Marshall rose to prominence at Hephzibah High School before becoming one of Georgia’s most productive big-play receivers in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
He entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with Denver in 1992. He spent two seasons with the Broncos before joining the Giants in 1994, remaining with New York through the 1996 season.
In 68 regular-season games, Marshall totaled 87 receptions for 1,267 yards and four touchdowns. He also contributed as a runner (14 carries for 65 yards) and returner (59 punt returns for 590 yards; 23 kickoff returns for 381 yards). His best pro season came as a rookie with Denver, when he caught 26 passes for 493 yards and a touchdown.
Marshall also left an unusual mark in the NFL record book. While with Denver, he completed two career passing attempts for touchdowns. One was an 81-yard pass to Cedric Tillman against Dallas in 1992, which stood as the longest touchdown pass thrown by a non-quarterback at the time. His other completion, in 1993, went 30 yards to Derek Russell.
Marshall played for the Bulldogs from 1988 to 1991, finishing with 67 receptions for 1,186 yards (an average of 17.7 yards per catch) and four touchdowns. As a senior, he had 39 receptions for 524 yards on a Georgia team that went 9-3 and finished No. 19 in the AP poll. He also returned 15 kickoffs for 347 yards that season.
Off the field, Marshall faced legal challenges. In 2009, federal authorities arrested him on charges involving bank fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering, alleging the use of false information to obtain more than $1 million in real-estate loans. In 2010, he pleaded guilty to two counts of bank fraud and was sentenced to 69 months in federal prison with five years of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay more than $3.6 million in restitution.
