Marcel Reece
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Before with the Raiders in October, 2010 | |||||||||||
| No. 45 Oakland Raiders | |||||||||||
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| Position: | Fullback | ||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||
| Date of birth: | June 23, 1985 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Inglewood, California | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 250 lb (113 kg) | ||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||
| High school: | Hesperia (CA) | ||||||||||
| College: | Washington | ||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2008 | ||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||
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| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||||
| Roster status: | Suspended | ||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||
| Career NFL statistics as of Week 16, 2015 | |||||||||||
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Marcel Antoine Wayne Reece[1] (born June 23, 1985) is an American football fullback for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football as wide receiver at Washington.
Reece played his first game for the Raiders during week 16 of the 2009 season against the Cleveland Browns in which he caught one pass for nine yards. He was named the starting fullback to open the 2010 season. Due to his catching ability and breakaway speed as a fullback ( 40-yard dash in 4.40 seconds), Reece is also known as the "Matchup Nightmare".
High school and college
Reece attended Hesperia High School in Hesperia, California, where he was a first-team All-league performer in football, basketball and track. In football, he earned All-league honors as a wide receiver. He continued his playing career at Chaffey Junior College where he posted 25 receptions for 600 yards and 7 touchdowns. Marcel decided to transfer to El Camino Community College the following year where he posted 47 catches for 1,286 yards and 13 touchdowns. His good season earned him a scholarship to the University of Washington. He broke out his senior year and made 39 catches for 761 yards and 8 touchdowns. The most notable play of Marcel's career came against the University of Arizona where he had a 98-yard reception for a touchdown, which is the longest play from scrimmage in UW history. He also became a member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity.
In track & field, Reece competed as a sprinter while at Hesperia, earning All-league honors. He recorded a personal-best time of 49.8 seconds in the 400-meter dash as a senior.[2] In addition, he also recorded a 4.45-second 40-yard dash, bench-pressed 360 pounds and had a 34-inch vertical.
Professional career
| Ht | Wt | 40-yd dash | 10-yd split | 20-yd split | 20-ss | 3-cone | Vert | Broad | BP | ||||||||||
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| 6 ft 0 in | 231 lb | 4.42 s | 1.51 s | 2.55 s | 4.26 s | 7.20 s | 36½ in | 9 ft 6 in | |||||||||||
| All values from Pro Day | |||||||||||||||||||
Despite posting a 4.4-second 40-yard dash, Reece was not drafted. He was noted as a "tweener" scouts did not know what position would fit Marcel in the NFL. He was noted as being too big to be a receiver and too small to be a tight end.
Miami Dolphins
He was signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2008. That same year, he was later cut after not making the final squad.
Oakland Raiders
The Raiders picked him up and experimented with him in a variety of positions and in this process found that fullback fit him best. The position was a difficult transition for Reece at first but he embraced the challenge. Reece spent the entire 2008 season and the majority of the 2009 campaign on the Raiders’ practice squad.
In the 2010 NFL season, he emerged as the starting fullback for the Oakland Raiders, hauling in 25 receptions for 333 yards and 3 touchdowns while rushing for 122 yards and one touchdown. He blocked for his teammate running back Darren McFadden, who rushed for 1,157 yards and 7 touchdowns.
In 2012 after a series of injuries to McFadden and back-up Mike Goodson, Marcel Reece was switched from fullback to running back. He rushed for a total of 271 yards and recorded 52 receptions for 496 yards and one touchdown.
In 2013, both McFadden and back-up Rashad Jennings were limited due to injures, allowing Reece to line up at running back. On December 27, 2013, he was the lone Raider selected for the 2013 Pro Bowl, his second Pro Bowl nomination.[3]
On December 23, 2014, Reece was selected once again to the Pro Bowl, marking his third straight Pro Bowl appearance at the fullback position.[4]
In 2015, after Derek Carr suffered an injury to his throwing hand, Matt McGloin stepped in at quarterback, finding Reece for two receiving touchdowns, in a loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. On December 22, 2015, he was selected to his fourth straight Pro Bowl.[5] On December 28, 2015, Reece was suspended for 4 regular season and/or post season games for violating the NFL policy on performance enhancing substances.[6] This suspension means that he will be ineligible to play in the Pro Bowl.
Career statistics
| Team | Season | G | GS | Rushing | Receiving | Fumbles | |||||||||
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| Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | Fum | Lost | ||||
| Oakland Raiders | 2008 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Oakland Raiders | 2009 | 2 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 11 | -- | -- |
| Oakland Raiders | 2010 | 16 | 10 | 30 | 122 | 4.1 | 1 | 31 | 25 | 333 | 13.3 | 3 | 73T | 1 | 1 |
| Oakland Raiders | 2011 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 112 | 6.6 | 0 | 26 | 27 | 301 | 11.1 | 2 | 47 | 1 | 1 |
| Oakland Raiders | 2012 | 7 | 0 | 59 | 271 | 4.6 | 0 | 17 | 52 | 496 | 9.5 | 1 | 56 | 2 | 0 |
| Oakland Raiders | 2013 | 10 | 4 | 46 | 218 | 4.7 | 2 | 63T | 32 | 331 | 10.3 | 2 | 45 | -- | -- |
| Oakland Raiders | 2014 | 16 | 13 | 21 | 85 | 4.0 | 0 | 11 | 37 | 265 | 7.2 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 |
| Oakland Raiders | 2015 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 36 | 3.6 | 0 | 12 | 30 | 269 | 9.0 | 3 | 55 | -- | -- |
| Career Totals | 92 | 67 | 183 | 844 | 4.6 | 3 | 63 | 205 | 2,015 | 9.8 | 12 | 73 | 5 | 3 | |
References
- ↑ "Reece Pro Football Reference Profile". pro-football-reference.com.
- ↑ http://www.gohuskies.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30200&ATCLID=208223356
- ↑ "Raiders FB Marcel Reece Selected to Second Pro Bowl". raiders.com. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
- ↑ "Raiders FB Marcel Reece selected to Third straight Pro Bowl". raiders.com. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
- ↑ "Raiders FB Marcel Reece selected to Fourth straight Pro Bowl appearance". raiders.com. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
- ↑ "Raiders Fullback Marcel Reece Suspended". www.raiders.com. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NFL.com • ESPN • Yahoo! Sports • SI.com • Pro-Football-Reference • Rotoworld
- Oakland Raiders bio Archive copy at the Wayback Machine
- Washington Huskies bio Archive copy at the Wayback Machine