Marcel Jensen

August 19, 2013

Bulldog Playbook recently took time to watch game film from both Rutgers’s and Fresno State’s 2012 season. Bulldog Playbook studied the defensive line sets that both teams used to counter opposing team’s offenses throughout the season. We also studied the receiving units from both teams and how they will make the biggest difference throughout the course of the football game on August 29th. What Bulldog Playbook noticed was two defenses that play aggressive football mixing up their coverages often. Rutgers and Fresno State like to bring more than the traditional three or four lineman that you see across college football. Instead both teams bring six to seven defenders nearly every play. However, the offensive line rarely knows where those six to seven defenders are coming from. Running backs will play a huge role in the game as they will have to pick up countless blitzes from the other teams defenses. With that Bulldog Playbook will take a look at Fresno State and their receiving unit.

Fresno State – The Bulldogs return nearly every receiving piece that allowed them to become one of the most explosive offenses in the nation in 2012. The leader of the receiving unit is Sophomore Davante Adams. Josh Harper, Isaiah Burse, Marcel Jensen, Aaron Peck, Greg Watson, and Justin Johnson all hope to contribute during the 2013 campaign as well. Bulldog Playbook does not want to leave anyone who contributed to the 2012 season left out. Below are the stats of the receivers in 2012 that will be a part of the Fresno State receiving unit in 2013:

Davante Adams – Caught 102 passes for 1312 yards and 14 touchdowns.
Isaiah Burse – Caught 57 passes for 851 yards and 6 touchdowns.
Marcel Jensen – Caught 20 passes for 339 yards and 4 touchdowns.
Josh Harper – Caught 24 passes for 333 yards and 4 touchdowns.
Greg Watson – Caught 9 passes for 98 yards and no touchdowns.
Justin Johnson – Caught 2 passes for 43 yards and no touchdowns.

Adams comes into the 2013 season as a Freshman All American as well as the MWC Freshman of the year. He is looked at as the most physically gifted and talented receiver on the Bulldogs roster. If Rutgers blitzes in the fashion that they did in 2012 look for Adams to see a large percentage of passes his way as he will be covered man to man. Very few corners had success covering Adams in 2012. Senior Wide Receiver Isaiah Burse has shown the ability to make the tough catch in years past. Burse allows the Bulldogs a safety valve who can hold on to the ball and make the catches in traffic. Josh Harper’s play was limited due to injury in 2012. However, Harper has the hands, speed, and ability to take pressure off of Adams. If Harper is able to make key catches Rutgers will not have the luxury of focusing on Adams throughout the course of the game. Marcel Jensen gives the Bulldogs a vertical target as he stands at 6’6, can block, and allows Fresno State a fourth strong option in the passing game. Fresno State without a doubt has the weapons to exploit any defense in the nation if Derek Carr is given the time to throw the ball. In order to understand how well Fresno State will succeed against Rutgers defense we must take a look at the opponents in 2012 that ran a similar scheme to what Rutgers will throw at Fresno State.

In 2012 Fresno State faced four teams with a defense that blitzed from all angles forcing Carr to move out of the pocket often throughout the course of the game. The four teams were Oregon, Tulsa, Boise State, and SMU. Coincidentally these were the only four games Fresno lost in 2012. A closer look shows the following:

Passing and Receiving stats vs. Oregon, SMU, Boise State, and Tulsa:
Carr – 1093 yards passing, 4 touchdowns, 3 interceptions
Adams – 339 yards receiving, 2 touchdowns
Burse – 236 yards receiving, 1 touchdown
Harper – 141 yards receiving (only played in two games), 1 touchdown
Jensen – 57 yards receiving

We are able to see that the Bulldogs struggled mightily against the four teams mentioned above. Now let’s take Oregon out of the equation because at this time Bulldog Playbook does not believe Rutgers and Oregon are comparable due to Oregon being as talented as they are yearly. However, if we take the other three teams the Bulldogs lost to last season, Rutgers defense would be somewhat comparable to all three.

Conclusion – Fresno State brings a wealth of receivers into this game. Rutgers 4-3 defense will have its hands full trying to cover all receivers on each play. Rutgers uses a strong blitzing scheme to continually keep the quarterback guessing. What makes Rutgers defense difficult to read is the fact that often they will put players on the defensive line who drop back into coverage. At the same time Rutgers often brings players from their defensive secondary to blitz the quarterback. Carr is experienced enough to know what to do when pressured. However, in the four games mentioned above he struggled mightily when pressured. Some of this may be attributed to the fact that Carr played injured last season. Carr may be much more comfortable in pressure situations this season because of his mobility. Look for Carr to complete over sixty percent of his passes at home as he commonly did throughout 2012. At this point we have no idea who will step up for Fresno on the receiving end. Adams, Burse, Jensen, or Harper all has the ability to play game changer.

from: http://fresnostate.scout.com/2/1317665.html

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Marcel Jensen was born on February 12th, 1990 (time of birth unknown) in Fairfield, California according to http://www.gobulldogs.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/marcel_jensen_460875.html

February 12th, 1990

2 + 12 +1+9+9+0 = 33 = his life lesson = Fierce. Ferocious. Putting on a good show.

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February 12th, 1990

February 12th

2 + 12 +2+0+1+3 = 20 = his personal year (from February 12th, 2013 to February 11th, 2014) = Turning point. Need to exercise sound judgement.

Judgement Tarot card

20 year + 9 (September) = 29 = his personal month (from September 12th, 2013 to October 12th, 2013) = Teammates. Teamwork. A real team player.

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using the number/letter grid:

1      2    3       4       5       6     7    8     9
A      B   C      D      E       F      G     H      I
J   K    L      M      N     O   P    Q R
S     T      U      V     W     X      Y    Z

Where:

A = 1 J = 1 S = 1

B = 2 K = 2 T = 2

C = 3 L = 3 U = 3

D = 4 M = 4 V = 4

E = 5 N = 5 W = 5

F = 6 O = 6 X = 6

G = 7 P = 7 Y = 7

H = 8 Q = 8 Z = 8

I = 9 R = 9

Marcel Jensen

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