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Came to Bucknell as a highly regarded quarterback recruit from Tampa ... planned on serving as an understudy to Andrew Lair and Terrance Wilson during his freshman season, but he was thrust into the fray after injuries to both of the top two signal callers ... matured quickly as he gained experience and understanding of the spread option offense, then won the starting job again as a sophomore ... was a prolific passer in high school and displayed his strong arm as the season progressed ... very accurate passer ... tough player who is not afraid to take a hit ... bounces back quickly after a mistake ... very poised quarterback ... excellent in two-minute offense ... adapted well to new offensive coordinator Harold Nichols last year ... sat out most recent spring practice with injury. 2008 (Junior): Was in the midst of one of the best seasons by a Bison quarterback in recent years before getting injured just before halftime of Nov. 1 game at Holy Cross ... missed remainder of season ... ranked eighth nationally in passing efficiency at time of injury ... completed 104 of 155 passes for career-high 1,438 yards ... passed for more than 200 yards three times in first four games ... career-high 290 yards in season opener vs. Duquesne ranks 12th on Bison single-game list and was highest figure for a Bucknell QB since 1995 ... .671 completion percentage broke Daris Wilson's program record ... finished season with 13 touchdowns, two shy of climbing into top five on program's single-season list ... threw for at least one touchdown in each game ... season-high two touchdown passes on five occasions ... finished season with 3,185 career yards, ranking ninth on Bucknell career list ... rushed for team-best six touchdowns ... shared team's Offensive Player of the Week honor with wide receiver Shaun Pasternak after Duquesne win ... also named Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week and Diversified Information Technologies Player of the Game following that contest ... also earned Diversified Information Technologies honor after 11 of 16 passing performance against Hofstra ... earned second Patriot League weekly honor after 19 of 27 passing for 219 yards against Cornell. 2007 (Sophomore): Won the starting quarterback job in preseason camp and started 10 of 11 games ... ranked third in the Patriot League in pass efficiency with a 133.32 rating ... completed 64 of 133 passes for 1,130 yards ... eight touchdowns and only four interceptions ... completed 48.1 percent of his passes ... also ran for 123 yards and five touchdowns ... ranked eighth in the Patriot League in total offense (113.9) ... had two 200-yard passing games ... parlayed five completions into a career-high 214 yards and two scores in season-ending upset of No. 18 Fordham ... threw a career-long 82-yard TD pass to A.J. Kizekai in that game, and also had 56 and 58-yard completions ... against Georgetown, completed 16 of 25 passes for 207 yards and two TDs ... had 156 passing yards against both Duquesne and Colgate ... named Lewisburg Touchdown Club Offensive Player of the Week and Diversified Information Technologies Player of the Game after the Duquesne win, when he completed 8 of 14 passes for 156 yards and two long touchdowns ...scored three rushing touchdowns against Marist (15, 1, 8) ... also had rushing touchdowns against Holy Cross and Fordham ... season-high 40 rushing yards against Duquesne. 2006 (Freshman): Was not expected to make an impact this quickly, but he did just that with an excellent seven-game showing ... team was 4-3 in his appearances ... debuted late in week five against Marist after Andrew Lair and Terrance Wilson both broke collarbones in back-to-back games ... started the final six games of the season and finished with 617 passing yards and four touchdowns with five interceptions ... also rushed for 299 yards and a pair of scores ... led the team in total offense with 916 yards ... in collegiate debut late in the Marist game ran five times for 32 yards and a touchdown ... first career touchdown pass came against Penn ... rushed for 91 yards on only 10 carries against Lehigh and also threw a TD pass ... best game came in the season-ending 31-28 win over Colgate ... completed 9 of 10 passes for 185 yards and a touchdown, and also ran 24 times for 73 yards and a score ... Bucknell trailed 21-10 at the half in that game, but his 1-yard TD run and 27-yard TD pass to Richard Simpson in the fourth quarter started the winning comeback ... named Patriot League Rookie of the Week after the Georgetown and Lehigh games ... named both the Diversified Information Technologies Player of the Game and Lewisburg Touchdown Club Offensive Player of the Week following the Penn and Colgate games ... won the Keating-Rieu Memorial Award as the outstanding player in the Colgate game. Robinson High School: Class 3A State Player of the Year and first team all-state quarterback ... four-year starter ... broke the county record for career TD passes (82) ... passed for over 7,000 yards ... earned the Guy Toph Award as Hillsborough County's player of the year in 2005, when he threw for 1,845 yards and 26 touchdown passes ... played for coach Mike DePue. Personal: Full name is Marcello Akaim Trigg ... born Jan. 4, 1988 in Tampa, Fla. ... son of Sylvia Johnson ... has four siblings, Danielle Trigg, Marquies Johnson, Marques Trigg and Marquia Trigg ... majoring in economics. Trigg's Career Rushing Statistics Trigg's Career Passing Statistics |
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