Nick Marshall

Nick Marshall (born June 30, 1992) is an American football quarterback for the Auburn Tigers.

Early years

Marshall was born in Pineview, Georgia, the son of Phillip Marshall and Shalina Cliett,^[1] and attended high school at Wilcox County High School in Rochelle, Georgia. He was a two-sport star in basketball and football. He was named the boys basketball AP Class A player of the year twice. In football, he led Wilcox County to the Class A championship as a junior, while passing for 2,956 yards and 32 touchdowns. He was named the Class A Offensive Player of the Year as well as a part of the PrepStar All-American team, SuperPrep All-Dixie team, and Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Super 11" team.

Marshall decided on going to the University of Georgia for college because he was offered the opportunity to play both basketball and football.^[2]

College career

Marshall began his college career in 2011 as a cornerback for the University of Georgia.^[3] Marshall and two teammates were caught stealing from another teammate in February 2012 and were dismissed from the team.^[2]

Marshall transferred to Garden City Community College where he was the starting quarterback in 2012 and led the team to a 7–4 record while scoring 37 touchdowns (19 rushing, 18 passing), passing for 3,142 yards, and becoming the team’s leading rusher with 1,095 yards.^[4] After one season with Garden City Community College, Marshall then transferred to Auburn with the hope of playing quarterback.

Starting quarterback for Auburn

In August 2013, Marshall was named starting quarterback for Auburn.^[5] This came after a heated four-man race for the position in head coach Gus Malzahn's newly installed offense which saw 2012 starting quarterback Kiehl Frazier transfer to safety on the defensive side of the ball.^[6]

Marshall was instrumental in Auburn's turnaround from a 3–9 season in 2012 to beginning the 2013 season 9–1 while beating the Ole Miss Rebels, then ranked #24 in the AP Poll and #6 Texas A&M Aggies.

On November 16, 2013, Marshall was the quarterback behind a play known as "The Prayer at Jordan-Hare" when he threw a 73-yard Hail Mary touchdown pass to Ricardo Louis on a 4th-and-18 with 36 seconds left^[7] to defeat the Georgia Bulldogs.^[8] He also led his team to a victory in the Iron Bowl over top-ranked Alabama.

On November 30, 2013, Marshall threw the game-tying touchdown pass with 32 seconds remaining in the epic 2013 Iron Bowl to even the score 28–28. Auburn won the game on a 109-yard touchdown return from an Alabama missed field goal. The team later went on to win the SEC Championship, and earned a berth in the 2014 BCS National Championship Game.

References

External links

• Auburn Tigers bio
• Georgia Bulldogs bio