Tickets2009: One of the top wide receivers and return men in the nation ... UC’s career leader in receiving touchdowns (25), receiving yards (2,962), all-purpose yards (5,697), kickoff returns (85), kickoff return TDs (4), and kickoff return average (28.8) ... needs eight receptions to become UC’s all-time leader ... ranks third entering the Allstate Sugar Bowl with 197 catches, behind Dominick Goodman and LaDaris Vann (204) ...the first UC receiver to eclipse the 1,000-yard mark in two different seasons (2008, 09) ... his 2,442 all-purpose yards are a single-season school record ... his average of 203.5 all-purpose yards per game leads the BIG EAST and ranks second nationally ... also set single-season marks for kickoff return yards (1,074) and kickoff return TDs (2) ... only active UC player to score touchdowns via punt return, kickoff return, reception, and rushing ... a First-Team all-America selection by the American Football Coaches Association (wide receiver) and SI.com (all-purpose player) ... earned Second-Team all-America accolades from the Associated Press (wide receiver), College Football News (wide receiver), Phil Steele Publications (wide receiver & kick returner), and Sporting News (wide receiver) ... a Third-Team all-America honoree by College Football News (kick returner) ... the BIG EAST Special Teams Player of the Year for the second-straight season ... the first player to win the award in back-to-back seasons since Pittsburgh punter Andy Lee won in 2002 and 2003 ... named First-Team all-BIG EAST at wide receiver and kick returner for the second-straight season ... named to ESPN.com’s all-BIG EAST team as a receiver and kick returner ... earned a spot at wide receiver on Sporting News’ all-BIG EAST squad ... took home the Claude Rost Award as the team’s most valuable player as well as the special teams player of the year award at the team’s postseason banquet ... has 11 TDs and 1,150 receiving yards in 2009, good for second all-time on the single-season charts, behind himself (1,276/2008) ... has caught a pass in 17-straight game ... finished the regular season with 1,074 yards on 34 kickoff returns for an average of 31.6 yards per return that would stand as a BIG EAST single-season record ... tied the conference’s single-season mark with two kickoff returns for touchdowns, including a 99-yard return against Pittsburgh to spark the Bearcats’ comeback from a 21-point deficit in the title-clinching game ... enters the postseason as the BIG EAST career leader in kickoff return yards (2,457) and all-purpose yards (5,697) ... the BIG EAST’s active career leader with 13 100-yard receiving games ... tallied five in 2009 ... named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 28, and earned the league’s special team honor on Sept. 14 and Dec. 7 ... tied for the conference’s active career lead with five weekly awards won ... opened up the season with eight catches for 89 yards and a touchdown at Rutgers ... returned a punt 53 yards for UC’s first touchdown 2:09 into the game against Southeast Missouri State ... the punt return for a touchdown snapped a 12-year drought since the last UC punt was returned for a touchdown ... it was UC’s first in 133 games, or since Nov. 8, 1997 (Tinker Keck vs. Louisville, 44 and 78 yards) ... also added his first career rushing touchdown, on a 1-yard scamper out of the Wildcat formation ... had six catches for 111 yards and two touchdowns ... finished with nine catches for 65 yards and a touchdown at Oregon State ... grabbed nine catches for a career-best 177 yards and two touchdowns against Fresno State ... had six receptions for 75 yards and a touchdown at Miami (OH) ... tallied five catches for 75 yards along with three kick returns for 82 yards against Louisville ... caught six balls for 62 yards and returned two punts for a career-best 55 yards at Syracuse ... hauled in a career-best 12 catches for 172 yards against Connecticut ... also added 144 kickoff return yards on five attempts ... held to a season-low three catches for 22 yards against West Virginia ... added three kickoff returns for 98 yards ... snapped a three-game scoring drought with a pair of touchdowns against Illinois on senior day ... had seven catches for 102 yards and returned two kicks for 131 yards and a touchdown ... set UC and BIG EAST records with 381 all-purpose yards and 256 kickoff return yards against Pittsburgh ... had a 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the second quarter to start Cincinnati’s comeback from a 31-10 deficit ... also had a game-high 118 receiving yards on five catches, including a 68-yard touchdown reception.
2008: Named the 2008 BIG EAST Special Teams Player of the Year after a league-high 28.0-yard kickoff return average (11th in the country) and scoring two touchdowns on kickoff returns ... named first-team all-BIG EAST as a wide receiver and on special teams ... earned BIG EAST Special Teams Player of the Week on Sept. 8 and Nov. 9 ... earned BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll recognition three times (Sept. 29, Nov. 17, Nov. 30) ... awarded a helmet sticker by ESPN[apos]s College Gameday Final crew after his performance at No. 4/4 Oklahoma ... team leader with 11 receiving touchdowns, tying him for sixth place in the single-season school record book ... set a UC single-season record with 1,276 receiving yards (20th in the country) ... ranks third in school history with 11 receiving touchdowns in a season ... averaged a team-high 15.8 yards a catch ... shattered the 28-year old UC school record for single-season kickoff return yards with 897 yards (652, Russell Cooper, 1980) ... against Eastern Kentucky had one kick return for 26 yards and finished the game with 101 yards on six receptions and two touchdowns ... scored a 97-yard touchdown on a kick return at No. 4/4 Oklahoma, snapping UC[apos]s 13-year, 145-game streak without a kickoff return for a touchdown ... set a BIG EAST record with 246 yards on kickoff returns and had a school-record 365 all-purpose yards (119 receiving, 246 return yards) at No. 4/4 Oklahoma ... had six catches for 69 yards, one touchdown, and two kick returns for 33 yards against Miami (OH) ... finished the game with two touchdowns against Akron, recording 146 yards on seven catches ... pulled down seven catches for 87 yards and a touchdown at Connecticut, returning four kicks for 76 yards ... pulled down four receptions for 98 yards and a touchdown, and returned two kicks for 42 yards vs. USF ... ran the opening kickoff of the game back 100 yards for a touchdown, tying him with Walter Heuck (vs. Denison, 1910) for the longest TD in school history at West Virginia ... the 100-yard kick return is the 13th 100-yard touchdown return in BIG EAST history and the first since Louisville[apos]s Trent Guy ran one back 100 yards on Sept. 15, 2007 against Kentucky ... at Louisville, had five receptions, one touchdown, 73 yards and four kick returns for 109 yards ... had a touchdown, eight receptions, 110 yards and three kick returns for 66 yards against Pittsburgh ... recorded his fifth 100-plus yard receiving game of the season and the seventh of his career, finishing with 11 receptions and 114 yards against Syracuse ... also had three kick returns for 56 yards vs. the Orange ... notched a then-season and career-high 136 receiving yards, including a season-long 69-yard game-winning touchdown catch at Hawai[apos]i ... hauled in seven catches for a season and career-best 158 yards and a touchdown in the FedEx Orange Bowl ... also returned four kickoffs for 97 yards.2007: Returned to the team as a scholarship player after sitting out the 2006 season because of academic reasons ... started at wide receiver in seven of the 12 games in which he played ... notched a pair of 100-yard receiving games and finished the season third on the team with 36 catches for 536 yards and three touchdowns ... made a splash in the season opener by totaling eight receptions for 134 yards, including a 56-yard score against Southeast Missouri State ... blocked a punt in back-to-back games against Oregon State and at Miami (OH) ... notched a 14-yard catch and a 30-yard punt return vs. Oregon State ... totaled 43 all-purpose yards on two receptions for 10 yards, a 19-yard kickoff return and a 14-yard punt return at Miami (OH) ... tallied four catches for 44 yards vs. Marshall ... finished with five grabs for 97 yards, including a 27-yard touchdown at Rutgers ... registered three receptions for 38 yards against Louisville ... snared three receptions for 100 yards, including a 76-yarder, before the half, at USF ... returned two kickoff s 55 yards vs. West Virginia ... missed the regular season finale due to injury ... returned a combined two kickoff s for 69 yards, including a career-long 42-yarder in the Papajohns.com Bowl.
2006: Redshirted ... winner of the Scout Team Special Teams Player of the Year Award.
2005: Emerged as a steady contributor in the secondary and on special teams ... became a backup at cornerback ... recorded seven tackles, six solos ... had three tackles, all solos, vs. Pittsburgh ... broke off a 60-yard kick return vs. Miami (OH), his first college return and the longest by a Bearcat since 2002 ... averaged a team-leading 25.1 yards on seven returns.
Flagler Palm Coast High School: First-team Class 5A all-state selection ... helped school to an 8-2 record and a spot in the state playoffs as a senior for coach Steve Allen ... capped his career with over 2,500 yards and 30 touchdowns ... named MVP of the Florida Coast All-Star Game ... three-time all-league and all-area selection in track and field.
Marshwan Gilyard: Born Dec. 2, 1986 ... son of Addison Morgan and Viola Crudup.
Academic Major: Sociology.