mark mark american football running return specialist wide receiver cedar mark attended west texas previously playing northwestern completed junior season northwestern team college football america team team punt selection big team second team running holds northwestern records single game single season career return yards single game punt return yards record high school time state champion track field state football player recruited division college football programs early years mark spent freshman year greater houston aftermath hurricane katrina brought troubled students public high school transferred high school private minutes away sophomore mark competed events scored points high school placed fifth class track field championship year placed second long jump feet inches triple jump feet inches participated medal winning metres relay metres relay teams junior described gifted player expected future star time defending state champion football team going state playoffs mark touchdowns return specialist yards end junior year timed seconds yard dash division scholarship offers interested programs included northwestern rice arizona summer prior senior year increased inch frame pounds pounds senior played running division football semifinals mark yards carries including rushing touchdowns yard receiving touchdown stopped fourth goal yard line seconds left team lost mark senior season statistics yards rushes yards total touchdowns punt returns seven touchdowns called penalties honored team state selection senior offers schools including finalists northwestern arizona iowa state colorado virginia major defensive end colorado defensive end texas committing northwestern mark went win gold medals class state track field championships won meters seconds meters long jump feet inch record triple jump feet inches anchor winning metres relay mark state championship meet elite athlete scoring points school finished runner points state championships metres relay team favorite disqualified earlier competition college career mark true play game october yard end run november mark recorded return yards wisconsin established single game return yard record shy big conference record tied big record single game returns earned mark recognition week november recognized mark selection freshman american second team punt sophomore team mark switched wide receiver running season game michigan played linebacker order shadow season ended car care bowl texas game mark recorded returns yards gave northwestern record setting single season totals returns return yards surpassing records set mark scored rushing touchdown game junior mark preseason candidate year tallied yard rushing games yard rushing season northwestern punt return touchdown northwestern september northwestern blocked punt returned touchdown season opener august miami addition scoring punt return touchdown september syracuse broke northwestern single game punt return yards record stanford yards year old career yards records career high tying purpose yards effort earned big special teams player week rushing yards day career high subsequent week yard effort totaled yards september scored rushing touchdowns september yard effort set new career high september totaled yards indiana scored second punt return touchdown october making score punt return touchdowns season second set career high yards minnesota october efforts mark named american team selection punt honorable mention american purpose selection sports_illustrated following big conference football season mark second team big selection running coaches media walker award awarded best running mark national statistical leaders purpose yards rushing yards mark began season affected injury play special teams appeared august opener fourth quarter mark play october ohio_state sidelined weeks later mark learned early august suspended games northwestern football team violation team policy decided pursue fifth year season division west texas close mother grandmother professional career december mark signed released april june mark signed cedar personal summer freshman year college lost brother cousin best friend fatal shooting deaths mark father involved life years raised mother attended mark came having born father parents met boarding school london brothers named victor vincent sister named special high school stayed lived nearer school
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