Mark Bradford (American football)
Encyclopedia
Mark Bradford is an American football
wide receiver
for the California Redwoods of the United Football League. He was signed by the Dallas Cowboys
as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football
at Stanford
.
Bradford has also been a member of the San Francisco 49ers
.
in Los Angeles, California
and was one of the best receivers in the nation at the time, being ranked by PrepStar as the No.4 wide receiver in the country and as the No. 1 in the west. Not only talented as a wide receiver on the grid iron, Bradford was able to showcase his skills on the basketball
court and was a two-time All-City selection in both sports. Mark played basketball for the Stanford Cardinal
during his freshman and sophomore years of college but then quit to focus on football.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
wide receiver
Wide receiver
A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...
for the California Redwoods of the United Football League. He was signed by the Dallas Cowboys
Dallas Cowboys
The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...
as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
at Stanford
Stanford Cardinal football
The Stanford Cardinal football program represents Stanford University in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference's North Division. Stanford, the top-ranked academic institution with an FBS program, has a highly successful football tradition. The...
.
Bradford has also been a member of the San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...
.
Early years
Bradford graduated in 2003 from Fremont High SchoolJohn C. Fremont High School
John C. Fremont Senior High School is a Title 1 co-educational public high school located in Los Angeles, California, United States.Fremont is in a region known as South Los Angeles...
in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
and was one of the best receivers in the nation at the time, being ranked by PrepStar as the No.4 wide receiver in the country and as the No. 1 in the west. Not only talented as a wide receiver on the grid iron, Bradford was able to showcase his skills on the basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
court and was a two-time All-City selection in both sports. Mark played basketball for the Stanford Cardinal
Stanford Cardinal
The Stanford Cardinal is the nickname of the athletic teams at Stanford University.-Nickname and mascot history:Following its win over Cal in the first-ever Big Game in 1892, the color cardinal was picked as the primary color of Stanford's athletic teams...
during his freshman and sophomore years of college but then quit to focus on football.