High school: Middletown (OH) 40 yard dash time 4.6 seconds Children Aliyiah Marshall | Weight: 200 lb (91 kg) Undrafted: 2016 Height 1.8 m | |
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Position: Wide receiverReturn specialist Date of birth: (1995-07-21) July 21, 1995 (age 21) Similar Quincy Enunwa, Robby Anderson, Devin Smith, Darron Lee, Charone Peake Profiles | ||
Jalin Delane Marshall (born July 21, 1995) is an American football wide receiver and return specialist for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He signed with the Jets as an undrafted free agent following the 2016 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State.
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Early years
Marshall attended Middletown High School in Middletown, Ohio. He played wide receiver and quarterback. During his career, he rushed for 4,759 yards and had 54 total touchdowns. Marshall was rated by Scout.com as a five-star recruit and committed to Ohio State University to play college football.
College career
After redshirting his first year at Ohio State in 2013, Marshall played in all 15 games as a redshirt freshman in 2014. He finished second on the team with 38 receptions for 499 yards and six touchdowns. The receptions were second most by an Ohio State freshman behind Cris Carter's 41 in 1984. Marshall also added a rushing touchdown and a punt return touchdown. Marshall was suspended for the first game of his redshirt sophomore year in 2015 due to a violation of team rules. He returned from suspension and played in the final 12 games. He finished the year with 36 receptions for 477 yards and five touchdowns. After the season, Marshall decided to forgo his remaining two years of eligibility and entered the 2016 NFL Draft.
Professional career
Marshall signed as an undrafted free agent for the New York Jets on April 30, 2016.
Going into the regular season, Marshall was named the fourth wide receiver on the Jets depth chart behind veterans Brandon Marshall, Eric Decker, and Quincy Enunwa. He was also given punt and kick return duties. He made his professional regular season debut in the Jets' season opener against the Cincinnati Bengals and finished with three kick returns for 36-yards and two punt returns for 5-yards. He finished that game with three catches for 45 receiving yards in a 37-31 victory over the Buffalo Bills. On November 6, 2016, Marshall caught three passes for 59 receiving yards and caught an 18-yard touchdown pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick for his first career touchdown during a 23-27 loss to the Miami Dolphins. During his rookie season, Marshall was diagnosed with a torn labrum on his right shoulder, but managed to power through it and play 10 games with 162 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He also made 13 kickoff returns for 324 yards and 18 punt returns for 100 yards.
On March 7, 2017, it was announced that Marshall will be suspended the first four games of the 2017 season for violating the NFL policy on performance enhancing substances.
