BIOGRAPHY
Marlon Mack was born March 7, 1996, in Sarasota, Florida. He is a running back in the NFL.
Mack attended and played college football for the University of South Florida from 2014 to 2016. In his first game at South Florida his freshman year in 2014, he tied the school record with 275 rushing yards. He finished the season with 1,041 rushing yards, a USF freshman record, on 202 carries with nine touchdowns over 12 starts. As a sophomore in 2015, he again started all 12 games and rushed for 1,381 yards on 210 carries and nine touchdowns. During his junior season, Mack became South Florida's all-time leading rushing, passing Andre Hall's 2,731. For the season, he rushed for 1,187 yards on 174 carries and had 15 touchdowns. After the season, he entered the 2017 NFL Draft. He finished his career with 3,609 yards on 586 carries and 32 touchdowns.
On May 17, 2017, the Indianapolis Colts signed Mack to a four-year, $2.81 million contract that includes a signing bonus of $419,648. In 2018, Mack entered training camp slated as the starting running back after Frank Gore departed in free agency. Mack was named the starting running back to begin the regular season. He was just the second player all season to rush for over 100 yards against the Cowboys, and the first since 2015 to run for 100 yards and two scores. He also became just the third player in Colts franchise history to have multiple games with at least 125 yards rushing and two touchdowns in the same season, joining Eric Dickerson (1987) and Edgerrin James (1999 and 2005).
During the season-opener in 2019 against the Los Angeles Chargers, Mack rushed 25 times for 174 yards which included a career-high 63-yard touchdown run in the 24-30 overtime loss. In Week 3 against the Atlanta Falcons, Mack rushed 16 times for 74 yards and a touchdown as the Colts won 27–24. In week 5 against the Kansas City Chiefs, Mack rushed 29 times for 132 yards and caught three passes for 16 yards in the 19–13 win. During Week 11 against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Mack finished with 109 rushing yards and a touchdown before fracturing his hand in the 33–13 win. In the 2019 season, Mack finished with 1,091 rushing yards and eight rushing touchdowns. During Week 1 against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Mack had 26 rushing yards before leaving the game with an injury. An MRI revealed that Mack had suffered a torn Achilles and was ruled out for the rest of the season. He was placed on injured reserve on September 16.