Hillside's Jamal Marcus, East Chapel Hill's Alex Moore, South Granville's Matthew Fuhr and Millbrook's Keith Marshall have been named to the North Carolina all-state high school football team by The Associated Press.

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Millbrook High football running back Keith Marshall was named at the North Carolina Gatorade football player of the year on Thursday.

The 6-foot-1, 190-pound Marshall  rushed for 1,891 yards and 25 touchdowns. He led the Wildcats to a 6-6 season and a berth in the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4AA playoffs.

Marshall ran for 1,550 yards and 17 touchdowns as a junior in 2010 and 1,166  yards and 12 touchdowns as a sophomore.

He was the NCHSAA 4A state 100 meters champion last spring and has a 4.29 overall grade point average.

He is expected to make his college decision on Tuesday. Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and Clemson are believed to be his leaders.

Thirteen area football players made one of the four NCpreps.com preseason football teams, with the most coming at the 4-A level.

Keith Marshall has been rated the No. 3 high school football prospect in the state by Rivals.com, a national recruiting website.

Marshall, who is rated a 4-star prospect by Rivals...

Keith Marshall of Millbrook and Todd Gurley of Tarboro won national track and field competitions Wednesday and probably earned invitations to represent the United States in the world youth championships next month in France.

Millbrook junior football running back Keith Marshall is among 440 players who have been nominated to be selected to play in the U.S. Army All-America Game in San Antonio, Texas on Jqan. 7, 2012.

Justus Hoffmann and Keith Marshall, two of Millbrook’s best football players, are looking to achieve their dream of playing for a major Division I school. Nate Taylor has the feature story.

Garner proved itself as a contender in the Greater Neuse River 4-A Conference in its 38-10 win over Clayton. D. Clay Best has the story.

North Johnston stayed perfect in its 49-6 victory over winless Warren County on Thursday night. Mike Potter has the story.

There is also a breakdown of tonight’s big football games. Tim Stevens has the story.

And Tim Stevens and Nate Taylor debate who will win tonight’s Broughton at. Millbrook game.

This is the scenario Millbrook’s Keith Marshall loves most about football: When the Wildcats have the large lead at halftime, Marshall knows he’s getting the ball in the second half.

And at this point, coach Clarence Inscore doesn’t have to mention the second-half game plan to Marshall in the locker room. Even if Knightdale knew Millbrook was running on first, second and third down, they still couldn’t stop Marshall, a running back, as he led the way in the Wildcats’ 31-0 win Friday night.

Millbrook hopes to dodge the types of injuries that hindered last year's team. The Wildcats also want to improve on run defense.

Millbrook sophomore football running back Keith Marshall already is getting national recruiting attention as well as interest from Atlantic Coast Conference programs.