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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2009 Football

5 Marcus Lawrence

  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 175
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Loyola

Biography

Career: Led the 2009 Ivy League champions with an average of 21.6 yards per catch ... In the Ivy title-deciding game at Harvard on Nov. 15 he had a career-best 61 receiving yards and a touchdown-all before an injury sidelined him for the second half ... Finished second on the team with 25 catches as a junior despite missing three games to injury ... Finished his career with 51 catches for 559 yards and three touchdowns ... Also served as a punt and kick returner for the Quakers, totaling 147 career punt return yards and 151 career kick return yards.

2008: Started in six games for the Quakers ... Finished second on the team with 25 catches despite missing the first three games with an injury ... Was the third on the team with 224 receiving yards ... His average of 32 receiving yards per game was second best on the team ... Recorded six catches for a season-high 58 yards against Brown (Nov. 1) ... Caught a season-high seven passes for 54 yards against Harvard (Nov. 15) ... Had 32 receiving yards on four catches in win at Yale (Oct. 25) ... Totaled 24 yards on four punt returns ... Had only one kick return for 15 yards versus Harvard.

2007: Played in all 10 games for the Quakers ... Caught 21 passes, good for second on the team, totaling 207 yards ... Also the team’s top punt returner, finishing fifth among Ivy players with 21 for 113 yards ... Scored touchdowns against Yale (10/20) and Brown (10/27) ... Caught five passes against the Bears, and also had a kickoff return for 48 yards ... Caught four passes for 55 yards at Villanova (9/22) ... Had four catches for 44 yards at Harvard (11/10) ... Had five punt returns for 69 yards, including a season-long 29-yarder, against Georgetown (10/6).

2006: Played against Dartmouth and Harvard.

Loyola HS: Captained both the football and track teams ... Led football to a divisional title in 2005 and a league championship in 2004 ... Named All-Division First Team and All-League Second Team at wide receiver as a senior ... Inducted into the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame ... Second-team all-league and division as a junior ... Also led track to league and divisional titles ... Cum Laude Society member.

Personal: Born Sept. 19, 1987 in Los Angeles ... Son of Robin Houston and Lynn Lawrence ... Enrolled in Wharton with an economics concentration.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2006Freshman

    WR
    5'11" 175 lbs
  • 30

    2007Sophomore

    WR
    5'11" 175 lbs
    30
  • 5

    2008Junior

    WR
    5'11" 175 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2009Senior

    WR
    5'11" 175 lbs
    5