2008 Football Roster
Roster
Mark Melichar
- Position:
- OL
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 294
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Birmingham, AL
- High School/Previous School:
- Oak Mountain HS
- Career & Game-By-Game Statistics
CAREER:
Earned playing time in 22 games during his career at Mississippi State ... Enters the fall as the top reserve at right guard, but has experience playing all along the offensive front ... Redshirted his true freshman season at State following an all-star high school career in the state of Alabama.
2009:
Played in all 12 games during his junior season ... Saw action both as a reserve on the offensive line and on special teams.
2008:
Started the first two games of the season . . . Played all but nine snaps (65 of 74) in Mississippi State’s season opener at Louisiana Tech, his first career start . . . Scored a 75 percent blocking grade in Ruston, his first collegiate start . . . Was on the field for 46 offensive snaps one week later in the Bulldogs’ home-opening win over Southeastern Louisiana . . . Tied for third on the team with four knockdown blocks against the Lions . . .
2007:
Played in eight games for Mississippi State as a reserve at offensive tackle . . . Saw action in the first two weeks of the season, against Gardner-Webb in Week 4, in Weeks 6 through 9, and at Arkansas in Week 11 . . . Listed as the top back-up at left offensive tackle coming out of pre-season camp . . . Was on the field for 12 offensive snaps as a reserve against LSU in the season opener, and turned in an 81 percent blocking grade against the Tigers . . . Played 13 snaps in a reserve role one week later in the team’s win over Tulane at the Superdome . . . Was on the field for two perfect plays in the Bulldogs’ Week 4 win over Gardner-Webb . . . Had a knockdown block against the Runnin’ Bulldogs . . . Added two more perfect snaps two weeks later in the team’s win over UAB . . . Totaled six more perfect snaps with a knockdown block against Tennessee in Week 7 . . . Was on the field for seven plays a week later at West Virginia, recording six plus plays for an 85 percent grade . . . Added six late-game snaps in State’s 31-14 win over nationally No. 14-ranked Kentucky . . . Returned to the playing field for three snaps at Arkansas in Week 11.
2006:
Sat out his first season at State as a true freshman redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Rated with the top 60 offensive linemen in the Southeast by Prep Star Magazine in its season-ending issue . . . Named to the Birmingham News all-state and all-metro teams following his senior season . . . Named honorable mention all-state by the Alabama Sports Writers Association . . . Named to the Birmingham News Super Seniors team . . . Credited with a 325-pound bench press max and with running a 5.2 in the 40-yard dash by the Rivals.com recruiting website . . . Two-year starter on the offensive line for head coach Jerry Hood at Oak Mountain High School in Birmingham, Ala. . . . Selected to play in the Mississippi-Alabama High School All-Star game and nominated for the Alabama North/South all-star game . . . Graded out at an 85 percent clip during his junior and senior seasons for the Eagles . . . Had 112 pancake blocks as a senior, helping lead Oak Mountain to a 10-4 overall record . . . Named honorable mention all-metro by the Birmingham News as a junior . . . Outstanding high school student with a 3.3 grade point average . . . Other top scholarship offer: Vanderbilt . . . Committed to Mississippi State in August 2005.
PERSONAL:
Born Mark William Melichar, 1-28-88, in Jackson, Miss. . . . Son off Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Melichar . . . Major is undeclared.
