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Skyline grad signed by San Francisco 49ers

Published 12:19 pm Monday, April 29, 2013

This photo was taken in the summer of 2008 for a story done about Luke Marquardt before he went off to attend Azuza Pacific. The Skyline grad never played a down for the Spartans.
This photo was taken in the summer of 2008 for a story done about Luke Marquardt before he went off to attend Azuza Pacific. The Skyline grad never played a down for the Spartans.

Luke Marquardt didn’t become the first football player from tiny Azuza Pacific University to be drafted into the NFL since Christian Okoye in 1987, but he will get his chance in the league after being signed by the San Francisco 49ers after the draft.

Marquardt was the subject of several pre-draft stories after not playing varsity high school football at Skyline and eventually landing on the football team at APU after originally hoping to become a member of the basketball team.

He made the trip to the NFL Combine before the draft to showcase his 6-foot-8 frame, and will now have a chance to latch on with the defending NFC Champions.

The Reporter published a story about Marquardt in 2008.

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