Mark Mariscal Explained

Mark Mariscal

Birth Date:

September 10, 1979

Birth Place:

Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.

Position:

Punter

Uniform Number:

8

Height Ft:

6

Height In:

2

Weight Lb:

201

College:

Colorado (1998–2002)

High School:

Lincoln
(Tallahassee, Florida)

Nfldraftedyear:

2003

Nfldraftedround:

Undrafted

Playing Team1:

New Orleans Saints

Playing Years2:

2003-2004

Playing Team2:

New York Jets

Playing Team3:

New Orleans Saints*

Playing Team4:

Montreal Alouettes

Playing Team5:

Denver Broncos

Playing Years6:

2005

Playing Team6:

Philadelphia Eagles

Career Footnotes:

• Offseason and/or practice squad member only

| career_highlights =

• Consensus All-American (2002)
• First-team All-Big 12 (2002)

| awards =

• Ray Guy Award (2002)

| honors = | statlabel1 = Punting yards| statvalue1 = 1,479| statlabel2 = Punting average| statvalue2 = 43.5| statlabel3 = Longest punt| statvalue3 = 67| statlabel4 = Field goals made| statvalue4 = 3| statlabel5 = Field goals attempted| statvalue5 = 7| statlabel6 = Field goal percentage| statvalue6 = 42.9%}}

Mark Mariscal (born September 10, 1979) is an American former football punter who played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for a single season in 2004 with the Montreal Alouettes. He played college football for the Colorado Buffaloes, where he won the Ray Guy Award and earned consensus All-American honors.

College career

Mariscal attended the University of Colorado Boulder, where he played for the Colorado Buffaloes football team from 1998 to 2002. As a senior, he set an NCAA Division I record for most punts of fifty-plus yards (29), was a first-team All-Big 12 selection, and was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American (2002).^[1] He was also the 2002 recipient of the Ray Guy Award as the nation's best college punter.

Professional career

Mariscal signed with the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL) as an undrafted free agent in 2003, and was later a member of the NFL preseason or practice squads of the New York Jets, the Denver Broncos and the Philadelphia Eagles. In 2004, Mariscal appeared in six regular season CFL games for the Montreal Alouettes, playing occasionally as placekicker as well.

External links

• Article at Scout.com
• Career Statistics & Transactions

Notes and References

1. 2011 NCAA Football Records Book, Award Winners, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Indianapolis, Indiana, p. 11 (2011). Retrieved June 22, 2012.