25games/10 starts
Active for final 7 games of 2008 season and NFC Wild Card Playoff…Has recorded 66 tackles in 25 career games…Switched jersey to #21 for the 2008 season after wearing #31 as a rookie in 2007...Stepped into Vikings starting CB job in place of injured Antoine Winfield for 4 of the final 6 games of 2007 season...Joined DE Brian Robison as the only Vikings rookies to play in all 16 games...Part of 2007 Vikings draft class that had 4 starters in the top 4 picks- Adrian Peterson (Rd. 1), Sidney Rice (Rd. 2), McCauley (Rd. 3) and Brian Robison (Rd. 4)...Was the 8th CB drafted in 2007 and the 1st of 4 Fresno State players selected.
2008 Saw action on defense and special teams in 9 games…Tallied 4 tackles on defense and 2 more on special teams…All 4 tackles came at Arizona (12/14)…Started lone game of 2008 at Tampa Bay (11/16)…Active for final 7 games of season…Recorded a special teams stop in the NFC Wild Card Playoff vs. Philadelphia (1/4/09).
2007 Started 9 games of his rookie campaign at nickel back and as the starter at LCB when Antoine Winfield was sidelined by injury for 4 of the final 6 games...Joined fellow rookie DE Brian Robison as the only rookies to play in all 16 games...Matched RB Adrian Peterson with 9 starts, the most by Vikings rookies on the season...Posted seasonhigh 8 tackles at Detroit (9/16) and at Green Bay (11/11)...Played in 1st NFL game in season opener vs. Atlanta (9/9)...Started 1st career game at Detroit (9/16) as nickel back...Opened games vs. Green Bay (9/30) and at Chicago (10/14) as nickel back and started 6 games at LCB- vs. San Diego (11/4), at Green Bay (11/11), at NY Giants (11/25), vs. Detroit (12/2), vs. Washington (12/23) and at Denver (12/30).
Key part of the Fresno football turnaround in recent years and helped the Bulldogs to 3 straight bowl games in his opening 3 seasons...Fresno played in 2003 Silicon Valley Bowl against UCLA, 2004 MPC Computers Bowl againts Virginia and 2005 AutoZone Liberty Bowl against Tulsa...Played in 51 career games and started 32 during his career...Started 29 straight games at a point in his career...Named 2nd-Team All-Western Athletic Conference as a junior when he started a career-high 13 games.
2006 Started 9 games as a senior and led Fresno with 7 passes defensed...Had best performance of the season in his final collegiate game in the finale against San Jose State with 8 tackles, a forced fumble and a tackle for loss...Ended season ranked 5th on the team with a careerhigh 55 tackles.
2005 Named 2nd-Team All-WAC and started all 13 games...Concluded 8-5 season in Liberty Bowl against Tulsa...Had career-high 10 tackles in 50-42 shootout loss to defending national champions USC in the LA Coliseum...Broke up 7 passes and forced a pair of fumbles...Intercepted pass against Boise State in 27-7 win.
2004 Stepped in as a sophomore to a full-time starters’ role, opening 10 of the 12 games...Team hit its stride at midseason after a 3-3 start to go 9-3 and win thrilling MPC Computers Bowl over Virginia 37-34 in OT...Snared career-best 3 INTs, returning a pick against Portland State 15 yards for a TD...Rambled 63 yards with an interception against Rice, taking the ball back to the 1-yard line...Led team with 8 passes defensed.
2003 Played in all 14 games and made his 1st career start against Nevada...Standout on special teams blocked a pair of kicks on the season, an extra point against Oklahoma and a 40-yard FG against San Jose State...Bulldogs ended season 9-5 and topped UCLA in the Silicon Valley Football Classic IV 17-9.
2002 Redshirted as a freshman.
Became the 1st member of his family to earn a college degree when he completed his bachelor’s in sociology in fall 2006...Went through graduation ceremonies in spring 2007...Owes his success to the lessons his father, Marcus Sr., taught him growing up...Is the eldest of 5 step brothers and sisters.