Marshawn Lynch: High school, Cal highlights
After 127 regular season games, 2,144 carries, 74 touchdowns and one Super Bowl ring, Marshawn Lynch retired from the NFL at the end of the 2015 season. That means Seattle’s debut against Miami next week will mark the first in six years the Seahawks will start the season without their heart-and-soul running back.
Since it’s a Thursday and tonight the Seahawks wrap up their preseason in Oakland against the Raiders, it only makes sense to go back and enjoy some highlights of Oakland’s favorite son when his football career was still on the rise.
With that in mind, this week’s edition of Throwback Thursday features as much young Marshawn Lynch as we could find. Let’s start where it all began, at Oakland Tech.
Marshawn Lynch high school highlights
Not bad for a kid. Lynch was only getting started, though…
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Here’s a look at Lynch’s highlight reel at Cal.
Marshawn Lynch college highlights
Eventually, Beast Mode played three years for California, tallying 3,230 rushing yards on 490 carries. (That’s an average of 6.6 yards per attempt.) Lynch also scored 35 touchdowns from scrimmage. If that wasn’t enough, he also put in work on special teams. Lynch averaged 22.5 yards on kick returns as well.
By the time his junior year was done, it was clear that Marshawn Lynch was destined to be one of the best tailbacks to ever play the game.
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