Marcel Antoine Wayne Reece[1] (born June 23, 1985) is an American former professional football player who was a fullback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football as a wide receiver for the Washington Huskies and was signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent after the 2008 NFL draft. He was also a member of the Oakland Raiders and the Seattle Seahawks. After his playing career, Reece became an executive with the Las Vegas Raiders in 2020.
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| Position: | Fullback | ||||||||||||||
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| Born: | June 23, 1985 Inglewood, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 235 lb (107 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Hesperia (Hesperia, California) | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Washington | ||||||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2008 | ||||||||||||||
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Early life
editReece attended Hesperia High School in Hesperia, California, where he was a first-team All-league performer in football, basketball and track. In football, he earned All-league honors as a wide receiver.
In track & field, Reece competed as a sprinter while at Hesperia, earning All-league honors. He recorded a personal-best time of 49.8 seconds in the 400-meter dash as a senior.[2] In addition, he also recorded a 4.45-second 40-yard dash, bench-pressed 360 pounds and had a 34-inch vertical.
College career
editReece continued his football career at Chaffey College where he posted 25 receptions for 600 yards and 7 touchdowns. Reece decided to transfer to El Camino College the following year where he posted 47 catches for 1,286 yards and 13 touchdowns. This performance earned him a scholarship to the University of Washington. He broke out during his senior year and made 39 catches for 761 yards and 8 touchdowns. The most notable play of Reece's career came against the University of Arizona where he had a 98-yard reception for a touchdown, which is the longest play from scrimmage in UW history. He also became a member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity.
Professional career
editPre-draft
edit| Height | Weight | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | ||||
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| 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
231 lb (105 kg) |
4.38 s | 1.51 s | 2.55 s | 4.26 s | 7.20 s | 36+1⁄2 in (0.93 m) |
9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) | ||||
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Despite posting a 4.4-second 40-yard dash, Reece was not drafted. He was noted as a "tweener", meaning that scouts did not know what position would fit Marcel in the NFL. He was noted as being too big to be a receiver and too small to be a tight end.
Miami Dolphins
editHe was signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2008. That same year, he was later cut after not making the final squad.
Oakland Raiders
editThe Raiders picked him up and experimented with him in a variety of positions and in this process found that fullback fit him best. Reece spent the entire 2008 season and the majority of the 2009 campaign on the Raiders’ practice squad.
In the 2010 NFL season, he emerged as the starting fullback for the Oakland Raiders, hauling in 25 receptions for 333 yards and 3 touchdowns while rushing for 122 yards and one touchdown. He blocked for his teammate running back Darren McFadden, who rushed for 1,157 yards and 7 touchdowns.
In 2012, after a series of injuries to McFadden and back-up Mike Goodson, Marcel Reece was switched from fullback to running back. He rushed for a total of 271 yards and recorded 52 receptions for 496 yards and one touchdown.
In 2013, both McFadden and back-up Rashad Jennings were limited due to injures, allowing Reece to line up at running back. On December 27, 2013, he was the lone Raider selected for the 2013 Pro Bowl, his second Pro Bowl nomination.[3]
On December 23, 2014, Reece was selected once again to the Pro Bowl, marking his third straight Pro Bowl appearance at the fullback position.[4]
In 2015, after Derek Carr suffered an injury to his throwing hand, Matt McGloin stepped in at quarterback, finding Reece for two receiving touchdowns, in a season-opening loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. On December 22, 2015, he was selected to his fourth straight Pro Bowl.[5] On December 28, 2015, Reece was suspended for four games for violating league policy on performance-enhancing substances.[6]
Reece was released by the Raiders on September 26, 2016.[7]
Seattle Seahawks
editOn December 6, 2016, Reece was signed by the Seattle Seahawks.[8]
On July 28, 2017, Reece was re-signed by the Seahawks.[9] He was released on September 2, 2017.[10]
Career statistics
edit| Season | Team | G | GS | Rushing | Receiving | Fumbles | |||||||||
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| Att | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | Fum | Lost | ||||
| 2008 | OAK | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | -- | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009 | OAK | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 | – | – |
| 2010 | OAK | 16 | 10 | 30 | 122 | 4.1 | 31 | 1 | 25 | 333 | 13.3 | 73T | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | OAK | 12 | 6 | 17 | 112 | 6.6 | 26 | 0 | 27 | 301 | 11.1 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | OAK | 16 | 14 | 59 | 271 | 4.6 | 17 | 0 | 52 | 496 | 9.5 | 56 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013 | OAK | 16 | 15 | 46 | 218 | 4.7 | 63T | 2 | 32 | 331 | 10.3 | 45 | 2 | – | – |
| 2014 | OAK | 15 | 15 | 21 | 85 | 4.0 | 11 | 0 | 37 | 265 | 7.2 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | OAK | 15 | 7 | 10 | 36 | 3.6 | 12 | 0 | 30 | 269 | 9.0 | 55 | 3 | – | – |
| 2016 | SEA | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 31 | 0 | – | – |
| Career | 96 | 67 | 185 | 844 | 4.6 | 63 | 3 | 210 | 2,088 | 9.8 | 73 | 12 | 5 | 3 | |
Return to the Raiders
editOn September 11, 2020, the Las Vegas Raiders announced Reece's return in an executive position, with the newly created title of Senior Advisor to the Owner and President for Mark Davis and Marc Badain.[11] Less than two years later, Reece was promoted to Chief People Officer[12] and then around May 21, 2022 Reece became Raiders' Senior Vice President, Chief of Staff.[13] He resigned in 2023.[14]
References
edit- ^ "Marcel Reece Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
- ^ "Washington Huskies".
- ^ "Raiders FB Marcel Reece Selected to Second Pro Bowl". raiders.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
- ^ "Raiders FB Marcel Reece selected to Third straight Pro Bowl". raiders.com. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
- ^ "Raiders FB Marcel Reece selected to Fourth straight Pro Bowl appearance". raiders.com. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
- ^ "Raiders Fullback Marcel Reece Suspended". www.raiders.com. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
- ^ "Raiders Release FB Marcel Reece". Raiders.com.
- ^ Boyle, John (December 6, 2016). "Seahawks Sign Jeron Johnson, Marcel Reece; Place Earl Thomas on Injured Reserve". Seahawks.com. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
- ^ Boyle, John (July 29, 2017). "Seahawks Sign Fullback Marcel Reece And Defensive End Marcus Smith". Seahawks.com.
- ^ Drovetto, Tony (September 2, 2017). "Seahawks Make Three More Trades, Set 53-Man Roster". Seahawks.com. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
- ^ "Marcel Reece Returns". Raiders.com. September 11, 2020. Archived from the original on August 13, 2022. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
- ^ Belson, Ken; Vrentas, Jenny; Draper, Kevin (May 14, 2022). "The Disarray and 'Stone Age' Dysfunction of the Las Vegas Raiders". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
- ^ Straub, Luke (June 5, 2022). "Ex-NFL FB Marcel Reece is Raiders' new senior vice president, chief of staff". Yahoo Sports!. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
- ^ Akers, Mick (February 28, 2023). "Marcel Reece, other executives no longer with Raiders". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
External links
edit- Career statistics from ESPN · Yahoo Sports · Pro Football Reference
- Washington Huskies bio