| Marcellous Grigsby |
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RS Senior
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| Hometown:
Sacramento, Calif.
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| High School:
Paramount
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| Last College:
Sacramento City
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| Height / Weight:
5-11 / 220
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| Position:
RB
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Mid-year transfer student that enrolled at Temple in January of 2007.
2007: Played in seven games with two starts ... received the starting nod against Navy and Buffalo ... had four carries and a reception in the opener with Navy ... TU's top receiver against Buffalo with three catches for 27 yards ... also had a career-high six carries against the Bulls ... added two rushes and a an eight-yard reception in the win over Northern Illinois ... lettered.
Junior College: Rushed 203 times for 899 yards and eight TDs in 10 regular season games to earn first-team All-Mid-Empire Conference honors in 2006 at Sacramento (Calif.) City College under head coach Mike Clemons ... member of Superprep's JUCO 100 squad ... Prep Star All-West Coast Region selection ... Scout.com three-star prospect and a JCFootball.com Honorable Mention All-American ... team defeated Feather River, 31-13, in the Capital Shrine Bowl to capture the Northern California title ... carried 143 times for 668 yards and five TDs in eight games to earn first-team All-Northern California accolades in 2005 ... school produced former Temple letterwinners Stephen Bell and Phil Goodman.
High School: A 2004 graduate of Paramount (Calif.) HS ... first-team All-Conference selection under head coach Mark Kemp ... rushed for 986 yards and 11 TDS in five games as a senior ... gained 1,364 yards with 15 TDs as a junior ... also lettered in track, competing in the 400m, 200m and triple jump.
Personal: Born March 23, 1986, in Chicago, Ill. ... mother is Bernice Grigsby ... brother Ahmad is a senior CB at Kentucky, and brother Nicholas is a sophomore at RB for Arizona ... criminal justice major.
GRIGSBY'S CAREER STATS
Year GP-S Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Lg Rush Yds. Avg. TD Lg
2007 7-2 9 64 7.1 0 22 14 29 2.1 0 10
Totals 7-2 9 64 7.1 0 22 14 29 2.1 0 10
Grigsby's Career Highs
Rushes 6 (Buffalo, 2007)
Yards 13 (Navy, 2007)
TD 0
Long 10 (at Connecticut, 2007)
Receptions 3 (Buffalo, 2007)
Yards 27 (Buffalo, 2007)
Long 22 (Buffalo, 2007)
