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Marcus Lye
Jersey Number 46

Marcus Lye

  • Position:
    Kicker
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    210
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Parkes, Australia
  • High School:
    Brophy College Prep (Ariz.)
  • Prev School:
    Northern Arizona

2025 • Senior


  • Saw action in all 12 games for the Minutemen
  • Accumulated 35 kickoffs for 1,992 yards
  • Had six touchbacks
  • Also added a tackle at Akron (11/4)



Before Massachusetts


• Played the past three seasons for Northern Arizona
• For the Lumberjacks in 2024 as a junior, was 8-for-11 on field goal attempts with a season and career long make of 52 yards against Sacramento State
• Also had a 50-yard field goal at Idaho
• Had 67 kickoffs with 46 touchbacks and averaged 63.1 yards per kickoff on the season
• Added a tackle at Northern Colorado
• As a sophomore in 2023, played in all 11 games and made two field goals including a long of 49-yards in the season opener at Arizona, and went 16-for-18 on PATs 
• Made 4-of-4 extra point attempts against both Utah Tech and Montana and 3-of-3 against Portland State
• Kicked off 48 times and had 24 touchbacks
• Caught one pass from PJ London for four yards against Northern Colorado and was credited with a tackle against UC Davis
• As a freshman in 2022, appeared in nine games with the Lumberjacks
• A 2022 Big Sky All-Academic Team honoree and a 2023 Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete award recipient
• Attended Brophy College Prep High School in Phoenix, Arizona
• Finished his senior season with 43 touchbacks on 56 kickoffs, 40 punts for an average of 37.6 yards with nine downed inside the 20 and hit 26-of-28 extra points as well as 12-of-21 field goals with a long of 53 yards
• Named All-6A Desert Valley Region First Team as a kicker in 2021 and 2019 in addition to being named as a First Team selection as a punter in 2020
• Earned All-6A Conference Second Team honors as a punter in 2020
• Honorable Mention 6A Desert Valley Region as a punter in 2021 and as a kicker in 2020
• His Broncos team finished 2021 with a 6-4 record and reached the second round of the 6A Conference State Tournament
• The Broncos also went 8-2 and qualified for the 6A State Tournament in 2019

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