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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Marshawn Lynch
| image =Marshawn Lynch vs. Redskins 2014.jpg
| image_size          = 250
| alt =
| caption =  
| current_team=boo Seahawks
| number = 24
| position = [[Running back]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|4|22|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Oakland, California]]
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lbs = 215
| high_school = [[Oakland Technical High School]]<br />([[Oakland, California]])
| college = [[University of California, Berkeley]]
| draftyear = 2007
| draftround = 1
| draftpick = 12
| pastteams =
* [[Buffalo Bills]] ({{NFL Year|2007}}–{{NFL Year|2010}})
* [[Seattle Seahawks]] ({{NFL Year|2010}}–{{NFL Year|2015}})
* [[Oakland Raiders]] ({{NFL Year|2017}}–{{NFL Year|2018}})
| highlights = 
* [[Super Bowl]] champion ([[Super Bowl XLVIII|XLVIII]])
* 5× [[Pro Bowl]] ([[2009 Pro Bowl|2008]], [[2012 Pro Bowl|2011]]–[[2015 Pro Bowl|2014]])
* First-team [[All-Pro]] ([[2012 All-Pro Team|2012]])
* Second-team [[All-Pro]] ([[2014 All-Pro Team|2014]])
* 2× [[List of National Football League season rushing touchdowns leaders|NFL rushing touchdowns leader]] (2013, 2014)
* First-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[2006 College Football All-America Team|2006]])
* First-team All-[[Pacific-10 Conference|Pac-10]] ([[2006 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team|2006]])
* [[Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year]] (2006)
| statleague = NFL
| statlabel1 = Rushing yards
| statvalue1 = 10,379
| statlabel2 = Rushing average
| statvalue2 = 4.3
| statlabel3 = Rushing touchdowns
| statvalue3 = 84
| statlabel4 = Receptions
| statvalue4 = 287
| statlabel5 = Receiving yards
| statvalue5 = 2,214
| statlabel6 = Receiving touchdowns
| statvalue6 = 9
| nflnew = marshawnlynch/2495663
| pfr = L/LyncMa00
}}
'''Marshawn Lynch''' (born April 22, 1986) is an [[American football]] [[running back]]. He played in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for the [[Buffalo Bills]] and [[Seattle Seahawks]]. He was drafted by the [[Buffalo Bills]] in the first round of the 2007 NFL Draft. His aggressive running style has earned him the name "'''Beast Mode'''".

==Early life==
Marshawn grew up in [[Oakland, California]] with his three siblings and his mother. His mother had to work multiple jobs in order to keep the family moving. Lynch's family had a history of being athletes, such as his mother, who had been a very good sprinter at the high school that Marshawn was attending at the time ([[Oakland Technical High School]]). Lynch played many different positions during high school, including [[Defensive Back]], [[Quarterback]], [[Wide Receiver]], and [[Linebacker]].

==References==
*http://www.jockbio.com/Bios/M_Lynch/M_Lynch_bio.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907084902/http://www.jockbio.com/Bios/M_Lynch/M_Lynch_bio.html |date=2015-09-07 }} 

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