- Owen Marecic
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Owen Marecic 
Marecic at Stanford in August 2010No. 48 Cleveland Browns Fullback Personal information Date of birth: October 4, 1988 Place of birth: Agoura Hills, California Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Weight: 248 lb (112 kg) Career information College: Stanford University NFL Draft: 2011 / Round: 4 / Pick: 124 Debuted in 2011 for the Cleveland Browns Career history - Cleveland Browns (2011–present)
Roster status: Active Career highlights and awards - 2010 Paul Hornung Award
Stats at NFL.com Owen Marecic (pronounced /məˈriːsɨk/ mə-ree-sik; born October 4, 1988) is an American football player for the Cleveland Browns. He played at the collegiate level for Stanford University.
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Early life
Marecic moved with his family around the United States following his father's career as an IT executive.[1] After New Jersey and Boston, where he played Pop Warner for the Westford/Littleton Lions, the Marecics moved to the Los Angeles area, where Owen played quarterback for a Pop Warner football team in Agoura Hills coached by former NFL player Clay Matthews.[2] One of his Pop Warner teammates was the coach's son, current Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Casey Matthews.[2] The Marecics moved to Tigard, Oregon when Owen was a sophomore in high school where he enrolled at Jesuit High School.[3] Marecic played fullback and linebacker for Jesuit, helping the team to Oregon state football titles his junior and senior years.[3]
College career
Marecic was recruited to Army, Yale, and Stanford, eventually opting to attend Stanford.[3] In his first three seasons with the Cardinal, Marecic was used almost exclusively as a fullback, blocking for Toby Gerhart and seldom touched the ball.[1] In his senior season of 2010, Marecic began starting both on offense (as a fullback) and defense (as a linebacker).[2] In the fourth game of the season against Notre Dame, Marecic scored a touchdown as a fullback, and then 13 seconds later, returned an interception for a touchdown, becoming the first player to score an offensive and defensive touchdown in the same game since Eric Weddle in 2006.[3][4][5]
On January 10, 2011, he was named the inaugural winner of the Paul Hornung Award as the most versatile player in college football.[6]
Professional career
Pre-draft
Pre-draft measureables Ht Wt 40-yd dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert Broad BP 6 ft 0½ in 248 lb 4.73 s 1.68 s 2.65 s 4.50 s 7.10 s 32 in 8 ft 11 in 22 rep All values from NFL Combine.[7] On April 30, 2011 Marecic was selected in the 4th round by the Cleveland Browns with the 124th pick in the 2011 NFL Draft.
References
- ^ a b Anderson, Kelli (September 27, 2010). "The perfect player". Sports Illustrated. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1174606/1/index.htm#ixzz118f6AYj4. Retrieved October 1, 2010.
- ^ a b c Hunt, John (September 29, 2010). "Oregon football: Stanford's Owen Marecic and his former teammate, Casey Matthews". The Oregonian. http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindducksbeat/2010/09/oregon_football_stanfords_owen.html. Retrieved October 1, 2010.
- ^ a b c d Bellamy, Ron (September 30, 2010). "College football: Stanford’s true warrior". The Register-Guard. http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/sports/25348400-41/marecic-stanford-fullback-defense-potter.csp. Retrieved October 1, 2010.
- ^ "Owen Marecic achieves rare feat in Stanford's win". Portland Tribune. September 26, 2010. http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=128548639646711400. Retrieved October 4, 2010.
- ^ "Stanford Cardinal vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish – Box Score – September 25, 2010". ESPN.com. September 25, 2010. http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=302680087. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
- ^ Stanford fullback/linebacker "Owen Marecic wins first Paul Hornung Award". The Courier-Journal. January 10, 2011. http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20110110/SPORTS03/301100059/Stanford+fullback/linebacker+Owen+Marecic+wins+first+Paul+Hornung+Award Stanford fullback/linebacker.
- ^ Pro Scout Draft.com
External links
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Reserve lists 2 Reggie Hodges (IR) | 11 Mohamed Massaquoi (NF-Inj.) | 29 Brandon Jackson (IR) |
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Categories:- 1988 births
- Living people
- People from Tigard, Oregon
- People from Los Angeles County, California
- American football linebackers
- American football fullbacks
- Stanford Cardinal football players
- Players of American football from Oregon
- Cleveland Browns players
- American people of Croatian descent
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