2017 Football Roster
Jersey Number 18
Marvin Gross Jr.
- Position:
- Safety
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Baltimore, Md.
- High School:
- Dunbar HS
2016 (r-Jr.)
- Played in 13 games and started one
- Added depth at spur safety and was used on special teams
- Saw action on 407 plays, including 228 on special teams
- Had 24 tackles, including 13 solo stops, two sacks, three tackles for loss, an interception, two forced fumbles and one pass breakup
- Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week: Baylor
- WVU Defensive Champion: Baylor
- WVU Special Teams Champion: Kansas
- Led WVU in special teams tackles (10)
- Tied his career-high with six tackles against Baylor; also had a forced fumble, two sacks, an interception and a pass breakup
- Finished with a career-high six tackles at Iowa State, including two solo stops
- Registered three tackles, including two solo stops and a forced fumble against TCU
2015 (r-So.)
- Played in 13 games
- Added depth at spur safety and was used on special teams
- Finished with 15 tackles, including 10 unassisted tackles
- Saw action on 148 plays, including 124 on special teams
- Used on a season-high 28 snaps at Kansas
- Played 10-plus snaps against Arizona State, Kansas, TCU, Oklahoma State, Oklahoma and Maryland
- Recorded a season-best three unassisted stops at Georgia Southern
- Tallied a season-best three tackles against Georgia Southern and at Kansas
2014 (r-Fr.)
- Redshirted
2013 (Fr.)
- Played in 11 games, adding depth at buck linebacker
- Finished with 14 tackles, including nine solo stops and 1.5 tackles for loss
- Had a season-high two tackles five times
- Had a tackle for loss at Kansas
High School
- Played for coach Lawrence Smith at Dunbar High
- First-team consensus all-state and small school all-state in Maryland
- Two-year sack total of 52
- Three-time Baltimore Sun All-Met First Team
- Collected 21 sacks, 75 total tackles, 42 tackles for loss and four forced fumbles as a senior
- Invited to play in the 2013 Max Emfinger All-American Bowl Game Classic
- Played in the Chesapeake Bowl, featuring senior standouts from the Mid-Atlantic area
Personal
- Birthday is March 19
- Son of Marvin and Sydney Gross
- One of three children
- Majoring in multidisciplinary studies
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