2017 Football Roster
Roster
Marcus Applefield
- Position:
- OL
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 308
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Weeki Wachee, Fla.
- High School:
- Weeki Wachee
2017 Academic All-Big Ten
2016 Academic All-Big Ten
2015 Academic All-Big Ten
2017 (Redshirt Junior): Played in all 12 games with 10 starts at right guard ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/6) ... part of an offensive line that tied for first in the Big Ten with only 1.5 sacks permitted per game ... part of unit that allowed no sacks and ran for 239 yards in the victory over Maryland (11/4) ... helped the offense rush for 274 yards in the win at Illinois (10/14) ... recovered a fumble versus No. 11 Ohio State (9/30) ... began the season opener at right guard against No. 8 Washington (9/1) ... member of the Member of Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).
2016 (Redshirt Sophomore): Played in eight games on the offensive line ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/7) ... saw time at right tackle against Illinois (10/15) and at left tackle versus No. 4 Michigan (10/8) ... appeared in the win over Howard (9/10), as the offense rushed for 375 yards and allowed just one sack ... saw extensive action off the bench at right guard in season opener at No. 14 Washington (9/3).
2015 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in seven games with one start at right guard ... one of 22 in the program named Academic All-Big Ten (12/9) ... saw action against Maryland (11/28) ... made first career start at right guard in win at Army (11/21), helping offense run for 254 yards with no sacks allowed ... saw action versus Nebraska (11/14), at Wisconsin (10/31) and at No. 16 Michigan (11/7) ... entered at right guard in the second quarter and played the rest of the way at Penn State (9/19) ... made collegiate debut in the opening win over Norfolk State (9/5), as the offense rushed for 291 yards and allowed no sacks.
2014 (Freshman): Enrolled in January and participated in spring practice ... did not see game action ... redshirted.
Prior to Rutgers: Coached by Mark Lee at Weeki Wachee ... first player from his high school to receive a Division I football scholarship offer ... started every game and served as captain all four high school seasons ... played in the 2013 Florida Athletic Coaches Association North-South All-Star Football Classic in Sebring, Fla. ... consensus three-star recruit ... ranked No. 31 among offensive tackles nationally by Scout ... named All-North Suncoast by the Tampa Bay Times in 2013 ... a four-year honor student in high school.
Personal: A criminal justice major.
