmond (Nov. 11) and against North Dakota State (Jan. 6) in NCAA Division I Football Championship game… Season-long kick return of 38 yards against SDSU.
Prior to JMU: Transferred to JMU after spending two seasons at Georgia Tech, where he led the Yellow Jackets in rushing during both seasons… Played in 22 career games at GT, making nine starts at B-back… Rushed for 1,278 yards and eight touchdowns… Ran for 624 yards and four touchdowns as a sophomore, averaging 6.5 yards per carry… Tallied 143 yards and a touchdown at Virginia Tech and 127 yards and a score versus Virginia… Had a Georgia Tech-long, 67-yard rushing touchdown in UVa win… Also tallied three catches for 92 yards, which included a career-long 81-yard touchdown reception versus Vanderbilt… Tallied 654 rushing yards and four touchdowns as a freshman, averaging 7.6 yards per rush… GT-high 184 yards and two touchdowns on eight carries against Alcorn State… Accrued touchdown rushes of 49 yards and 64 yards in that game… Also ran for 159 yards and two scores against Pittsburgh to earn ACC Rookie of the Week honors.
High School: Named Conference Offensive MVP as a senior… All-Raleigh Metro and All-Conference as a senior… Academic All-Conference as a senior… Graduated high school with a 4.3 GPA… Ranks third on Millbrook’s career rushing list with 3,165 yards… Set single-season rushing record with 2,198 rushing yards and 31 touchdowns as a senior… Set single-season record for points (186) and single-game record for rushing yards (350)… Shares school record for points in a game (30) with his brother Keith, who played at Georgia… Scored all 12 of Millbrook’s touchdowns in 2014 state playoffs.
Personal: Full name is Marcus DeShawn Marshall… Son of former JMU running back Warren Marshall, who is a 2013 JMU Hall of Famer and all-time leading rusher (4,168)... Majoring in management.
2017 as a Junior: Played in 14 games, making four starts at running back… VaSID First Team All-State... Had 143 carries for 850 yards and a team-best 11 touchdowns… Averaged 5.9 yards per rush… Also had 12 receptions for 58 yards, including a long of 16 yards… Served as team’s primary kick returner, with 16 returns for 360 yards (22.5 avg.)… Led the league in rushing touchdowns… Ranked third in the CAA in both yards per carry and rushing average (60.7), sixth in total offense per play (5.9), eighth in all-purpose yards (90.6) and 10th in scoring (4.7)… Was also seventh in kick-return average… Tallied three 100-yard games, including a career-high 203 yards and two touchdowns in FCS Semifinals versus South Dakota State (Dec. 16)… Had touchdown runs of 65 yards and a career-long 87 yards in the semifinal… Averaged 13.5 yards per carry on 15 rushes in SDSU game… Ran 14 times for 128 yards (8.6 avg.) and two scores in FCS Quarterfinals against Weber State (Dec. 8)… Had 135 rushing yards against Maine (Sept. 23)… Ran for 64 yards and two touchdowns against both Norfolk State (Sept. 16) and at William & Mary (Oct. 21)… Rushed for 88 yards and a score in first game for JMU at ECU (Sept. 22)… First touchdown as a JMU Dukes was from 70 yards out… Also had a touchdown versus Richmond (Nov. 11) and against North Dakota State (Jan. 6) in NCAA Division I Football Championship game… Season-long kick return of 38 yards against SDSU.
Prior to JMU: Transferred to JMU after spending two seasons at Georgia Tech, where he led the Yellow Jackets in rushing during both seasons… Played in 22 career games at GT, making nine starts at B-back… Rushed for 1,278 yards and eight touchdowns… Ran for 624 yards and four touchdowns as a sophomore, averaging 6.5 yards per carry… Tallied 143 yards and a touchdown at Virginia Tech and 127 yards and a score versus Virginia… Had a Georgia Tech-long, 67-yard rushing touchdown in UVa win… Also tallied three catches for 92 yards, which included a career-long 81-yard touchdown reception versus Vanderbilt… Tallied 654 rushing yards and four touchdowns as a freshman, averaging 7.6 yards per rush… GT-high 184 yards and two touchdowns on eight carries against Alcorn State… Accrued touchdown rushes of 49 yards and 64 yards in that game… Also ran for 159 yards and two scores against Pittsburgh to earn ACC Rookie of the Week honors.
High School: Named Conference Offensive MVP as a senior… All-Raleigh Metro and All-Conference as a senior… Academic All-Conference as a senior… Graduated high school with a 4.3 GPA… Ranks third on Millbrook’s career rushing list with 3,165 yards… Set single-season rushing record with 2,198 rushing yards and 31 touchdowns as a senior… Set single-season record for points (186) and single-game record for rushing yards (350)… Shares school record for points in a game (30) with his brother Keith, who played at Georgia… Scored all 12 of Millbrook’s touchdowns in 2014 state playoffs.
Personal: Full name is Marcus DeShawn Marshall… Son of former JMU running back Warren Marshall, who is a 2013 JMU Hall of Famer and all-time leading rusher (4,168)... Majoring in management.
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