Once upon a time, Columbus Destroyers wide receiver Rasheed Marshall quarterbacked the West Virginia University Mountaineers and left defenders baffled in the process.
As the defense wondered whether they were going to be beaten by Marshall’s feet or his arm, the Pittsburgh native was busy putting his imprint all over the West Virginia record books, ranking in the top-five all-time in six different categories. In 2004, Marshall was named the Big East Conference’s Offensive Player of the Year.
A fifth-round selection in the 2005 NFL Draft, Marshall switched coasts as well as positions. Playing in 12 games for the San Francisco 49ers during the 2006 season, he was converted into a wide receiver and return specialist, returning 26 kickoffs for 488 yards and 17 punts for 87 yards.
After spending part of 2007 with the St. Louis Rams, he took his game to AFL.
Marshall’s skills have shown no ill-effects in transferring to the Arena Football League as he currently leads the League in kickoff return yard average (21.3), ranks second among rookies in all-purpose yards (686), third among rookies in scoring (42) and fourth among rookies in receptions (24).
A measuring stick game looms for Marshall as he and the Destroyers take on arguably the League’s best team this Monday night in the undefeated and Eastern Division leading, Philadelphia Soul.
If Marshall’s past is any indication, he should do just fine.
Rasheed Marshall can be seen on Russell Athletic ESPN Arena Football Monday, April 21st on ESPN2 at 8:00 P.M. ET when the Columbus Destroyers (2-5) host the Philadelphia Soul (7-0).
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