Honors and Awards

• Three-Time Big 12 Commissioner’s Spring Academic Honor Roll (2007, 2008, 2009)
• 2009 Brook Berringer Citizenship Team

2009 Outlook
Marcus Mendoza made the switch from I-back to wide receiver during spring practice, and will be among the young and talented prospects looking to push for playing time at wideout this fall. Mendoza has shown great speed and explosiveness in his limited time on the field at running back, and Nebraska coaches envision the 5-10, 190-pounder bringing the same skills to receiver. Last fall, he was impressive in his reserve work at I-back, averaging nearly seven yards per carry.

In addition to his push for playing time at receiver, Mendoza could also make an impact for Nebraska as a kickoff or punt return specialist.

2008 (Redshirt Freshman)
Mendoza played in four games as a reserve I-back behind Marlon Lucky, Roy Helu Jr. and Quentin Castille. He was productive in his limited work with 15 carries for 103 yards and a touchdown. Mendoza rushed three times for 33 yards against New Mexico State and had 10 carries for 58 yards and a 31-yard touchdown run at Kansas State, helping NU roll up 340 rushing yards. Mendoza also caught two passes for seven yards.

2007 (Redshirt)
Mendoza graduated early from high school and arrived at Nebraska in January of 2007 to participate in spring practice. He sat out the season as a redshirt.

Before Nebraska (Spring Woods HS)
Mendoza was one of seven members of the Huskers' 2007 signing class who came from Texas. As a senior at Spring Woods High School, Mendoza had approximately 700 rushing yards and seven touchdowns, while also catching 20 passes for better than 250 yards and another four scores. He was also a dangerous return threat for Coach Dwayne Eggerman. As a junior, Mendoza missed three games, but still earned second-team all-district honors after rushing for better than 650 yards and 10 touchdowns.

Mendoza was ranked as one of the top dozen all-purpose backs in the country by Rivals.com and among the top 20 prospects in Texas by Scout.com. He was also listed 70th on SuperPrep's Texas Super 200 Senior Playmakers List. Mendoza was also a standout on the track, clocking times of 10.64 seconds in the 100 and 21.6 in the 200 meters as a junior. Mendoza chose Nebraska after also visiting Oklahoma State and Texas Tech. 

Personal
Marcus is the son of Rubi Mendoza and was born on Sept. 21, 1988. He is majoring in secondary education-social science and has been named to the Big 12 Commissioner's Spring Academic Honor Roll three times. Mendoza has been among Nebraska's leaders in community outreach and was named to the 2009 Brook Berringer Citizenship Team. Among his many outreach activities are numerous hospital and elementary school visits, and volunteering time with City Impact, the Optimist Club, American Education Week and School is Cool Week.