Cornell University Athletics

Career Stats

At Cornell
Hendren is expected to have a breakthrough senior season as the feature running back for the Big Red offense. An excellent blocker and pass catcher out of the backfield, Hendren was a prolific runner in high school. The former walk-on has the confidence and strength to get the hard yards when given the football. As a junior in 2009, Hendren played both running back and fullback and finished third on the team in rushing with 229 yards on a team-best 6.0 yards per carry. Included was a 46-yard scamper in the season opener against Bucknell. He had three games with at least 50 rushing yards, including a 76-yard effort on just 11 carries against Princeton.  He also made four tackles on special teams in his eight contests. Hendren did a little bit of everything for the Big Red in 2008 en route to earning his first varsity letter. Appearing in all 10 games, Hendren blocked, ran the ball, caught the ball and played on the kickoff coverage team. Against Dartmouth, Hendren showed off his versatility by rushing for 11 yards on three carries and catching a pass for 15 yards. He also totaled 32 yards in kick off returns and made three special teams tackles on the year. Hendren saw action on the junior varsity team as a freshman. He is enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

At Johnstown-Monroe
Hendren rushed for 2,869 yards and 35 touchdowns as a senior at Johnstown-Monroe HS en route to becoming a finalist for the Ohio "Mr. Football" award and earning first-team all-state honors. He was the top rusher and scorer in the state of Ohio his senior year and earned state Player of the Year honors in Division V by the Associated Press, Newark Advocate, the Mt. Vernon News and the Columbus Dispatch. The conference player of the year and first-team all-league honoree, Hendren also hauled in a touchdown catch, finishing the season with 36 touchdowns and 238 points and collecting 245.3 all-purpose yards per game. Hendren ended the year with eight 200-yard rushing games as his team advanced to the playoffs for just the second time in 35 years. Defensively, Hendren made 45 tackles and had an interception in helping lead his team to a 9-3 record. The school’s all-time leading rusher, Hendren posted a single-game school record 418 yards and six touchdowns in the season opener as a senior, scoring four touchdowns of 55 yards or more. He graduated as the ninth-leading single-season rusher all-time in Ohio. As a junior, Hendren earned the conference’s Sportsmanship Award and was a special mention all-district pick. He scored a team-high 109 points with 16 touchdowns and four two-point conversions, posting 1,002 rushing yards (6.2 yards per carry) with 13 scores on the ground. Hendren served as team co-captain for the football, basketball and baseball teams his senior year and also earned varsity letters in track and field and lacrosse.

Personal
Marcus Samuel Hendren is the son of Dave and Ann Hendren and has an older and younger brother.