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| Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||
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| Born: | October 22, 1961 Franklin, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 288 lb (131 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Franklin | ||||||||
| College: | LSU | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1983 / round: 2 / pick: 37 | ||||||||
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Leonard Allen Marshall Jr. (born October 22, 1961) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive lineman for twelve seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Selected 37th overall in the 1983 NFL draft, he spent the first ten seasons of his career with the New York Giants where he accumulated 79.5 sacks, ranking him third in team history. He was twice selected to the Pro Bowl and twice named NFL Defensive Lineman of the Year following the 1985 and 1986 seasons. He won two championships with the Giants, recording three and a half sacks in the two Super Bowl games which he played in. Marshall is most famously known for his 1991 hit on Joe Montana that knocked him out of the NFC championship game, after which Montana would not play another regular season game for almost two years. After his time with the Giants, Marshall went on to play a season each for the New York Jets and Washington Redskins before retiring from football at the age of 33. Marshall played college football at Louisiana State University.
Marshall has been active in several business and entrepreneurial activities since retiring. He also has spent time as a football camp instructor, a football head coach,written a couple of books,an Executive in Residence at Seton Hall University, a adjunct professor at Seton Hall University , and a radio broadcaster who made several appearances on The Howard Stern Show for 6 years starting in 1985-1991.In 2013, Marshall was diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease detected in a growing number of retired NFL players.He has been involved with efforts to spread awareness about the issue and concerns of his fellow teammates and colleagues.Marshall is currently on the board of Carver Bank of Harlem, PikeTx.com, The Concussion Legacy Foundation, CaringKind of New York,and several other non profits. He is also an Outside Advisor at Rockefeller Capital Management of New York City where he works along side Edward Moldaver, James Lee and Steve Cohen.