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  Marquel Pittman

Marquel Pittman

Player Profile

Class:
RS Junior

Hometown:
Maxton, N.C.

High School:
Purnell Swett HS

Height / Weight:
6-3 / 190

Position:
WR

Notes: Surpassed 1,000-yards receiving for his career at Wofford, reaching the milestone on his third catch of the game - a 12-yard scoring strike from red-shirt QB Zack Jaynes that gave Western the early, 7-0, lead ... Enters his third season 1,059 career yards and nine touchdowns, six shy of sixth place on WCU's career receiving TD charts.

2008 (Red-shirt Sophomore): Played in 11 games making nine starts ... Ranked second on the team with 40 catches but led the squad with 583 receiving yards ... Ranked seventh in the SoCon with 53 yards receiving per game ... Hauled in four touchdown passes ... Posted two 100-yard receiving games during the year, but only managed one catch for 10 yards in his final three games ... Caught six passes for 109 yards and his first TD of the season in the opener against Shorter College ... Recorded a career-long, 78-yard reception from QB Andy Horn against nationally-ranked Liberty - it was his only catch against the Flames ... Posted his fourth career 100-yard receiving day against Presbyterian (106) ... Hauled in his third receiving TD versus the Blue Hose, an acrobatic-circus catch between two PC defenders that proved to be the game-winner ... Was held without a catch for the first-time in his WCU career against Georgia Southern, missing most of the second half with a knee injury ... Playing for both offensive units, caught 12 passes for 182 yards and a touchdown in the annual WCU Spring Game.

2007 (Red-shirt Freshman): Appeared in 10 of the team's 11 games with seven starts, missing the Georgia Southern game due to a broken bone in his hand ... Caught 22 passes for 476 yards, a 16.4 yards-per-catch average ... Had at least one catch in each of his 10 games, with six multiple-catch performances ... Made his first career reception midway through the third quarter at Alabama - a catch good for just one yard ... Hauled in five TD receptions, including a pair of two-score performances in back-to-back games against The Citadel and Wofford ... Had a career-high 124 yards against 11th-ranked Wofford on six catches for an average of 20.7 yds/catch ... In the win over Presbyterian, caught a season-high seven passes for 107 yards, with a long of 42 yards ... Sometime during the PC game, suffered a broken hand that had to be surgically repaired and forced him to miss the GSU game ... Also rushed one time for a five-yard gain on an end-around ... Was named the Southern Conference Freshman of the Week for the week of the Wofford game.

2006 (Freshman): Did not see game action, taking a red-shirt.

Prior to Western: Elected to represent the winning North Carolina Team in the Shrine Bowl ... Two-time Robeson County Player of the Year at Purnell Swett HS ... Named All-Two Rivers Conference ... Tabbed North Carolina Prep All-State as a senior ... Had 52 Catches for 903 yards and 10 TDs along with 92 tackles and four interceptions on defense.