5 Venric Mark Class: Sophomore Hometown: Tomball, Texas High School: St. Pius X Height / Weight: 5-8 / 175 Position: WR

The 2011 Scouting Report: An electrifying kickoff and punt returner ... A backup receiver who is making great strides learning NU's passing game ... Selected as a preseason second-team All-Big Ten kick returner by Athlon Sports and Phil Steele's and named to the conference's preseason fourth team as a punt returner by Phil Steele's... Team's fastest player.

2011:True sophomore ... Shifted from receiver to running back midway through the season ... Returned two kickoffs for 46 yards at Boston College ... Also recorded one solo tackle on special teams ... Totaled 120 kickoff return yards (three attempts) against Eastern Illinois--two of his three returns went for 49 and 63 yards ... Earned team's special teams player of the week honor for the EIU game ... Had a 17-yard punt return at Army ... Notched a season-long 28-yard punt return at Illinois and followed that up with a 20-yard return vs. Michigan ... Named team's special teams player of the week vs. the Wolverines ... Totaled 142 kickoff return yards at Iowa (seven returns) ... 50 kickoff return yards vs. Penn State ... Versus Indiana, returned two kickoffs 53 yards, with one of the returns covering 46 yards ... Also had a single-game-best 47 rushing yards (four carries) vs. the Hoosiers ... Notched a 23 and a 41-yard KO return at Nebraska ... One kickoff return (20 yards) vs. Rice ... Had kickoff returns of 44 and 42 yards vs. Minnesota ... Totaled 78 kickoff return yards (four returns) vs. Michigan State ... Ranked eighth in the Big Ten and 74th nationally in kickoff return average ... Averaged 15.9 yards per punt return, but did not have enough attempts to qualify for a national ranking (would rank third nationally and first in Big Ten) ... Had two punt returns for 50 yards, including a 47-yarder vs. Texas A&M ... Totaled 198 all-purpose yards (141 kickoff return yards) vs. the Aggies ... Rushed for seven yards and his first career rushing TD against Texas A&M ... Averaged 6.9 yards per rushing attempt (15 carries).

2010: True freshman ... Averaged 10.0 yards per punt return on five attempts and 23.8 yards per kickoff return on six attempts ... Joined Rashad Lawrence as the only other true freshman to play in all 13 games ... By season's end, was team's primary kickoff and punt returner ... Ranked fourth in the Big Ten and 32nd nationally with 26.2 yards per kick return (21 attempts) with one return TD ... Also averaged 12.9 yards per punt return on nine attempts ... Named second-team punt returner on Freshman All-American squad and first-team on Big Ten All-Freshman squad by Rivals.com ... Compiled 141 all-purpose yards in the TicketCity Bowl vs. Texas Tech, including 108 kickoff return yards on five attempts ... At Wisconsin, shattered NU's previous record for kick return yards in a game with 273 yards on nine attempts, including a 94-yard return for a touchdown ... It was the first kickoff return for TD by a Wildcat since Sept. 22, 2007 ... His 273 return yards were 10 shy of the Big Ten Conference record ... Also returned two punts for eight yards vs. the Badgers ... Against Illinois, broke off a 58-yard punt return -- the longest by a Wildcat since 2005 -- returned one kickoff for 26 yards and posted two special teams stops ... One rush for two yards vs. Iowa ... One kickoff return at Penn State for 26 yards ... At Indiana, compiled 77 all-purpose yards, including 56 kickoff return yards on two attempts and two punt returns for 17 yards ... Racked up 97 all-purpose yards vs. Michigan State, rushing once for 29 yards, returning two punts for 26 yards and returning two kickoffs for 42 yards ... One carry for two yards and one tackle at Minnesota ... Credited with two solo tackles vs. Central Michigan ... Two catches for 12 yards at Rice ... Recorded his first career reception vs. Illinois State, a 21-yard catch ... Also returned one punt for seven yards vs. the Redbirds ... Made his collegiate debut at Vanderbilt, returning one kickoff for 19 yards ... Named NU's special teams player of the game vs. Central Michigan, Indiana and Illinois.

High School: Two-time team MVP for St. Pius X High ... Two-time all-state honorable mention and all-district selection ... District's MVP ... School's Male Track Athlete of the Year in 2008-09 ... Helped lead the Panthers to a 9-3 record, a district title and a TAPPS state semifinal berth ... Had 92 rushes for 772 yards (8.4 ypc), 23 receptions for 242 yards (9.8 ypc) and 20 total TD's (four TD's via kick/punt returns) his senior season (had seven other TD's called back due to penalty) ... Outstanding kick return specialist ... Team captain ... Also lettered in track and soccer ... Coached by Rene Ramirez.

Personal: Born Venric Emeka-Wococha Mark ... Son of Sheliia Mark ... Major is undeclared.

ALL-PURPOSE

Season	Games	Rush	RCV	PR	KR	IR	Total	Avg/G
2010	13	63	43	116	550	0	772	59.4
2011	13	104	4	127	915	0	1150	88.5
Career	26	167	47	243	1465	0	1922	73.9

KICK RETURNS

Season	Games	No.	Yards	TD	Long	Avg/R	Avg/G
2010	13	21	550	1	94	26.2	42.3
2011	13	40	915	0	63	22.9	70.4
Career	26	61	1465	1	94	24.0	56.3

PUNT RETURNS

Season	Games	No.	Yards	TD	Long	Avg/R	Avg/G
2010	13	9	116	0	58	12.9	8.9
2011	13	8	127	0	47	15.9	9.8
Career	26	17	243	0	58	14.3	9.3

RECEIVING

Season	Games	Rec	Yards	TD	Long	Rec/G	Avg/C	Avg/G
2010	13	5	43	0	21	0.4	8.6	3.3
2011	13	1	4	0	4	0.1	4.0	0.3
Career	26	6	47	0	21	0.2	7.8	1.8

RUSHING

Season	Games	ATT	Yards	TD	Long	Avg/C	Avg/G
2010	13	8	63	0	29	7.9	4.8
2011	13	15	104	1	21	6.9	8.0
Career	26	23	167	1	29	7.3	6.4

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