Marshall Newhouse
Encyclopedia
Marshall Edward Newhouse (born September 29, 1988) is an American football
guard
for the Green Bay Packers
of the National Football League
. He was drafted by the Packers in the fifth round of the 2010 NFL Draft
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, Newhouse attended Lake Highlands High School
where he was a two-year letterman in football. He was named first-team all-district 10-5A and received Offensive Line MVP honors as a senior while also being named Lake Highlands' Most Outstanding Offensive Blocker. He also lettered in track & field in shot put
, and was the 2006 UIL Texas State shot put champion. Newhouse also lettered in weightlifting, where he competed in powerlifting and earned a third-place finish in the 2005 state championships. He was also very active on campus at Lake Highlands as a member of the Horticulture Society and Japanese Club. He has one sibling, an older brother named John Newhouse.
at Texas Christian
. In his first year, he was the only true freshman to play on offense and totaled 10 knockdown blocks. He made his collegiate debut in the season-opening 17-7 win at Baylor where he recorded a knockdown block in that contest. His sophomore year, he was an honorable-mention All-Mountain West Conference, after he started all 13 games at left tackle and led TCU in knockdown blocks and overall blocking grade. He was named second-team All-Mountain West Conference his junior game after he started every game at left tackle for the second straight season, running his consecutive games started streak to 26. His senior year he was first-team All-Mountain West Conference, leading him to be invited to the NFL Combine and to play in the East-West Shrine Game. He also appeared on the Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List after being ranked as the Best Offensive Lineman in the state of Texas by Dave Campbell's Texas Football. He was third-team All-American by Rivals.com and an honorable-mention All-America selection by SI.com.
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Newhouse was inactive for every game in his rookie season before he was placed on injured reserve on December 31.
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...
guard
Guard (American football)
In American and Canadian football, a guard is a player that lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team....
for the Green Bay Packers
Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...
of the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
. He was drafted by the Packers in the fifth round of the 2010 NFL Draft
2010 NFL Draft
The 2010 NFL Draft was the 75th annual meeting of National Football League franchises to select newly eligible football players. Unlike previous years, the 2010 draft took place over three days, at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, with the first round on Thursday, April 22, 2010, at 7:30 pm...
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Early years
Originally from Dallas, TexasTexas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, Newhouse attended Lake Highlands High School
Lake Highlands High School
Lake Highlands High School is a secondary school serving grades 10-12 located in the Lake Highlands area of Dallas, Texas, United States, primarily serving the Lake Highlands community. The school is part of the Richardson Independent School District and is located centrally within Lake Highlands...
where he was a two-year letterman in football. He was named first-team all-district 10-5A and received Offensive Line MVP honors as a senior while also being named Lake Highlands' Most Outstanding Offensive Blocker. He also lettered in track & field in shot put
Shot put
The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....
, and was the 2006 UIL Texas State shot put champion. Newhouse also lettered in weightlifting, where he competed in powerlifting and earned a third-place finish in the 2005 state championships. He was also very active on campus at Lake Highlands as a member of the Horticulture Society and Japanese Club. He has one sibling, an older brother named John Newhouse.
College career
Newhouse played college footballCollege 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 Texas Christian
TCU Horned Frogs football
The TCU Horned Frogs football team is the intercollegiate football team of Texas Christian University. TCU competes as a member of the Mountain West Conference in the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, but will move to the Big 12 Conference for the 2012 season. TCU began playing football...
. In his first year, he was the only true freshman to play on offense and totaled 10 knockdown blocks. He made his collegiate debut in the season-opening 17-7 win at Baylor where he recorded a knockdown block in that contest. His sophomore year, he was an honorable-mention All-Mountain West Conference, after he started all 13 games at left tackle and led TCU in knockdown blocks and overall blocking grade. He was named second-team All-Mountain West Conference his junior game after he started every game at left tackle for the second straight season, running his consecutive games started streak to 26. His senior year he was first-team All-Mountain West Conference, leading him to be invited to the NFL Combine and to play in the East-West Shrine Game. He also appeared on the Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List after being ranked as the Best Offensive Lineman in the state of Texas by Dave Campbell's Texas Football. He was third-team All-American by Rivals.com and an honorable-mention All-America selection by SI.com.
Professional career
The Packers selected Newhouse in the 5th round of the 2010 NFL Draft2010 NFL Draft
The 2010 NFL Draft was the 75th annual meeting of National Football League franchises to select newly eligible football players. Unlike previous years, the 2010 draft took place over three days, at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, with the first round on Thursday, April 22, 2010, at 7:30 pm...
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Newhouse was inactive for every game in his rookie season before he was placed on injured reserve on December 31.