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STADIUM , NFL & MEDIA RECORDS HISTORY 2008 REVIEW COLLEGE FREE AGENTS <strong>2009</strong> DRAFT CHOICES VETERANS ROSTERS STAFF<br />
MARLON LUCKY — HB<br />
Height: 5-11 College: Nebraska<br />
Weight: 218 Born: 2-28-86<br />
Lucky played four seasons<br />
(2005-08) at Nebraska and<br />
compiled 4214 all-purpose<br />
yards, fourth-most in school<br />
history … Played 50 games, with 29 starts … Averaged<br />
4.6 yards per carry while rushing for 2393 yards … His<br />
135 career receptions rank fourth all-time at NU, and his<br />
75 catches in 2007 are a Husker record … Top statistical<br />
season was his 2007 junior campaign, when he rushed<br />
for 1057 yards (4.9 avg.) with nine TDs … Earned Walter<br />
Camp National Offensive Player of the Week award in<br />
2007 vs. Nevada, when he rushed 20-for-233 with three<br />
TDs and also caught a TD pass … Twice named Big 12<br />
Offensive Player of the Week in ’07 … Tied for team lead<br />
RICO MURRAY — CB<br />
Height: 5-11 College: Kent State<br />
Weight: 202 Born: 8-21-87<br />
<strong>Cincinnati</strong> native played<br />
47 games over four seasons<br />
(2005-08) at Kent State, with<br />
31 starts … Shows quickness<br />
and good instincts in pass coverage, reacting well out<br />
of his backpedal … Started 11 games at CB as a senior,<br />
named one of four team captains, and led team in pass<br />
break-ups (seven), with one INT … Logged 218 career<br />
tackles and four INTs … Ranked fourth on team in tackles<br />
(72) last season, and added two fumble recoveries and a<br />
forced fumble … Nine tackles last season against Boston<br />
College, and had an INT plus a 20-yard fumble return in<br />
TOM NELSON — S<br />
Height: 5-11 College: Illinois State<br />
Weight: 203 Born: 12-4-86<br />
A four-year standout in FCS<br />
play at Illinois State, Nelson<br />
started all 46 games he played<br />
over the 2005-08 seasons …<br />
Totaled 266 tackles, seven INTs, 21 pass break-ups,<br />
two forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries …<br />
Also averaged 22.8 yards on 84 career kickoff returns<br />
and 10.8 yards on 34 career punt returns … As a senior,<br />
had a 97-yard KO return for a TD at Western Illinois and<br />
an 82-yard punt return for a score at Murray State …<br />
Led team with 81 tackles as a senior, and led Missouri<br />
Valley Conference in punt returns, averaging 15.6 yards<br />
on 17 returns … As a junior, had two INTs against<br />
30<br />
with seven rushing TDs as a senior, totaling 517 yards<br />
… Occasionally triggered the offense by taking direct<br />
snaps from center, and threw four career TD passes<br />
… Topped the 1000-yard mark from scrimmage as a<br />
sophomore, rushing for 728 yards (5.2 avg.) and adding<br />
383 on 32 receptions … Lived through seventh grade in<br />
Dallas, Texas, and then moved to Los Angeles area …<br />
Attended North Hollywood High School, where he rushed<br />
for 2036 yards and 40 TDs as a senior … Also won four<br />
prep letters in track … Sociology major at Nebraska,<br />
and made Big 12 Commissioner’s spring 2007 honor<br />
roll … Volunteered time at NU to assist with hospital<br />
visits and with Read to Succeed Book Drive … Signed<br />
<strong>Bengals</strong> contract on 4-30-09.<br />
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win over Temple … Third on team in tackles (75) as a<br />
junior, and also had nine pass break-ups plus one INT<br />
… Earned team’s Most Improved award on defense as a<br />
junior … Received honorable mention on The Sporting<br />
News Freshman All-America team in 2005, when he<br />
played 11 games with eight starts and had two INTs …<br />
Attended <strong>Cincinnati</strong>’s Moeller High School, where he<br />
was a fi rst-team All-Greater Catholic League selection<br />
as both a junior and a senior … Returned three of his<br />
eight INTs for TDs as a high school senior … Physical<br />
education major at Kent State … Signed <strong>Bengals</strong><br />
contract on 4-30-09.<br />
43<br />
Chase Daniel, Missouri’s Heisman Trophy fi nalist …<br />
Had career-high 86 tackles as a junior, ranking third on<br />
team … Helped Redbirds to 9-4 season as a sophomore<br />
in 2006, when his career-high four INTs included a pair<br />
of thefts against Kansas State … Named as conference<br />
Freshman of the Year in 2005, when he started all 11<br />
games and posted 57 tackles … <strong>Home</strong>town is Arlington<br />
Heights, Ill. … Attended John Hersey High School,<br />
where he lettered in football, basketball and baseball<br />
… In his senior prep football season, rushed for 900<br />
yards and nine TDs while also passing for 1034 yards<br />
and eight TDs as an option QB … Honor roll student<br />
… Signed <strong>Bengals</strong> contract on 4-30-09.<br />
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