Marshawn Lynch

Marshawn Lynch

Lynch with the Seahawks in 2014
No. 23, 24
Position:	Running back
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1986-04-22) April 22, 1986 (age 30)
Place of birth:	Oakland, California
Height:	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:	215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school:	Oakland (CA) Technical
College:	California
NFL Draft:	2007 / Round: 1 / Pick: 12
Career history
Buffalo Bills (2007–2010) Seattle Seahawks (2010–2015)
Career highlights and awards
Super Bowl champion (XLVIII) 5× Pro Bowl (2008, 2011–2014) First-team All-Pro (2012) Second-team All-Pro (2014) 2× NFL rushing touchdowns leader (2013, 2014) First-team All-American (2006) First-team All-Pac-10 (2006) Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year (2006)
Career NFL statistics
Rushing yards: 9,112 Rushing average: 4.2 Rushing touchdowns: 74 Receptions: 252 Receiving yards: 1,979 Receiving touchdowns: 9 Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Marshawn Terrell Lynch (born April 22, 1986) is a former American football running back. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Buffalo Bills and Seattle Seahawks. As a Seahawk, he won Super Bowl XLVIII against the Denver Broncos. He was drafted by Buffalo in the first round of the 2007 NFL Draft after playing college football at UC Berkeley, where he became the school's second all-time career rusher.

Lynch earned the nickname "Beast Mode" for his powerful running style, propensity for breaking tackles, and consistent ability to run over defenders.

Lynch grew up in Oakland, California, with three siblings. He was raised by his mother Delisa, who once held a 200-meter track record at Oakland Technical High School, the school that Marshawn later attended. Lynch started playing youth football in Oakland at a young age.

At Oakland Technical, Lynch was a four-sport star in football, basketball, track, and wrestling. In his 2003 season, Lynch amassed 1,722 rushing yards and 23 touchdowns in only eight regular season games and an additional 375 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns in two postseason games. He was voted a PrepStar and SuperPrep All-American and was also voted the San Francisco East Bay Player of the Year. In basketball, he played on the Oakland Tech's team alongside future Cal star Leon Powe. Lynch took his team to the state semi-finals.

He also excelled in track and field, where he competed mainly as a sprinter, but also in jumping events. He recorded a personal-best time of 10.94 seconds in the 100-meter dash as a senior, while also posting top-leaps of 1.94 meters (6 ft, 4 in) in the high jump and 6.38 meters (20 ft, 10 in) in the long jump.