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Marnez Ogletree

Position Cornerback
Height 5'10''
Weight 190 lbs.
Class Junior
Hometown Fullerton, Calif.
High School Shiloh HS [Ga.]
bio

Career Honors: 2015: Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll and Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (fall).
 
Career Summary: Played in 21 games… Started 18 contests… Collected 66 tackles… Made one tackle in the opponent backfield… Broke up 13 passes.
 
2016 (Sr.): Played and started all 12 games at cornerback… Led the team with eight pass breakups… Swatted away a pass in seven games… Notched 34 tackles from the secondary… Provided 1.0 tackle-for-loss… Collected a season-high five tackles at West Virginia and at Memphis… Disrupted a season-high two passes at Memphis… Rhode Island: Began his senior season with a pass break up a pass in KU’s win… Ohio: Contributed a then-season-high four tackles against the Bobcats… at Memphis: Secured a team-best five tackles and broke up a pass… at Texas Tech: Recorded two stops and broke up a pass against the Red Raiders… TCU: Tallied three stops… at Baylor: Posted two tackles against the Bears… Oklahoma State: Posted two tackles against the Cowboys… at Oklahoma: Posted four tackles and broke up a pass against the Sooners… at West Virginia: Collected five tackles and disrupted a pass against the Mountaineers… Iowa State: Broke up his team-best eighth pass of the season and made three tackles against the Cyclones… Texas: Posted one tackle in the victory over the Longhorns… at K-State: Collected three tackles against the Wildcats.  
 
2015 (Jr.): Started six-straight games at corner midway through the season… Played in nine games overall… Notched 32 tackles and broke up five passes… Turned in a career-high six tackles against Texas Tech… South Dakota State: Did not play… Memphis: Saw the first action of his career and wrapped up three tackles, along with a broken up pass… at Rutgers: Made one tackle… at Iowa State: Provided one tackle… Baylor: Made the most of his first-career start, turning in a then-personal-best five tackles and one pass deflection… Texas Tech: Started his second-straight game and produced a career-high six tackles… at Oklahoma State: Started for the third-straight game at corner and broke up a pass, while contributing two tackles… Oklahoma: Started at corner and wrapped up five tackles… at Texas: Started at cornerback and made three tackles… Also broke up a Longhorn pass attempt… at TCU: Broke up a pass and tied a career-high six tackles… West Virginia: Did not play due to injury… K-State: Did not play due to injury.   
 
Fullerton College (2012-14): Picked up a three-star rating from 247Sports.com and was rated a two-star prospect by Rivals… Helped lead Fullerton to an 8-3 mark in 2014 with 21 tackles, including 15 solo stops… Credited with one interception and seven pass breakups… Also returned kicks, collecting 551 yards on 14 kickoff returns, three of which went for touchdowns… Averaged 39.4 yards per kickoff return, including one that went for 100 yards and a score… Posted 29 tackles in 10 games in 2013… Also tallied an interception, five pass breakups and a forced fumble… Sat out the 2012 season as a redshirt.
 
High School: Credited with 46 tackles, four interceptions, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery during his senior season at Shiloh HS… Snagged three of his interceptions in Shiloh’s win over Berkmar in 2011… Played for head coach Bryan Montgomery at SHS… Also lettered in basketball and baseball.    
 
Personal: Son of Margie and Art Ogletree… Has one brother, Martrez… Majoring in pre-communications with a minor in sociology.