Marcel Shipp

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Marcel Shipp
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Position: Running back
Personal information
Born: (1978-08-08) August 8, 1978 (age 45)
Paterson, New Jersey, U.S.
Height:5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:224 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school: Passaic County Technical Institute
(Wayne, New Jersey)
College: Massachusetts
Undrafted: 2001
Career history
As a player:
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
As a coach:
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× UFL champion (2009, 2010)
  • Second-team All-American (1998)
  • 2× Third-team All-American (1999–2000)
  • 3× First-team All-A-10 (1998–2000)
Career NFL statistics
Rushing attempts:605
Rushing yards:2,197
Rushing touchdowns:11
Receptions:113
Receiving yards:937
Receiving touchdowns:3
Player stats at NFL.com  ·  PFR

Marcel Cornelius Shipp (born August 8, 1978 [1] ) is a former American football running back and current coach. He played as a running back in the National Football League (NFL) from 2001 to 2008 for the Arizona Cardinals and Houston Texans. [2] He was signed by the Arizona Cardinals as an undrafted free agent in 2001, and played with them through the 2007 season. He was signed for a short time by the Texans in 2008. He played college football at University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass). Shipp was last the running backs coach for the New York Jets.

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Early years

Shipp played high school football at the Passaic County Technical Institute in Wayne, New Jersey. [3] Shipp rushed for 1,510 yards and 24 touchdowns as a senior to earn First-team All-State honors. [4]

College years

Shipp attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst and was a letterman for the UMass Minutemen football team. As a sophomore, he was a first-team All-American selection, having run for a school-record 2,542 yards and 18 touchdowns. He capped the season by rushing for 244 yards and three scores in the team's improbable 55–43 victory over the top-ranked Georgia Southern Eagles in the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game. [5] As a junior, he was a finalist for the Walter Payton Award, and added another school record—24 rushing touchdowns—to his resume to go with 1,846 rushing yards. Shipp finished his college career with 5,383 rushing yards, which currently[ when? ] ranks sixth on the Division I-AA football career record list.[ citation needed ]

Professional career

Arizona Cardinals

He signed as an undrafted free agent with the Arizona Cardinals on April 23, 2001. He made the team but played little in 2001, not getting a single rushing attempt. He did return 6 kickoffs. In 2002 Shipp would see many more opportunities. He had his breakout game in a Week 4 win against the New York Giants when he rushed for 92 yards on 17 carries and scored two touchdowns. In Week 11, he rushed for a season high 135 yards and a touchdown against the Oakland Raiders. He finished the year with a team leading 834 rushing yards on 188 carries (4.4 yards per carry) and 9 total touchdowns.

At the beginning of the 2003 season Shipp's status was somewhat unclear as the team had signed Emmitt Smith in the offseason. Despite Smith's presence Shipp again led the team in rushing with 830 yards on the season. His yards per carry went down to 3.6 however and he did not score a touchdown. He rushed for a career-high 165 yards against the San Francisco 49ers in a Week 7 win.

In training camp in 2004, Shipp broke his leg and dislocated his ankle, forcing him to miss the entire 2004 season and he was placed on injured reserve. [6] He did not play at all that year. Following the missed 2004 season Shipp still remained with the Cardinals. In 2005, he was again the Cardinals' leading rusher, but this time with only 451 yards on 157 carries, for 2.9 yards per carry. In 2006 Shipp saw much less action, as the Cardinals had signed Edgerrin James. He rushed 17 times for 41 yards. He did have 4 touchdowns, scoring for the first time since 2002, including 3 touchdowns in one game on December 3 against the St. Louis Rams. In 2007, he had limited duty again, with 15 carries for 41 yards, still backing up James. In 2008, Shipp signed a 3-year contract with the Cardinals. However, he was released by the team on August 4.

Houston Texans

On August 18, 2008, Shipp agreed to terms with the Houston Texans, but was later released on August 29.

His career NFL stats are 605 rushes for 2,197 yards (3.6 yards per carry) and 11 rushing touchdowns. He has 109 receptions for 912 yards and 3 receiving touchdowns.

Las Vegas Locomotives

Shipp signed with the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League on August 25, 2009. [7] He finished the 2009 UFL season with 72 carries for 257 rushing yards, good for fourth in the league. Shipp's Locomotives defeated the Florida Tuskers 20-17 in overtime to win the inaugural UFL championship game.

Shipp returned with the team for the 2010 season. The Locomotives won a second straight championship again defeating the Tuskers in the championship game. Shipp finished the regular season with 313 rushing yards (5th in the league) on 117 carries and four rushing touchdowns (tied for second in the league). In the championship game he had 16 carries for 43 yards.

In 2011 Shipp remained with the Locomotives for a third season, despite the UFL's continued financial problems. In only a four team league, the Locomotives went 3-1 with Shipp as their leading rusher. Shipp gained 164 yards on 49 carries and scored two touchdowns. The Locomotives did not win their third straight championship as they lost in the title game 17-3 to the Virginia Destroyers.

NFL career statistics

Legend
BoldCareer high
YearTeamGamesRushingReceiving
GPGSAttYdsAvgLngTDRecYdsAvgLngTD
2001 ARI 110000.000000.000
2002 ARI 1561888344.45663841310.9803
2003 ARI 16112288303.6360301846.1340
2005 ARI 15111574512.9190352557.3280
2006 ARI 15017412.49466010.0220
2007 ARI 16015412.71414256.390
88286052,1973.656111139378.3803

Coaching career

Since retiring from football Shipp has had various coaching stops over the past 4 seasons: 2012 he became the running backs coach of the Las Vegas Loco's of the UFL. 2013 he served as a coaching intern for the Arizona Cardinals 2014 he joined his alma matra UMass as the team's running backs coach 2015 he joined the New York Jets as the team's running backs coach. It was announced on January 3, 2017, that Shipp along with several other coaches were fired from the Jets' staff.

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References

  1. ↑ "Marcel Shipp". IMDb. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Our Story | Clean Bottom Pools | Phoenix AZ". Clean Bottom Pools. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
  3. ↑ Marcel Shipp player profile, National Football League Players Association. Accessed July 24, 2007. "Hometown: Paterson, N.J... Played one year of prep football at Milford (Conn.) Academy and was all-New Jersey choice as a senior at Passaic County Technical High School"
  4. ↑ Marcel Shipp player profile Archived July 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine , [University of Massachusetts athletic site]. Accessed December 8, 2007. "Before UMass: Ran for 1,510 yards and 24 touchdowns on 172 carries (8.8 average) during his senior season ... First team All-State choice as a senior"
  5. ↑ "UMass Wins I-AA Championship". CBS News . December 19, 1998. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Shipp shines in return, Arrington still firmly the starter". ESPN.com. August 22, 2005.
  7. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 29, 2009. Retrieved August 26, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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