Terrace Marshall vs Malachi Dupre

Different ran offenses in high school for one thing. I always wondered why Malachi never reached his full potential

If Marshall has any strength at all he will be better than dupre. Dupre couldn't muscle the ball away from a sick kitten. And Marshall looks faster.

I've seen Dupre in high school play in person. His pure atheletism allowed him to dominate at that level. He was never very physical, he could just outrun and outjump everybody around him with ease.

Marshall is a totally different animal. He has everything Dupre has and he is WAYYYYYYY more physical. His route running is phenomenal and he consistently can get separation. He also can take it to the house. Not elite speed like Dante Jackson, but right below that. IMO, he is more college ready than Dupre was.

I think Dupre was an awesome talent coming out of HS...kid runs like a gazelle and could jump out of the gym. His toughness was not tested in HS and I think that is what he lacked to be in the elite category. He was a good receiver for us...but he couldn't seem to get good separation in college and it maybe have been an inability to get off the LOS.

Recruiting is a crapshoot...no guarantees Marshall will be a stud, but he has a lot of potential. It's hard to compare apples to oranges on highlight reels but I think Marshall has a little more Jarvis Landry in his game than Dupre did...

This is actually a really good thought. I think Marshall will be a little better prepared from watching his film, because he seems understand route running and small nuances from playing in a passing offense. Then again, it will be determined by his attitude and work ethic.

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When I first saw Marshall’s film, Dupre was the first person I thought of. He looks like he could be what we thought Dupre was going to be.

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Yeah I agree. The comparison isn’t a bad one by OP, because they do have obvious physical similarities.

And I’m not sure I’d even call Dupre soft coming out of high school. He actually run blocked a ton and was good at it. The physicality to battle for the ball is what was lacking in his game imo. Like another poster said, he just wasn’t really tested like that before college.


I do think that learning the nuance of the receiver position in college was tough on him. And the fact that he had pretty bad QB play on top of that certainly didn’t help. I mean, they certainly didn’t make anything easy for him.

I’d argue those three years of QB play were the worst we’ve seen, even worse than Lee/JJ which we all know how painful that was until 2011.


With the head start on the receiver position that Marahall already has, and with hopefully improved QB play to boot, the sky really is the limit for him.

I think Marshall ends up with the better career.

IMO Marshall has MUCH better hands. Athletically they're pretty similar.

MARSHALL is better after the catch; whereas, Dupre was more of a possession receiver.

Agree. Marshall high points the ball better and is more physical.