Prep
• Attended Fenwick High School (2025) coached by Matthew Battaglia
• Part of two division title-winning teams (2021, ‘24)
• The Friars accumulated an 8-3 record in 2024 including one playoff win
• The team posted a 4-5 mark his junior year in 2023 and a 7-6 mark in 2022
• In his first-ever season playing football as a freshman in 2021, earned a varsity letter helping the Friars to a 12-2 record and an IHSFCA Class 7A State Championship
• Also competed as a basketball player; helped the Friars to a regional title and earned All-Conference honors
Key Statistics
• Helped lead a defense that limited opponents to 12.5 points per game
• A two-way contributor who also split out wide as a receiving option and took wildcat quarterback snaps on offense; scored four touchdowns in his junior season
• Accounted for 38 tackles, 16 tackles for a loss, six sacks, 13 quarterback hits, four forced fumbles, and four blocked kicks as a junior in 2023
• Across three games as a freshman in 2021, made four tackles and caused and recovered one fumble
Honors and Rankings
• Earned a 247Sports Composite ranking of four stars; the No. 55 overall player nationally, the No. 8 defensive lineman and the No. 3 player in the state of Illinois
• Named a four-star prospect by 247Sports; the No. 109 overall player in the nation, the No. 15 defensive lineman and the No. 3 player in the state of Illinois
• Rated as a four-star prospect by ESPN, the No. 83 overall player in the country, the No. 5 defensive tackle and the No. 3 player in the state of Illinois
• Rivals.com five-star prospect, the No. 26 overall player, the No. 2 weakside defensive end in the nation and the No. 1 player in Illinois
• On3.com four-star consensus prospect, the No. 59 overall player, the No. 7 defensive lineman in the nation and the No. 3 player in Illinois
• On3.com four-star prospect, the No. 94 overall player, the No. 9 defensive lineman in the nation and the No. 4 player in Illinois
• Prepstar ranking of four stars, the No. 55 player in the country
• Invited to participate in the 2025 Navy All-American Bowl
• 2024 Illinois High School Football Coaches Association (IHSFCA) Class 7A First-Team All-State
• 2022 IHSFCA Class 7A All-State Honorable Mention
• 2024 Chicago Catholic League Tony Lawless Player of the Year (White Division)
• 2023 Chicago Catholic League Defensive Player of the Year
• 2022 Chicago Catholic League Defensive Player of the Year
• IHSFCA All-State Honorable Mention as a sophomore (2022)
• Three-time CCL Orange Defensive Player of the Year (2022-24) and first-team all-conference honoree
Personal
• Nathaniel Marshall was born January 1, 2007
• Son of Khara Smith Marshall
• Mother, Khara, is in the DePaul University Athletics Hall of Fame; a three-time basketball All-American (2002-06) who finished her career as the program’s all-time leader in games played, rebounds, and field goal percentage
