| Mark Dell |
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• Career Stats
Enters preseason camp as one of the top candidates to start at wide receiver after a solid freshman season . . . led all players with 120 receiving yards on six catches in the spring game . . . AS A FRESHMAN: Appeared in all 13 games as a true freshman, including eight starts (seven at split end) . . . finished fifth on the team in receptions with 20 for 220 yards (11.0 avg.) and two touchdowns . . . caught at least one pass in 12 games . . . had two catches for a season-high 36 yards at Purdue . . . his season-long 25 reception from Brian Hoyer on a third-and-11 play against the Boilermakers kept a TD drive alive in the second quarter . . . caught three passes for 27 yards at No. 9 Wisconsin, including a 3- yard TD grab from Hoyer early in the fourth quarter as MSU pulled to within 34-31 . . . scored his first collegiate TD on a 16-yard reception from Hoyer in the third quarter at Notre Dame as the Spartans built a 24-14 lead . . . had three catches for 27 yards vs. Bowling Green . . . caught an 11-yard pass from Hoyer in his first collegiate start vs. UAB in the season opener . . . HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Accounted for 113 allpurpose yards in the 2007 Michigan High School Football Coaches Association (East-West) All-Star Game . . . PrepStar All-American . . . rated among the country's top 150 players by ESPN.com (No. 103 on ESPN 150) . . . ranked among the nation's top wide receivers by Scouts, Inc. (No. 18), Rivals.com (No. 21) and Scout.com (No. 58) . . . listed among the Midwest's top prospects by Scouts, Inc. (No. 11), SuperPrep (No. 32) and Tom Lemming's Prep Football Report (No. 61) . . . rated the No. 1 wide receiver in the Midwest by PrepStar . . . ranked among the state's top seniors by Rivals.com (No. 7), Detroit Free Press (No. 8), Lansing State Journal (No. 11), The Detroit News (No. 14) and Scout.com (No. 14) . . . named to The Detroit News Dream Team and All-Metro North Team as a senior . . . two-year starter for Coach John Herrington at Harrison High School in Farmington Hills, Mich. . . . accounted for 1,491 all-purpose yards and 20 touchdowns as a senior . . . had 59 receptions for 1,235 yards (20.9 avg.) and 18 TDs . . . had six 100-yard receiving games in 2006 . . . caught 10 passes for 164 yards and three TDs vs. Adams . . . had five catches for 152 yards and three scores vs. Rochester . . . had six receptions for 134 yards and three TDs vs. Athens . . . recorded 31 tackles (23 solos, 8 assists) and four interceptions in 2006, returning one 34 yards for a score vs. Lahser . . . made a season-high six stops vs. Clarkston . . . returned five kickoffs for 179 yards (35.8 avg.), including a 90-yard runback for a TD vs. Ferndale . . . caught 40 passes for 885 yards (22.1 avg.) and 11 TDs as a junior . . . posted 35 tackles, five interceptions and seven pass break-ups in 2005 . . . also participated in basketball and track and field . . . son of Edwina Watts, Mark Dell Sr. and Tycie Dell . . . born May 28, 1989 . . . no-preference major.
