Marcus Thigpen
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Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
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| Positions | Running back, kick returner | ||||||||||||
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| Born | May 15, 1986 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 193 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | Mumford (Detroit) | ||||||||||||
| College | Indiana | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 2009: undrafted | ||||||||||||
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Marcus Arnette Thigpen (born May 15, 1986) is an American former professional football player who was a running back and kick returner in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football for the Indiana Hoosiers, earning first-team All-American honors in 2006. He signed with the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2009. Thigpen was also a member of the Denver Broncos, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Buffalo Bills, Indianapolis Colts, Oakland Raiders, and Saskatchewan Roughriders.
Thigpen attended Mumford High School in Detroit, Michigan and was a letterman in football and track. During his high school career, he was one of the top sprinters in the state of Michigan. During his senior year (2004), he won the MHSAA Division I 100-meter dash with a time of 10.82 and led Mumford to its third consecutive outdoor state track and field title in as many years. He also led the Detroit Public School League with 1,785 yards and twenty touchdowns. In 2011, Mumford won its 11th state track and field championship in the school's history.
College career
After high school, Thigpen enrolled at Indiana University but was redshirted his freshman year. During his four years of competition (2005–2008), he finished his career as the third best kick returner (2,009 yards) in the school's history. He also ranks third in all-purpose yards with 4,655 and scored 21 touchdowns. He was the first IU player to get more than 1,000 yards in rushing (1,621), receiving (1,028) and kick returning (2,009). He was selected as one of the team's captains as a fifth-year senior and was named IU's offensive player of the year in 2008. He graduated in 2009 with a major in social/behavioral science and criminal justice.[1]
Track and field
Thigpen led the Hoosiers with a 2006 season-best time of 10.65 in the 100 meters, which he clocked at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships, good for sixth place. He also ran the first leg of IU's 4 × 100 meter relay team that clocked 40.13 seconds, which is the third fastest time in IU history at the NCAA Mideast Regional Championship. In 2006, he took seventh in the 60 meters, with a time of 6.89 seconds and sixth in the 200 meters, with a time of 21.94 seconds at the Big Ten indoor meet, and he placed seventh in the 100 meters at the Big Ten outdoor meet, with a time of 10.75 seconds.
His personal bests are 6.77 seconds in the 60 meters, 10.34 seconds in the 100 meters and 21.27 seconds in the 200 meters.
Personal bests
| Event | Time (seconds) | Venue | Date |
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| 60 meters | 6.77 | Bloomington, Indiana | February 17, 2006 |
| 100 meters | 10.34 | Knoxville, Tennessee | April 11, 2008 |
| 200 meters | 21.27 | Bloomington, Indiana | April 18, 2008 |
