AWARDS:
- Academic All-Mountain West (2022)
2022:
- Played in 11 games with eight tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss
- Had 1.5 tackles for loss against WMU (9/24)
- Had two tackles against UNLV (10/07)
- Had four tackles at Utah State (11/19)
2021:
- Saw some action against New Mexico State (10/2)
HIGH SCHOOL:
- A football (Coaches Tim Randall, George Petrissans) and basketball letterwinner at Clovis West High in Fresno, Calif.
- Credited with 11 quarterback sacks and four fumble recoveries in 16 games covering his junior and senior seasons
- Was his basketball team’s Most Valuable Player as a junior and was named a second-team All-Tri River Athletic Conference selection as a senior
PERSONAL: Plans to major in fine arts ... Interested in becoming an elementary school teacher ... Oldest sister, Bre’yanna, was a member of the 2020-21 Arizona State University women’s basketball team ... Older sister Aari’yanna Sanders was a freshman on the 2019-20 and Academy of Art University women’s basketball squad ... The Clovis Unified School District awarded Marcel its 2021 Rene Errotabere Memorial Scholarship as the district’s “Most Competitive Athlete” ... Also received Clovis West’s annual Character Counts Award at the high school’s annual spring semester assembly ... Marcel is a native of Fresno, Calif.