Brock Marion

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Brock Marion
Date of birth	June 11, 1970
Place of birth	Bakersfield, California
Position(s)	DB
College	Nevada
NFL Draft	1993 / Round 7 / Pick 196
Pro Bowls	3
Stats
Statistics	Pro Football Reference DatabaseFootball
Team(s)
1993-1997 1998-2003 2004	Dallas Cowboys Miami Dolphins Detroit Lions

Brock Elliot Marion (born June 11, 1970 in Bakersfield, California) is a former American Football free safety who played twelve seasons for the Dallas Cowboys, the Miami Dolphins, and the Detroit Lions from 1993 to 2004. Marion was a three time Pro Bowler in 2000, 2002 and 2003 with the Dolphins.

Marion attended the University of Nevada, Reno and was drafted by the Cowboys in the seventh round of the 1993 NFL Draft where he was used as a backup for his first two seasons before getting the chance to start in the 1995 NFL season having six interceptions for forty yards and one touchdown. Marion was hurt for most of the 1996 season before having a career high in tackles in 1997 with one hundred.

Marion signed as a free agent with the Dolphins in 1998 where he made seventy-two tackles and no interceptions that season. In 1999, Marion was used as the main kick returner, getting 62 returns for 1532 yards, including a return of 93 yards. Marion stayed with the team until 2003 season.

Marion signed with the Detroit Lions in 2004 where he played one season, starting all sixteen games with them, making sixty-six tackles and three interceptions before being cut by the Lions in a salary cap move on April 25, 2005 and was replaced by Terrence Holt as starter in free safety.

Marion retired with 676 career tackles, two quarterback sacks, 31 interceptions for 537 yards and three touchdowns.