Marcus really wanted to play for four years here when he made the statements during his freshman and sophomore seasons, I also believe there were a couple of situations that would have pushed him to go pro as an underclassmen.
The injuries are plainly the reasons he is leaving now but I believe he would have left if, he would have graduated
early (he and his family really wanted him to get his degree), he won the Heisman and a NC before the senior season, or if he projected in the top-ten after his junior season.
So my reasoning is that he was well on his way to accomplishing a lot of those goals without the injuries keeping him out of
games, slowing him for a bit, and changing the amount that coaches were using him.
The injuries are plainly the reasons he is leaving now but I believe he would have left if, he would have graduated
early (he and his family really wanted him to get his degree), he won the Heisman and a NC before the senior season, or if he projected in the top-ten after his junior season.
So my reasoning is that he was well on his way to accomplishing a lot of those goals without the injuries keeping him out of
games, slowing him for a bit, and changing the amount that coaches were using him.
