Marcus Smith

Marcus Smith

Player Profile

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
San Diego, Calif.
High School:
Morse HS
Height:
6-3
Event:
Sprints
Experience:
1L

NEW MEXICO:

Second-year 100 and 200-meter man who has lettered the past two years for the Lobo football team, playing wide receiver, returning kicks, and serving as the gunner in punt coverage...is considered one of the fastest players on the football field and will give the UNM sprint corps a big boost once again this year when he completes his spring football practice obligations...has three years of track eligibility remaining...270 career rushing yards (7.3 avg.) and 4 TDs, including a 65-yard scoring run at UNLV in 2004...also has 9 catches for 89 yards...

2005 (outdoor): Placed sixth in the 200 (22.06) at the MWC Championship meet after clocking a season-best time of 21.76 in the prelims...also recorded a top time of 10.91 in the 100 in a 4th place finish in his collegiate debut at home in the Don Kirby Invite...helped the 4x100 team to a victory at home and nearly to a MWC gold medal before the squad was disqualified for a bad final exchange...was able to train for just a few weeks after joining the team in late April...

HIGH SCHOOL:

A 2003 graduate of San Diego Morse HS...rushed for more than 1,800 yards and 30 TDs in two years at Morse High...timed at 10.7 in the 100 meters...competed in the triple jump and 400- and 1,600-meter relays for the track team...a 3.50 GPA and a member of the Honor Roll...

PERSONAL:

Born Jan. 11, 1985, in San Diego...age is 21...full name is Marcus Anthony Smith...son of Sheila Smith...likes paintball, water sports and fishing...uncle Ronald Lewis played golf at Grambling in the early `80s...majoring in Criminology.
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