Marwan Hage

Houston

Sep 12 (Fri)

5:30 PM

Position:
Offensive Guard
Height:
6-3
Weight:
290
Class:
Redshirt
Hometown:
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
High School:
Vanier Prep

AT COLORADO: 2003 (Sr.)?Colorado’s starting split guard for the first four games of the year, he moved to center to help bolster a young offensive line and started the final eight games there (he started 39 consecutive games overall to end his career). He received some accolades, ranging from mid-season All-American by collegefootballnews.com to second-team All-Big 12 honors from the Associated Press (honorable mention by the league coaches). He also made the All-Colorado team (all divisions), and was an honorable mention All-America by Rivals.com. After the season, the CU coaches presented him with the Derek Singleton Award, for his spirit, dedication and enthusiasm. He was the highest graded lineman on the team at 82.7, playing the most snaps on offense by any player on the team (826), with a team-high 36 knockdown blocks. He also had five direct touchdown blocks and allowed just 2? quarterback sacks. In the postseason, he played in the East-West Shrine Game. The Sporting News selected him as a first-team preseason All-American (Street & Smith’s tabbed him honorable mention), while he was also a consensus pick on the first-team all-Big 12 preseason teams. The Sporting News ranked him as the No. 2 guard in the nation, and also named him to its all-spring team; Lindy’s Big 12 Football slotted him as the No. 6 guard in the nation. He won the Joe Romig Award as the team’s outstanding offensive line in the spring, and he also was one of 13 players to earn prestigious Spring Victory Club honors.

2002 (Jr.)?He earned honorable mention All-Big 12 honors from both the Associated Press and Big 12 Coaches, while the CU coaches named him to the prestigious Victory Club for the year. He started all 14 games at split guard, and in the bowl game, he moved to center in the second half due to injuries, a position he hadn’t played even in practice since early his freshman season. He graded out to 83.4 percent for the year, third best of all the offensive linemen, and led the O-men with 43 knockdown blocks. He also had 15 downfield and 11 touchdown blocks. He allowed just one quarterback sack (and that was in the 13th game), only six pressures and was never called for a penalty in 860 snaps from scrimmage, the fourth-most on offense. He had the single-game high for knockdowns with eight against Texas Tech, with his personal best grade an 88.8 figure in the win over Kansas State. He played an additional 50 snaps on CU’s field goal/PAT unit on special teams.

2001 (Soph.)?Started all 13 games including the Fiesta Bowl at split-side guard, he earned his way on to CU’s prestigious Victory Club by grading out with a winning performance in at least eight games. He was second on the team (O-linemen) with 94 domination blocks, tying for the individual season-high with 15 against Missouri. He added 31 downfield blocks and 14 touchdown blocks in 808 plays from scrimmage, while allowed only one-and-a-half sacks and three pressures. He graded out to 1.443 in line coach Steve Marshall’s unique grading system, fifth on the team; but he was only .40 out of the lead. He put close to 25 pounds of muscle on his frame between arriving at CU and the middle of his sophomore year.

2000 (Fr.)?He saw action in five games at split guard, including two starts (against Kansas and Oklahoma State). He played 148 snaps from scrimmage and had 11 dominant blocks and three downfield blocks. He did not get called for a penalty and did not allow a sack. He enrolled at CU in January in time for classes, and thus, the opportunity to practice with the team in the spring.

HIGH SCHOOL?He attended Vanier Prep for one semester (fall 1999), and played high school football at Sun Youth High, as his own high school, Mont de La Salle, did not sponsor the sport. He earned SuperPrep All-Far West honors, as the publication groups the country into its West review, and was ranked as the No. 3 player in Canada. As a senior, he earned first-team Team Canada, Team Quebec and Quebec all-star honors. As a junior, he earned first-team Team Canada and Team Quebec accolades, and was the youngest member on the Team Quebec squad. He was a four-time most valuable player in the Quebec All-Star game. He played offensive guard his last three years as a prep. Vanier was 7-2-1 in 1999, while Sun Youth posted records of 3-7 (his 11th grade year) and 8-2 (10th grade). Top games included a great effort in a 24-14 loss to Vieux Montreal, when he held Michigan recruit Alain Kachama to no sacks. He also had four pancakes against Marc Andre Dion, a top prospect in Quebec, in a 28-14 loss to Lennoxville. Prep coaches were Ray Gagnon (Vanier Prep) and Earl De La Peralle (Sun Youth).

ACADEMICS?He graduated with a degree in business (management) in August 2003, earning first-team Academic All-Big 12 honors as a freshman and second-team as both a sophomore and junior. In the spring of 2003, he was one of five recipients of the MacAllister Scholar Award, presented to five CU sophomores or juniors who exhibit outstanding leadership skills for CU and the community. He owned an 82 percentile average in high school.

PERSONAL?Born Sept. 14, 1981 in Beirut, Lebanon. Hobbies include volunteering to work with kids at Christmas and acting. One older brother, Rudy, was also a member of the 2000 CU recruiting class, but had to give up the game for medical reasons; another older brother (Elias) played football at East Texas State. His mother (Hayat) was a member of the Lebanese National Volleyball Team. The Hage family moved to Montreal from his native Beirut, Lebanon, in 1990, fleeing a war-torn neighborhood to a Canadian city that had a sizeable Lebanese community. He speaks English, French and Arabic all fluently. (Last name pronounced similar to age with an h: hayg)