| Sam Marvis |
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 | Hometown: Greensburg, Pa.
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 | High School: Hempfield Area
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 | Height / Weight: 6-3 / 265
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 | Position: Center
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 | Birthdate: 09/08/1979
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 | Experience: SQ
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On Marvis: Third-season offensive lineman who has been beset by a pair of shoulder dislocations ... missed 1999 fall, and re-injured the same shoulder in 2000 spring drills … had surgery this past May and is hoped to return to add depth to the offensive line this fall … athletic lineman who plays hard … will back up Melvin Fowler upon his return.
1999: Suffered a right shoulder dislocation during fall camp and did not play.
1998: Redshirt season.
High School: Graduated from Hempfield Area High School in 1998 ... three-year varsity starter who played both offensive tackle and defensive end ... as a senior in 1997, he was a first team All-Quad South selection at defensive end after leading his team in sacks (7) and totaling 89 tackles ... he helped Hempfield to the first playoff win in school history in 1997 ... Hempfield also reached the playoffs in consecutive seasons for the first time in 42 years ... was selected to the Foothill Classic all-star game and was nominated for the Big 33 all-star game ... as a junior, he was a first team all-league selection as an offensive tackle ... he started at offensive tackle as a sophomore ... led his basketball team in scoring and rebounding ... his father played football at Kentucky and is a former high school football coach ... high school coach was Casey Cavanaugh.
Personal: Sam Jay Marvis … born Sept. 8, 1979 ... son of Kathleen and Samuel Marvis ... majoring in education … Maryland scholar-athlete in fall 1998.
Marvis Up Close
Someday I would like to take a trip to: Disneyland
For me to improve on the field, I need to: get bigger
My ambition after football is to: be a teacher
If I lost all my possessions except one, I'd like to keep: my car
My craziest ambition is: to travel to Australia
If I could change one thing in the world, it would be: to stop starvation