Marcel Shipp
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| Date of birth: | August 8, 1978 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Paterson, New Jersey | ||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 224 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Wayne (NJ) Passaic | ||||||||
| College: | Massachusetts | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2001 | ||||||||
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| Rushing yards: | 2,197 |
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| Rushing average: | 3.6 |
| Rushing TDs: | 11 |
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Marcel Cornelius Shipp (born August 8, 1978) is an American football running back and current coach. He played as a running back in the National Football League (NFL) from 2001 to 2008 for the Arizona Cardinals and Houston Texans. He was signed by the Arizona Cardinals as an undrafted free agent in 2001, and played with them through the 2007 season. He was signed for a short time by the Texans in 2008. He played college football at University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass). Shipp was last the running backs coach for the New York Jets.
Shipp played high school football at the Passaic County Technical Institute in Wayne, New Jersey. Shipp rushed for 1,510 yards and 24 touchdowns as a senior to earn First Team All-State honors.
Shipp attended UMass and was a letterman in football. As a sophomore, he was a first team All-America selection, having run for a school-record 2,542 yards and 18 touchdowns. He capped the season by rushing for 244 yards and three scores in UMass' improbable 55-43 victory over Georgia Southern in the Division I-AA national championship game. As a junior, he was a finalist for the Walter Payton Award, and added another school record - 24 rushing touchdowns - to his resume to go with 1,846 rushing yards. Shipp finished his career with 5,383 rushing yards, which currently ranks sixth on the Division I-AA football career record list.
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