Tuskegee University Athletics

2015: Appeared in 10 games out of the bullpen, logging 15 1/3 innings pitched... Finished 0-1 with an 8.80 earned run average... Allowed 17 runs (15 earned) on 25 hits... Walked nine and struck out six... Allowed five doubles and two triples, while opponents hit .373 last season.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played six years for coach B.J. Colbert at Anniston High School... Finished second in the state in strikeouts during junior season... 
Also lettered in football, scoring two touchdowns... Helped lead team to the fourth round of the AHSAA state football playoffs during junior season... Won four regional championships in from 2010 until 2013... Lettered in basketball where he averaged 15 points and five assists per game during prep career... Attended camps at Jacksonville State University (football) and Birmingham-Southern (basketball)... Also recruited by LaGrange (Ga.) College for football.

PERSONAL: Full name is Marquez Deon Colbert... Son of Tonya Rudolph (Powell) and B.J. Colbert of Anniston (Ala.)... Has six siblings... Has one relative who played collegiately at Jacksonville State University and in the CFL, his uncle and current Golden Tigers' baseball coach - Montressa Kirby.