Jamal Marshall

In October 2018, Marshall announced he would start an MMA career and had been training for several months, although he had no previous experience in mixed martial arts. Marshall made his amateur MMA debut on November 2, 2018, in which he was defeated by Isaac Moreno via submission in the final round.

Marshall was signed to the Seattle Seahawks after impressing coaches after the three day rookie Mini-camp in 2016 as a tryout player. He was waived on June 1, 2017. He signed again with the Seattle Seahawks in the 2017 preseason.

Marshall received an athletic scholarship to attend University of North Texas, where he played for the North Texas Mean Green football team from 2012 to 2015. He began his career at North Texas as a Cornerback and played as a true freshman mainly on special teams. He switched to Outside linebacker after his freshman year due to high potential seen by the coaching staff. He shadowed outside linebacker Will Wright until his junior where he finally had his break out year at linebacker. Marshall saw action in all 12 games, notching 54 total tackles, including 36 solo, and 7.5 TFL. The prior year he had 27 tackles saw action in all 12 games and notched a season high of five tackles against Tulane. During the Heart of Dallas Bowl game he forced a key turnover sparking his path at linebacker. Heading into his final year Marshall decided to go back to his original position, cornerback. His switch back to corner lead him to have a down year only racking up 19 tackles and 3 Pbus.

Jamal Marshall (born July 3, 1993) is a professional American football cornerback. He played college football at North Texas. He was signed by the Seattle Seahawks in 2016.