Senior Football Profiles
11/1/2004 12:00:00 AM | Football
Nov. 1, 2004
Marques Roberts
What is your best Baylor Football memory?
"When we beat Colorado last year. That was about the best memory. Everybody came together and it was a lot of fun to just feel like a team for the first time in a while."
What are your future plans?
"To just graduate in December and go on to either be a high school football coach or maybe go on to play in the NFL if I can."
Other than football, what will you miss the most about Baylor?
"Just the friends and the camaraderie you build with your teammates."
What have you learned from football that you will carry with you into your profession?
"Whenever I do something I just give my all. To go all the way in everything that I do."
Who outside the football program has had the biggest influence on you and why?
"My parents; because, they just work hard everyday and they show me that everything I want in life I will have to make sacrifices. They spoiled me; but, they let me know it takes a lot to get what you want."
Where do you see yourself in ten years?
"As a successful person. How? I don't know; but, I'll have a wife and hopefully have a good family."
Where do you see the Baylor football program in ten years?
"I think they should be around the top teams in the Big 12 Conference. If they just stick together and execute then they will be one of the top programs in the conference."
David Schieck
What is your best Baylor Football memory?
"The Colorado game just because we all came together as a team and the fans were into the game. Everyone made plays as the game progressed. It was a lot of fun."
What are your future plans?
"I'm going into business in Dallas in the accounting field and I hope to open my own business someday."
Other than football, what will you miss the most about Baylor?
"The friends that I've made here, the close relationships, neighbors and the people you have all your classes with."
What have you learned from football that you will carry with you into your profession?
"Persistence is always a good thing. As you work at things, eventually they will pay off for you. You might not always see the results day one or two; but, you will see them down the road."
Who has had the biggest influence on you and why?
"Definitely, my parents. They provided good Christian leadership in my home which is the strong influence you need in a home."
Where do you see yourself in ten years?
"Just working for a living and trying to have fun."
Where do you see the Baylor football program in ten years?
"As long as they keep these coaches around, the team's going up. Since the time I've been here, it gets better every year. These coaches have really worked and we get better players every year."
Marcus Venus
What is your best Baylor Football memory?
"Colorado last year, it was my first year here. It was a television game and a nice win for us."
What are your future plans?
"I plan on finishing school first and if I can go to the next level then that would be fine; but, if I cannot, I might go back to my hometown and coach."
Other than football, what will you miss the most about Baylor?
"All of my friends and all of my teammates."
What have you learned from football that you will carry with you into your profession?
"Whatever it is in life, just keep on pursuing it. If you have a goal just do whatever it takes to reach that goal."
Who outside the football program has had the biggest influence on you and why?
"My mom. She sacrificed a lot for me and my brothers. Growing up in a single home, she quit school to give me a better life; and, she did, so I give her all the thanks."
Where do you see yourself in ten years?
"Hopefully, I will be coaching football somewhere."
Where do you see the Baylor football program in ten years?
"I see it going through the roof, sky high. I think this program is going to rise."
