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2014 Football

26 Lyle Marsh

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 225
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Bethel Park

Biography

Career Accolades: Three-time Ivy League champion (2009, 2010, 2012) ... Two-time second-team All-Ivy (2010, 2012) ... ... In 2009, his 4.7 yards per carry tied for the sixth-best season in program history ... Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Sept. 28, 2009) ... Recorded 1,268 career rush yards on 257 carries ... Finished sixth all-time at Penn with a career average of 5.0 yards per carry ... Ranks fifth (5.4, 2012) and ninth (4.7, 2010) all-time at Penn in single-season yards per carry ... Rushed for eight touchdowns and had four receiving touchdowns ... Caught 41 passes for 320 yards ... Also returned six kicks for 127 yards ... Accumulated 1,715 all-purpose yards.

2014: Played in just one game prior to season-ending injury ... Ran for 30 yards on five carries at Jacksonville (Sept. 20), including a season-long 21-yard rush that set up a touchdown. 

2013: Did not see any varsity game action due to injury.

2012: Second-team All-Ivy ... Played in all 10 games ... Led Penn and finished eighth in the Ivy League in rushing with 515 yards ... Led Penn and finished ninth in the Ivies with 791 all-purpose yards ... His 5.4 yards per carry ranks fifth all-time at Penn for a single season ... Second on the team in scoring with two rushing touchdowns and four receiving touchdowns ... Second on the team with 34 receptions and 276 receiving yards ... Rushed for over 100 yards in each of the last three games ... Had a career-high 130 rush yards in Ivy title-clinching win over Harvard (Nov. 10) ... Had six or more catches in four different games ... Had a career-best eight catches, 66 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns at Lafayette (Sept. 15).

2011: Played in four games before suffering a season-ending injury ... Finished the year with 22 carries for 89 yards and three touchdowns ...  Second on the team with six kick returns for 127 yards and a team-high average of 21.2 yards per return ... Also had two catches for 16 yards ... Career-high three rushing touchdowns in win over Fordham (Oct. 8) ... Ran for season-high 72 yards on 14 carries against the Rams prior to suffering an injury in the second half.

2010: Played in two games before suffering a season-ending injury ... Ran 14 times for a team-high 68 yards and a touchdown in season-opening win over Lafayette (Sept. 18) ... Had eight carries for 40 yards at No. 1 Villanova (Sept. 25).

2009: Second-team All-Ivy ... His 4.7 yards per carry tied for the ninth-best season in program history ... Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Sept. 28) ... Led the team and finished fifth in the league with 526 rushing yards ... Rushed for two touchdowns, with one apiece vs. Bucknell (Oct. 10) and Cornell (Nov. 21) ... Had at least two carries in all 10 games ... Season-best 120 yards at Dartmouth (Oct. 3) ... Ran for 99 yards on 12 carries in win over Princeton (Nov. 7) ... Also caught four passes for 30 yards.

Bethel Park HS: Competed in football and track ... Captain for both teams ... Three-year letterwinner in football and four-year letterwinner in track ... Led his football team to a 15-1 mark and a WPIAL championship ... Two-time all-conference ... Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Fabulous 22 ... Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Terrific 25 ... Big-33 participant and Mercury Award finalist ... National Honor Society member and Class Marshal.

Personal: Son of Lynn and Leo Marsh ... Enrolled in Wharton.

Career Stats:

RUSHING gattyardstdlongavg/cavg/g
2009 101125262404.752.6
2010 2221081144.954.0
2011 422893264.022.2
2012 10965152555.451.5
201415300216.030.0
TOTAL 2725712688555.047.6
  
RECEIVING grecyardstdlongrec/gavg/cavg/g
2009 104300190.47.53.0
2010 21-2000.5-2.0-1.0
2011 42160100.58.04.0
2012 10342764253.48.127.6
2014100000.00.00.0
TOTAL 27413204251.57.811.9
 
SCORING gtdrushrcvretpat2patfgtotalavg/g
2009 102200000121.2
2010 2110000063.0
2011 43300000184.5
2012 106240000363.6
20141000000000.0
TOTAL 2712840000722.7
 
KICK RETURNS gno.yardstdlongavg/ravg/g
2009 1000000.00.0
2010 200000.00.0
2011 4612702921.231.8
2012 1000000.00.0
2014100000.00.0
TOTAL 27612702921.24.7
 
ALL PURPOSE grushrcvprkrirtotalavg/g
2009 105263000055655.6
2010 2108-200010653.0
2011 489160127023258.0
2012 1051527600079179.1
201413000003030.0
TOTAL 27126832001270171563.5

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Points scored: 18, Fordham, Oct 08, 2011 
Touchdowns: 3, Fordham, Oct 08, 2011 
Rush attempts: 27, Harvard, Nov 10, 2012 
Rush yards: 130, Harvard, Nov 10, 2012 (27 carries)
Rush TDs: 3, Fordham, Oct 08, 2011 
Long rush: 55, at Cornell, Nov 17, 2012 
Receptions: 8, William & Mary, Oct 06, 2012 ; at Lafayette, Sep 15, 2012 
Receiving yards: 66, at Lafayette, Sep 15, 2012 (8 receptions)
Receiving TDs: 2, at Lafayette, Sep 15, 2012 
Long reception: 25, at Yale, Oct 20, 2012 
Total offense attempts: 27, Harvard, Nov 10, 2012 (27 rush,0 pass)
Total ofense yards: 130, Harvard, Nov 10, 2012 (130 rush,0 pass)
All-purpose yards: 138, at Cornell, Nov 17, 2012 
Kick returns: 5, at Villanova, Sep 24, 2011 
Kick return yards: 98, at Villanova, Sep 24, 2011 (5 returns)
Long kick return: 29, at Dartmouth, Oct 01, 2011 
Tackles: 1, at Cornell, Nov 17, 2012 (1-0)

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Historical Player Information

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    2009Freshman

    DE
    6'0" 215 lbs
    26
  • 26

    2010Sophomore

    DE
    6'0" 215 lbs
    26
  • 26

    2011Junior

    DE
    6'0" 215 lbs
    26
  • 26

    2012Senior

    RB
    6'0" 225 lbs
    26
  • 26

    2014Senior

    RB
    6'0" 225 lbs
    26