Marcel Cornelius Shipp was born on August 8,1978 and is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League from 2001 to 2008 for the Arizona Cardinals and Houston Texans.
24 Facts About Marcel Shipp
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Marcel Shipp was signed by the Arizona Cardinals as an undrafted free agent in 2001, and played with them through the 2007 season.
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Marcel Shipp was signed for a short time by the Texans in 2008.
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Marcel Shipp played high school football at the Passaic County Technical Institute in Wayne, New Jersey.
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Marcel Shipp rushed for 1,510 yards and 24 touchdowns as a senior to earn First-team All-State honors.
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Marcel Shipp attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst and was a letterman for the UMass Minutemen football team.
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Marcel Shipp finished his college career with 5,383 rushing yards, which currently ranks sixth on the Division I-AA football career record list.
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Marcel Shipp signed as an undrafted free agent with the Arizona Cardinals on April 23,2001.
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Marcel Shipp made the team but played little in 2001, not getting a single rushing attempt.
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Marcel Shipp 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.
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Marcel Shipp finished the year with a team leading 834 rushing yards on 188 carries and 9 total touchdowns.
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At the beginning of the 2003 season Marcel Shipp's status was somewhat unclear as the team had signed Emmitt Smith in the offseason.
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Marcel Shipp rushed for a career-high 165 yards against the San Francisco 49ers in a Week 7 win.
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In training camp in 2004, Marcel Shipp broke his leg and dislocated his ankle, forcing him to miss the entire 2004 season and he was placed on injured reserve.
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In 2006 Marcel Shipp saw much less action, as the Cardinals had signed Edgerrin James.
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Marcel Shipp 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.
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In 2008, Marcel Shipp signed a 3-year contract with the Cardinals.
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Marcel Shipp has 109 receptions for 912 yards and 3 receiving touchdowns.
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Marcel Shipp signed with the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League on August 25,2009.
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Marcel Shipp finished the 2009 UFL season with 72 carries for 257 rushing yards, good for fourth in the league.
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Marcel Shipp finished the regular season with 313 rushing yards on 117 carries and four rushing touchdowns.
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In 2011 Marcel Shipp remained with the Locomotives for a third season, despite the UFL's continued financial problems.
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Marcel Shipp gained 164 yards on 49 carries and scored two touchdowns.
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Since retiring from football Marcel 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.