Marshall Newhouse
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Marshall Edward Newhouse (born September 29, 1988) is an American football
American football
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 guard
Guard (American football)
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 for the Green Bay Packers
Green Bay Packers
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 of the National Football League
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. He was drafted by the Packers in the fifth round of the 2010 NFL Draft
2010 NFL Draft
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Early years

Originally from Dallas, Texas
Texas
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, Newhouse attended Lake Highlands High School
Lake Highlands High School
Lake Highlands High School is a secondary school serving grades 10-12 located in the Lake Highlands area of Dallas, Texas, United States, primarily serving the Lake Highlands community. The school is part of the Richardson Independent School District and is located centrally within Lake Highlands...

 where he was a two-year letterman in football. He was named first-team all-district 10-5A and received Offensive Line MVP honors as a senior while also being named Lake Highlands' Most Outstanding Offensive Blocker. He also lettered in track & field in shot put
Shot put
The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....

, and was the 2006 UIL Texas State shot put champion. Newhouse also lettered in weightlifting, where he competed in powerlifting and earned a third-place finish in the 2005 state championships. He was also very active on campus at Lake Highlands as a member of the Horticulture Society and Japanese Club. He has one sibling, an older brother named John Newhouse.

College career

Newhouse played college football
College football
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 at Texas Christian
TCU Horned Frogs football
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. In his first year, he was the only true freshman to play on offense and totaled 10 knockdown blocks. He made his collegiate debut in the season-opening 17-7 win at Baylor where he recorded a knockdown block in that contest. His sophomore year, he was an honorable-mention All-Mountain West Conference, after he started all 13 games at left tackle and led TCU in knockdown blocks and overall blocking grade. He was named second-team All-Mountain West Conference his junior game after he started every game at left tackle for the second straight season, running his consecutive games started streak to 26. His senior year he was first-team All-Mountain West Conference, leading him to be invited to the NFL Combine and to play in the East-West Shrine Game. He also appeared on the Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List after being ranked as the Best Offensive Lineman in the state of Texas by Dave Campbell's Texas Football. He was third-team All-American by Rivals.com and an honorable-mention All-America selection by SI.com.

Professional career

The Packers selected Newhouse in the 5th round of the 2010 NFL Draft
2010 NFL Draft
The 2010 NFL Draft was the 75th annual meeting of National Football League franchises to select newly eligible football players. Unlike previous years, the 2010 draft took place over three days, at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, with the first round on Thursday, April 22, 2010, at 7:30 pm...

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Newhouse was inactive for every game in his rookie season before he was placed on injured reserve on December 31.

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