height_ft weight_lbs birth_place statvalue article_title position highschool birth_date height_in undraftedyear number nfl college statlabel name
6 207 st. petersburg , florida 0 0 0.0 marquel blackwell
 quarterback dixie hollins high school 29 july 1979 0 2003 7 bla357234 south florida tds-ints passing yards qb rating marquel blackwell
marquel blackwell

marquel blackwell -lrb- born july 29 , 1979 -rrb- is a former american football quarterback . .
after playing for lakewood and dixie hollins high schools in pinellas county florida , blackwell was the quarterback at the university of south florida for four seasons .
from 1999 to 2002 , he threw for 9,108 yards and 57 touchdowns , and had 1,235 rushing yards and 20 rushing touchdowns during his career .
he set most of the school 's individual passing records during his time as quarterback ; as of 2009 , he is also the bulls ' no. 6 career rusher and no. 3 in rushing touchdowns .
blackwell became a starter three games into his redshirt freshman season and led south florida to a 30-12 mark during the bulls ' move from division i-aa to i-a in 2001 .
blackwell entered the 2003 nfl draft but was not drafted .
he signed with the new york jets as a rookie free agent but only saw playing time in 1 preseason game .
blackwell started the preseason finale against the philadelphia eagles .
blackwell threw for two touchdowns and 111 yards in the first half .
he was the jets ' no. 2 qb in week 1 of the regular season -lrb- the jets released backup jamie martin so the club did not have to pay his entire season salary if he was not on the roster week 1 -rrb- , only to be cut again after week 1 when martin returned .
blackwell had brief stints , but did not appear , in the arena football league with the tampa bay storm , the tampa bay buccaneers of the nfl and the cfl .
he did start one game in arena football 2 , where former dixie and usf teammate glenn davis served as assistant coach .
blackwell spent two years as the head coach of freedom high school 's football team following his playing career , and in 2009 became a program assistant at the university of south florida .
