| Marcus Williams |
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 | Class: Senior
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 | Hometown: Amherst, Mass.
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 | High School: Amherst
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 | Height / Weight: 5-10 / 230
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 | Position: Tailback
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 | Birthdate: 10/22/1983
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2003: Finalist for the Walter Payton Award ... Earned first team All-Atlantic 10 honors and Maine's Harold Westerman Award for the Most Valuable Player ... Named a New England Football Writers I-AA All-Star ... Finished the season with 2,863 career rushing yards, third most in school history ... With 1,284 yards on 248 carries, he became the first Black Bear to rush for 1,000 yards twice in his career ... The 1,284 yards was the fourth-highest single season total in school history ... His 116.7 yards per game average led the Atlantic 10 and he was 13th nationally in NCAA Division I-AA ... Six 100-yard games on the season was tied for second-best in the conference ... Started all eleven games for the Black Bears ... Also had six catches for 52 yards, including a long of 17 yards ... In the season opener against Montana (8/30), caught a career-long 17 yard pass ... Ran for 197 yards, including a long of 61 yards, and two touchdowns on 22 carries at Hofstra (9/6) ... Posted 159 yards and a touchdown on 26 carries and added two receptions for 17 yards against Florida International (9/13) ... Recorded his tenth career 100-yard game against Richmond (10/4) as he had 25 carries for 119 yards and a touchdown ... Against James Madison (10/25) ran for 117 yards on 31 carries, but did not have a touchdown ... Facing #2 ranked Delaware (11/1), scored two 1-yard touchdowns and had 111 yards on 26 carries ... At Morgan State (11/8), ran for a career-high 246 yards on 21 carries with four touchdowns ... First 200-yard rushing game at Maine since November 3, 2001 when Royston English had 213 yards ... Added one touchdown at New Hampshire (11/22). 2002: Second team All-Atlantic 10 selection ... Led the Atlantic 10 with 1,406 yards rushing, the third-best single season total in Maine football history ... Averaged 100.4 yards per game, second-best in the Atlantic 10 ... With 1,579 yards career rushing, he is the 18th Black Bear to surpass the 1,000-yard mark, and just the third to do so as a sophomore ... Rushed for 198 yards and one touchdown on 25 carries in the 31-7 win over Rhode Island (9/28) ... Had a career-long 62-yard run in the season-opener against CCSU (8/31), and finished with 104 yards and one touchdown on 14 carries ... His seven 100-yard games led the Atlantic 10 ... Led the Black Bears, fifth in the Atlantic 10, in all-purpose yardage with 1,426 total yards (101.9 per game) ... Pulled in three passes for 20 yards, including a 16 yard reception at Florida International (10/19) ... Recipient of Maine's Jack Butterfield Award as the team's offensive player of the year. 2001: Played as a true freshman ... Rushed a season-high nine times for 62 yards and a TD in the season opener vs. Colgate (9/8) ... Had a 30-yard TD run against Colgate ... Rushed three times for 29 yards and a touchdown at William & Mary (10/27).
BEFORE MAINE: Captain as a senior for coach Ron Lashway at Amherst Regional High School ... Played halfback, linebacker and safety ... Became the school's all-time leading rusher surpassing 3,000 yards and averaged over 10 yards a carry ... Scored 37 touchdowns ... His team won the Division 2 Central/Western Massachusetts Championship and Suburban League Championship in 1999 ... Two-time All-Western Mass., All-League and All-Hampshire Gazette ... Named Athlete of the Week five times.
PERSONAL: Born October 22, 1983 ... Son of Dr. Pam Marsh-Williams and Dr. David Williams ... A Journalism major.