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Marcello Church #39

Linebacker

Height: 6-foot-1
Weight: 230 pounds
Class Year: 3V
Hometown: Saint Petersburg, FL
High School: Lakewood

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The Latest: ACC Championship Game Notebook — 12/3/2005

Bunkley gets the record On the heels of being snubbed by the media by not making the ACC's first team defense, Brodrick Bunkley set a new FSU single season record in tackles for loss Saturday night. The Tampa native entered the game leading the nation for interior defensive linemen with 20.5...[details]

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MARCELLO CHURCH STATS	Defense
Statistics	Tack	Ast	Total	Sack	Int	Yds	IntTD	PassDef	FumRec
2005	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

GAME BY GAME STATISTICS: 2005 | Hide Stats

BIO NOTES

2005 (Senior): At Florida State: Backs up fellow senior A.J. Nicholson at weakside linebacker...adds experienced depth and is one of the key reasons why FSU's linebackers are ranked as the best unit in the country by the Atlanta Journal Constitution...recorded 26 tackles last year, which ranks seventh among returning players...can play either the weakside or the strongside as he spent 2003 backing up Michael Boulware at strongside...also a valuable special teams performer.

Junior Year (2004): Finished the season with a career-high 26 total tackles...also had 4.5 tackles for loss and a sack...served as the second team weakside linebacker behind A.J. Nicholson...played in 11 games...had his best game of the season against Virginia when he recorded five tackles, one sack and one tackle for loss.

Sophomore Year (2003): Played behind All-ACC selection Michael Boulware at strongside linebacker...played in all 13 games, including the Orange Bowl, at linebacker and on special teams...finished the season with 13 total tackles, nine of which were solo stops...recorded a career-high three tackles at Notre Dame...had one or more tackles in nine games...recognized as the Kicking Game Player of the Week by coaching staff following the win over NC State...was named the most improved linebacker following 2003 spring practice.

2002: Redshirted after an injury kept him from practice time early in the season...was expected to see considerable playing time after performing well as a true freshman in 2001.

Freshman Year (2001): Blocked a punt that led to a touchdown against Virginia Tech in the Gator Bowl...appeared in all but one game as a true freshman...finished 23rd on the team with 14 tackles...best outing came at Duke with two unassisted tackles...had three intimidations with two at Clemson and one against Alabama-Birmingham.

High School: Regarded as one of the top linebackers in the state...member of Max Emfinger's Top 100...had an impressive senior season at Lakewood High in St. Petersburg...also played running back and rushed for 1,089 yards as a senior.

Personal: Majoring in social science...born March 24, 1982