Brandon Marshall

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Brandon Marshall

Denver Broncos — No. 15
Wide receiver
Date of birth: March 23, 1984 (1984-03-23) (age 24)
Place of birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Weight: 230 lb (100 kg)
National Football League debut
2006 for the Denver Broncos
Career history
College: University of Central Florida
NFL Draft: 2006 / Round: 4 / Pick: 119
Teams: Denver Broncos (2006-Present)
Career highlights and awards
Second-team All-C-USA (2005)
Selected NFL statistics (through Week 17 of the 2007 NFL season)
Receptions	122
Receiving Yards	1,634
Receiving TDs	9
Stats at NFL.com

Brandon Marshall (born March 23, 1984) is a wide receiver for the Denver Broncos. He was selected by the Broncos out of the University of Central Florida, with the 119th overall pick in the fourth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. His ability and size have been compared to Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens, which has led to Marshall being nicknamed "Baby T.O."^[1]

Contents 1 College 2 NFL 2.1 2006 2.2 2007 2.3 2008 2.4 Statistics 3 Legal trouble 4 References 5 External links

[edit] College

Marshall played a total of 44 games (21 starts) at wide receiver for UCF, collecting 112 receptions, 1,674 receiving yards and 13 touchdowns in his collegiate career. His best season came in 2005 as a senior. He played in 13 games and had career highs in receptions (74), receiving yards (1,195) and touchdowns (11). Marshall's best career game came in the 2005 Hawaii Bowl, where he had 11 catches for 210 yards and three touchdowns. For his efforts during the 2005 season, Marshall was selected to the All-C-USA second team.

Marshall also started at safety for seven games during the 2004 season due to injuries in UCF's secondary. He made his first collegiate start at safety on October 4, 2004, against Buffalo.^[2] He recorded four tackles, including a half of a sack. Marshall led his entire team in tackles (51) during the 2004 season. He also had an interception and a forced fumble.

[edit] NFL

[edit] 2006

The Denver Broncos selected Marshall with the 119th overall selection in the fourth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. Before the regular season even began, Marshall suffered a slight tear to his PCL in a pre-season game against the Detroit Lions.^[3] Although the injury sidelined him for a couple of weeks, he was able to return and play 15 games (1 start) during the regular season. Marshall had a total of 20 catches, 309 receiving yards and 2 touchdowns for his rookie year. He caught a pass in each of the Broncos' final seven games of the season, totaling 18 receptions, 287 receiving yards and 1 touchdown over that stretch.^[4] The lone touchdown came during a NBC Sunday Night Football home game against the Seattle Seahawks on December 3, 2006. In that game, Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler (who was making his NFL regular season debut as a rookie) threw a pass to Marshall on the right side of the field. Marshall broke and spun away from three tackles on his way to a career-high 71-yard touchdown. It was the second longest rookie-to-rookie pass play in Broncos history.^[4]

[edit] 2007

Marshall sustained injuries before the start of the 2007 season. He suffered a groin strain that kept him out of Broncos quarterback camp and team camp during May and June. He also pulled a quadriceps muscle on July 10, 2007, during Broncos mini-camp.^[5] The injury left him out for nearly all of training camp until Broncos head coach Mike Shanahan ordered him to participate for the last couple of days.^[6]

During the 2007 season, Marshall posted team-highs and career-highs in receptions (102), receiving yards (1,325) and receiving touchdowns (7). His 100-reception and 1,000-yard season were each the first of his career. Marshall reached the 1,000-yard milestone during the 13th game of the season, which was a 41-7 home win over the Kansas City Chiefs. In the game, Marshall had 10 catches for 115 yards and 2 touchdowns.^[7]

On December 13, 2007, in a Thursday night road loss against the Houston Texans, Marshall caught 11 passes for 107 yards.^[8] Nine of those receptions occurred in the first half. Marshall became the first and only wide receiver in Broncos history to have at least 10 receptions in two consecutive games.^[9]

On Christmas Eve, 2007, in a Monday night road loss to the San Diego Chargers, Marshall caught six passes for 75 yards.^[10] The six receptions in the game gave Marshall 92 total catches on the season up to that point, making him only the fourth wide receiver in NFL history (Lionel Taylor, Sterling Sharpe and Issac Bruce are the others) to have at least 90 receptions in their second season.^[11]

On December 30, 2007, in a Sunday home win against the Minnesota Vikings, Marshall caught 10 passes for 114 yards and a touchdown.^[12] The 10 catches gave Marshall 102 total receptions for the year - his first career 100-catch season. He became only the third second-year player in NFL history to have at least 100 receptions in a season, joining Bruce and Larry Fitzgerald.^[12]

Among all of the wide receivers in the NFL during the season, Marshall placed fifth in receptions (102), sixth in receiving yards (1,325), second in yards after the catch (505), first in number of times targeted (170) and tied for fourth in catches that led to first downs (70).^[13]

Following the 2007 season, Marshall, Cutler and Tony Scheffler went to Atlanta together to train and work on timing for the 2008 season.^[14]

[edit] 2008

On March 22, 2008, Marshall slipped on an empty McDonalds' bag while wrestling with family members, and subsequently, fell through a television set at his home in Orlando, Florida - cutting his right forearm.^[15][16][17] He was treated at a local hospital and later released after needing a cast and several stitches. According to Broncos head athletic trainer Steve Antonopulos, Marshall "sustained right forearm lacerations to one artery, one vein, one nerve, two tendons and three muscles."^[17] In early April, Marshall had the cast removed from his surgically repaired right forearm.^[18] He will, however, be in a sling until May, and thus, won't be able to begin rehabilitation until then. Marshall is expected to be fully recovered by the start of training camp in late-July.^[15][17]

[edit] Statistics

Receiving Stats (Regular Season)

Year	Team	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	1st	Fum	Fum Lost	YAC	Trgt
2006	Denver Broncos	15	1	20	309	15.5	71	2	14	1	0	110	37
2007	Denver Broncos	16	16	102	1,325	13.0	68	7	70	3	1	505	170
Totals		31	17	122	1,634	13.4	71	9	84	4	1	615	207

[edit] Legal trouble

Marshall has had anger management-related issues and incidents. On March 26, 2007, he was arrested in the Highlands Ranch suburb of Denver on suspicion of domestic violence after his girlfriend reported that following a domestic dispute, Marshall prevented a taxi she was in from leaving his house.^[19] Charges from the incident were later dismissed on May 25, 2007 after Marshall completed anger management counseling.^[20]

Marshall also experienced legal run-ins while a student at UCF. According to Orlando-Orange County public records (case 48-2004-MM-012392-O), on Halloween 2004, Marshall was arrested in Orlando on charges of assault on a law enforcement officer, refusal to obey, disorderly conduct, and resisting an officer.^[21]

On January 1, 2007, Marshall was present at "The Shelter," a downtown Denver nightclub, along with teammates Javon Walker and Darrent Williams. As the players were leaving the club, Williams was fatally shot in the neck by an unknown assailant. Walker has stated in interviews that the shooter was likely a nightclub patron whose motive was retaliation after being involved in an altercation with Marshall earlier that night.^[22]

In the early morning of October 22, 2007, Marshall was arrested in the Denver Metro area at the intersection of 14th and Blake St. for driving under the influence of alcohol.^[23]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Player card on ESPN.com
• Player bio at NFL.com
• Player bio at Denver Broncos official website
• College player bio at UCFAthletics.com