University of Nevada Las Vegas

UNLV: A former transfer from the SEC who is now a two-year returning starter and Ray Guy Award candidate as a junior ... Under the direction of new special teams coordinator James Shibest, became one of college football’s top punters last fall ... Named 2024 Preseason Second Team All-Mountain West by Athlon and Phil Steele ... A member of the Academic All-MW Team and UNLV Dean’s Honor List in fall 2023.

2024:

• Honorable Mention All-Mountain West 
• His 79-yard punt vs. UNR was the second-longest in school history
• Booted a 64-yard punt in win in a rainstorm at San Jose State
• Ray Guy Award Preseason Watch List
• Named to Ray Guy Award Ray’s 8 (Sept. 16)
• Averaged over 50 yards per attempt at SJSU and vs. Boise State during regular season
• Booted a 63-yarder vs. Boise State on Oct. 25
• Punted in the rain seven times at Hawaii

2023: Earned Honorable Mention All-MW after one of the best punting seasons in UNLV history ... Also named Second Team All-MW by Mountain West Wire and Third Team all-conference by Phil Steele ... His average of 47.1 yards per attempt not only ranked sixth in the nation but was also the second-highest mark in Rebel history, sitting only slightly behind 1984 All-American Randall Cunningham’s 47.5 rate ... His kicks resulted in 23 fair catches with 18 ending inside opponent 20-yard lines ... An eye-popping 22 of his attempts went at least 50 yards, including a career-long of 60 at Michigan ... Averaged at least 42 yards per attempt in 13 of 14 games ... Finished above 50 yards three times (53.0 vs. CSU, 53.3 vs. Boise State and 52.7 vs. Kansas in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl, which was a school bowl record) ... His most impressive outing came in the win at Air Force when he dropped three punts inside the 20, including a pair near the goal line, and also completed a pass on fourth down to complete a fake punt and set his team up for a field goal. 

2022: Earned his first letter as a Rebel by handling all 59 of UNLV’s punts for 2,450 yards … Ranked 45th in the nation with an average of 42.44 yards … Had eight punts go at least 50 yards, including a season-long 56-yarder at Cal … Forced 19 fair catches on the year … Punted a season-high seven times in four different games … Averaged at least 40 yards in 11 of 12 games … Best game came in the season-ending victory over UNR when he booted it seven times for an average of 47.0 yards.

MISSISSIPPI STATE: Spent one year at the SEC school located in Starkville, MS. 2021: Redshirted season after joining the Bulldogs.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2021 graduate of Holy Innocents Episcopal School in Sandy Springs, GA … Ranked as one of the nation’s top punters according to the Chris Sailer Kicking School rankings … Named to the 2020 MaxPreps Small School All-America Football Team after his season campaign for the Golden Bears … Also made the GHSFD Class 1A Private All-State team … A 2020 MaxPreps Preseason Second Team Georgia All-State selection … As a junior was named 1A-Private All-State after averaging 46.4 yards per punt.

PERSONAL: Marshall William Nichols was born in Atlanta … The son of Elizabeth and Nick Nichols … Majoring in management.