| Marquis Maze Scouting Report |
| Marquis Maze - Alabama (HT: 5-8⅛ - WT: 186) |
Positives -- Dynamic punt returner, has great vision and quickness... Good route runner, sells his route and cuts well... Does not take any wasted steps at the line of scrimmage, has good form and accelerates quickly off the line...
Runs low, makes him tough to tackle once the ball is in his hands, great at cutting across the field and making something happen when the ball is in his hands... Although short, he has a thick build and appears to have a strong upper body... A good slot receiver candidate who can double as a return specialist, has a niche in the NFL; selected second-team All-SEC wide receiver and return specalist by the league coaches... At his best when he can run in the open field, can take short passes and turn them into solid gains... Didn't miss a game in four seasons with the Crimson Tide.
Negatives -- Never dominated SEC competition, very marginal production and only had six touchdown receptions over the past three years, including only one as a senior... Despite his speed is not a deep threat, better working within ten yards, only had one reception all season go for over 30 yards... Suffered a small hamstring injury in the national championship game... Lets the ball get into his body, is not a natural hands catcher, drops far too many easy passes... More quick than fast, doesn't have the breakaway speed you look for in a guy that small, can get chased down from behind... Extremely small, one of the shortest wide receivers in this class at 5'8" and only had a 33.5" vertical so he simply cannot go up and high point the football.
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5081 |
| Weight |
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186 |
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29¾ |
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9 |
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33.5 |
| Broad |
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9'4" |
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At Alabama -- (Official School Bio) 2011: Marquis Maze is the Crimson Tide's most experienced wide receiver with 53 career games and 34 starts... an explosive player with a team-high 56 receptions on the season, which ranks third in the SEC with 4.67 catches per game and tied for 87th nationally... has 627 receiving yards and one touchdown... has two 100-yard receiving games on the season... ranks third in the league and 10th nationally in punt returns with a 12.39 average... has 31 returns for 384 yards and one touchdown on a weaving 83-yard return against Arkansas... 70th nationally and fourth in the SEC in all-purpose yards with 1,347 (112.3 yards per game)... four-time coaches' Special Teams Player of the Week and an Offensive Player of the Week after Vanderbilt and Tennessee... 30 of his 56 receptions (53.6 percent) have gone for first downs and he has 18 explosive receptions of 15 yards or more as well as 10 punt returns and 11 kickoff returns of 15 yards or longer... has accounted for at least 100 all-purpose yards in six games this season. Kent State: Etched his name in the UA record books with a game-high tying eight punt returns... also had a career-high 118 receiving yards on a career-high eight receptions... had 96 punt return yards with a long of 27 yards... returned one kickoff a career-best 39 yards... finished with a career-high 253 all-purpose yards. Arkansas: Returned his first career punt for a touchdown on an amazing 83-yard return against the Hogs... finished with 125 punt return yards on four returns (31.25 per return), which equals his career high (Mississippi, 2010) and ties him for the third-best single game in school history... finished with 165 yards of total offense with an additional five receptions for 40 yards and three first-down catches.
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