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2020 Football Roster
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Marcus Haskins
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Position:
- CB
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 185
- Prev School:
- East Ridge HS (Iowa Western CC)
- Hometown:
- St. Paul, Minn.
2020 (R-Jr.):
• Saw playing time in all 11 games, starting nine contests
• Finished his first season at Liberty with 30 tackles
• 25 of his 30 tackles were solo stops (83.3 percent)
• Ranked third on the team in tackles among defensive backs
• Two tackles (one solo, one assisted) during his first game at Western Kentucky
• Had a five-yard interception return against ULM
• Helped Liberty rank No. 23 in the country in interceptions, recording one of the Flames' 11 interceptions during the season
• Recorded four solo tackles during Liberty's road win at Syracuse
• Three solo tackles during Liberty's first-ever win over Virginia Tech
• Six tackles, all solo stops, at NC State, including a six-yard tackle for a loss
• Five tackles, including four solo stops, against UMass
• Helped Liberty secure a win over No. 9/11 Coastal Carolina in the FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl with a season-high seven tackles (five solo, two assisted)
Previous School:
• Transferred to Liberty from Iowa Western Community College
• Also received offers from Akron, Austin Peay, Buffalo, Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, Kent State, Louisiana Tech, New Mexico State, Northern Iowa, Montana State, Southeast Missouri State, Tennessee Martin and Troy
• Finished the 2019 season at Iowa Western with 31 tackles, 10 pass breakups, seven interceptions and two forced fumbles
• First-team All-ICCAC Conference
• First-team All-America NJCAA DB
• Recorded an interception in five straight games to open his college football career
• Had a pair of games with two interceptions during the season's final three contests
• Tied the NCAA Division II single-game record with seven passes defended in a 31-7 win over Upper Iowa (six pass breakups and an one interception)
Prep:
• Graduated from James East Ridge High School in Woodbury, Minn.
• Recorded 41 tackles during his senior season
• Ranked sixth on the team and added a pair of forced fumbles
• Had 170 all-purpose yards, including 125 on his nine interception returns
• First-team all-conference as a senior
• A Cliff Harris Award finalist
• Earned D2CCA, Associated Press and Don Hansen's Football Gazette All-America first-team and D2Football.com All-America honorable mention
• Don Hansen's Football Gazette Super Region 4 Freshman of the Year
• Don Hansen's Football Gazette and D2CCA All-Super Region 4 first-team
• NSIC Defensive Newcomer of the Year and All-NSIC South Division First Team
• Led the county with 2.9 passes defended per game
• Led the Northern Sun and ranked second in the nation with nine interceptions
• Led the conference with 20 pass breakups
Personal:
• Son of Naomi and Kevin Haskins
• Communications major
• Birthday is September 25
