1  Marcus Ball
	Class: RS Senior Hometown: Atlanta, GA High School: Stephenson HS Last College: FSU/Pearl River CC Height / Weight: 6-0 / 210 Position: DB Birthdate: 07/21/1987 Experience: 2L

Career & 2010 Highlights:

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Joined the Tigers after playing the `06 & `07 seasons at Florida State, and the 2008 season at Pearl River CC...Was granted the 2006 season back after suffering a knee injury...Lettered in `09 and `10 at Memphis...Played in nine of 12 games in the Tiger secondary and on special teams with three starts at strong safety in 2009...His two interceptions against UTEP ranked in a tie for the 11th highest single game total in 2009 in the NCAA FBS...Tied for eighth on the team with 42 tackles, including 18 solo stops and had two pass breakups and an assisted TFL.. Earned the inaugural Jeremy Williams Award (Spring's Most Valuable Player), which was presented at the 2010 Blue-Gray Game...Finished third on the team in tackles with 66 in 2010...Was second in passes defended with four and tied for first with two interceptions...Both of his picks were against UAB.

2009:

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Transferred to Memphis after playing the 2008 season at nationally ranked Pearl River (Miss.) Community College...Played in nine of 12 games in the Tiger secondary and on special teams with three starts at strong safety...His two interceptions against UTEP ranked in a tie for the 11th highest single game total in 2009 in the NCAA FBS...Tied for the team lead with two interceptions and finished sixth with four passes defended...Tied for eighth on the team with 42 tackles, including 18 solo stops and had two pass breakups and an assisted TFL...Made his first appearance for Memphis against Marshall and made five tackles and one pass breakup...Breakup came on a 3rd-and-8 in the first quarter that forced the Herd to kick a field goal...Assisted on a tackle for a loss of a yard against Marshall...Intercepted UTEP's Trevor Vittatoe twice deep in the U of M's own territory, marking the first time a Tiger had multiple interceptions in a game since current Cleveland Browns' DB Brandon McDonald made two picks against UTEP in 2006...Made his first pick in the first quarter at the Memphis 20 and had a 14-yard return...Later intercepted Vittatoe again in the opening minute of the fourth quarter on a diving catch at the Memphis 18...Also posted two tackles in the game...Logged seven tackles against Southern Miss in his first career start and had one pass breakup...Tied his career high with 10 tackles in a start against East Carolina...Had six tackles in a start against Tennessee...Saw limited action against UAB due to an injury...Registered five tackles, including two solo stops, against Houston...Had a career best five solo tackles against Tulsa and totaled seven in the game...Earned the inaugural Jeremy Williams Award (Spring's Most Valuable Player), which was presented at the 2010 Blue-Gray Game.

Junior College:

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Played the 2008 season at nationally ranked Pearl River (Miss.) Community College...Was a first-team All-American safety at Pearl River.

Florida State:

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Earned playing time in the first four games of the season as a true freshman in 2006 before injuring his left knee on kickoff coverage against Rice...Was tied for third on the team in tackles with 13 when he was injured...Recorded 10 tackles against Troy, which was the most by a Seminole true freshman since 2006 first-round NFL draft selection Ernie Sims in 2003...Also recorded two pass breakups against Troy and had an interception against Rice that he returned 54 yards...Was granted a redshirt year for 2006...Played in nine games as a sophomore in 2007 and totaled 24 tackles, a fumble recovery, an interception, three pass breakups and 1.5 tackles for loss.

Prep:

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Graduated from Stephenson High School in 2006...A four-star player and the third-ranked outside linebacker in the nation overall according to Rivals.com...The No. 37 overall prospect in the Rivals 100 for 2006 and ranked as the No. 3 player in the state on the postseason Georgia Top 50 list...Rated by Rivals.com as the No. 1 player in the state of Georgia prior to the 2005 season after recording 136 tackles and eight sacks as a junior in 2004...Named a second-team EA Sports All-American...Chosen as a Parade All-American and participated in the 2006 U.S. Army All-American game...The No. 18 overall recruit on the ESPN 150...Rated as the No. 4 linebacker in the nation in the PrepStar100 and was listed as the No. 11 overall prospect on PrepStar Magazine's Top 100 Dream Team...A first team all-state selection by the Georgia Sports Writers Association who also named him Class 5A Defensive Player of the Year after he recorded 150 tackles and three interceptions as a senior.

Personal:

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Marcus Ball is the son of Catherine Geiger and Reggie Ball...Born July 21, 1987...Younger brother of former Georgia Tech quarterback Reggie Ball and former Chattanooga defensive back Raeshon Ball.

Ball's Career Defensive Statistics
YR	G/S	UT	AT	TOT	PD	FR	FF	TFL	SK	INT
2006*	4/0	7	6	13	2	0-0	0	0-0	0-0	1-54
2007*	9/0	13	11	24	3	1-0	0	1.5-9	1-8	0-0
2009	9/3	18	24	42	4	0-0	0	0.5-0	0-0	2-14
2010	10/9	35	31	66	4	0-0	0	1.5-2	0-0	2-63
TOTAL	32/12	73	72	145	13	1-0	0	3.5-11	1-8	5-131

*at Florida State

Ball's Career Highs
Tackles	10 (2 games, last vs. East Carolina 2009)
Solo Tackles	6 (at Mississippi State 2010)
Assisted Tackles	6 (vs. East Carolina 2009)
Tackles For Loss	1 (vs. NC State 2007)
Sacks	1 (NC State 2007)
Pass Breakups	1 (5 games, last vs. Boston College 2007)
Fumbles Recovered	1 (Wake Forest 2007)
Interceptions	2 (2 games, last vs. UAB 2010)

Ball's Game-By Game
Defense	Opponent	UT	AT	TT	TFL	SK	FF	PBU	INT
9/6/09	Ole Miss				DNP
9/12/09	MTSU				DNP
9/19/09	UT Martin				DNP
9/26/09	Marshall	3	2	5	0.5-0	0-0	0	1	0-0
10/3/09	UCF	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
10/10/09	UTEP	1	1	2	0-0	0-0	0	0	2-14
10/17/09*	Southern Miss	2	5	7	0-0	0-0	0	1	0-0
10/27/09*	East Carolina	4	6	10	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
11/7/09*	Tennessee	1	5	6	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
11/14/09	UAB	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
11/21/09	Houston	2	3	5	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
11/27/09	Tulsa	5	2	7	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
9/4/10*	Miss. State	6	2	8	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
9/11/10*	East Carolina	3	5	8	0.5-1	0-0	0	0	0-0
9/18/10*	MTSU	3	4	7	0-0	0-0	0	1	0-0
9/25/10*	UTEP	5	3	8	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
10/2/10*	Tulsa	2	3	5	0-0	0-0	0	1	0-0
10/9/10*	Louisville	4	3	7	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
10/16/10*	Southern Miss	4	1	5	0.5-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
10/30/10*	Houston	2	4	6	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
11/6/10	Tennessee	DNP
11/13/10	Marshall	DNP
11/20/10	UAB	2	2	4	0-0	0-0	0	0	2-63
11/27/10*	UCF	4	4	8	0.5-1	0-0	0	0	0-0