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Marshal Yanda was originally selected by the Ravens in the third round (86th overall) of the 2007 NFL Draft...Was the second offensive lineman picked by Baltimore in 2007, following first-rounder Ben Grubbs (Auburn), who was the 29th-overall pick.

Honors

• Sports Illustrated (Peter King) All-Pro Team (2010)
• Sports Illustrated midseason All-Pro Team (2010)

Career

• Helped protect QB Joe Flacco, allowing him to complete 62.6% of his passes (306 of 489) and set career highs with 3,622 passing yards, 25 TDs and a 93.6 QB rating in 2010
• In 2009, helped the Ravens post 5,619 total yards (second-highest total in franchise history), including three of the top single-game yardage totals in team history
• (548 in game 13 vs. Det. - 12/13/09, 501 in game 1 vs. KC - 9/13/09 and 479 yards in game 3 vs. Cle. - 9/27/09)
• Helped the Ravens tie a franchise record for points (391 in 2003) and set a record for most TDs scored (47) in 2009...Ravens also tallied a team-record 22 rushing TDs
• Was one of three rookies to start along the Ravens' O-line in 2007 (most in the NFL)...Protected Ravens QBs, allowing them time to complete a franchise-record 341 passes (61.2%) for 3,308 yards and helped open holes, allowing the Ravens to rush for 1,797 yards

2010: (16/16, 2/2) Helped protect QB Joe Flacco, allowing him to complete 62.6% of his passes (306 of 489) and set career highs with 3,622 passing yards, 25 TDs and a 93.6 QB rating...Also helped the Ravens rush for 1,831 yards and 11 TDs...Yanda moved from RG to RT due to seasonending injury to T Jared Gaither in training camp

• Started at RT and helped pave the way for the Ravens to rush for 208 yards and RB Ray Rice to produce a career-high 233 yards from scrimmage (153 rushing and 80 receiving) in the 30-24 victory in game 14 vs. NO (12/19)
• Started at RT and helped protect QB Joe Flacco, allowing him time to complete 71% of his passes (25 of 35) for 289 yards and 2 TDs in the 17-10 win in game 11 vs. TB (11/28)...Flacco set a Ravens' franchise record with his 52nd- and 53rd-career TD passes
• Started at RT and helped the Ravens rush for 233 yards, 4 TDs, and a franchise-record 17 first downs, in the 31-17 victory in game 5 vs. Den. (10/10)
• Started at RT in both playoff games and helped the Ravens produce 516 total yards, including a team playoff-record 390 yards in the Wild Card Game at KC (1/9/11)...QB Joe Flacco established postseason franchise marks for completion percentage (73.5), passing yards (265), passing TDs (2) and QB rating (115.4) in the 30-7 victory against the Chiefs

2009: (16/9, 2/2) Helped the Ravens post 5,619 total yards (second-highest total in franchise history), including three of the top single-game yardage totals in team history (548 in game 13 vs. Det. - 12/13, 501 in game 1 vs. KC - 9/13 and 479 yards in game 3 vs. Cle. - 9/27)...Also helped the Ravens tie a franchise record for points (391 in 2003) and also set a record for most TDs scored (47)...Ravens tallied a team-record 22 rushing TDs...Protected QB Joe Flacco, allowing him to set then-career highs in attempts (499), completions (315), completion percentage (63.1), yards (3,613), TDs (21) and QB rating (88.9)...Helped pave the way for the Ravens to rush for 2,200 yards, including 1,339 yards (third-highest total in franchise history) by RB Ray Rice, who finished second in the NFL in yards from scrimmage (2,041) and became just the second player in franchise history (Jamal Lewis - 2,271 in 2003) to gain 2,000 yards from scrimmage

• Started at RG and helped pave the way for a Ravens' franchise-record 548 total yards, including 230 passing and 308 rushing yards (second-most in franchise history) and a franchise-record 5 rushing TDs in the 48-3 victory in game 13 vs. Det. (12/13)
• Saw action along the offensive line for the first time since Week 5 of the 2008 season and helped set a then-Ravens' franchise record with 501 total yards in game 1 vs. KC (9/13)...Helped pave the way for 198 yards rushing and protected Flacco, allowing him to throw for 307 yards and 3 TDs in the 38-24 win
• Helped the Ravens rush for 321 yards (4.5 avg.) and 4 TDs in the playoffs...Also helped protect Flacco, with the Ravens only allowing 1 sack on 45 dropbacks
• Started his first-career postseason game at RG and helped the Ravens rush for a postseason-franchise-record 234 yards and 4 TDs, including a postseason-franchise record 83-yard TD run (second-longest rush in NFL postseason history) by Rice on the first play from scrimmage, in the 33-14 victory in the Wild Card game at NE (1/10/10)...O-line also did not allow a sack against the Patriots

2008: (5/5, 0/0) Started at RG and helped protect QB Joe Flacco, allowing him to set a then-career high with a 73.7 completion percentage (throwing for 241 yards), before Yanda left the game in the fourth quarter with a knee injury in game 5 at Ind. (10/12)…Placed on Injured Reserve due to a knee injury suffered on 10/14

2007: (16/12) Was one of three rookies to start along the O-line (most in the NFL)...Protected Ravens QBs, allowing them time to complete a franchise-record 341 passes (61.2%) for 3,308 yards and helped open holes, allowing the Ravens to rush for 1,797 yards and 11 TDs

• Made his first-career NFL start at RT and helped protect Kyle Boller, who completed 65.7% of his passes, in the 20-13 win in game 2 vs. NYJ (9/16)...The O-line did not allow a sack against the Jets

College
Started 25 games during his Iowa career, including four at LG, five at LT and 16 at RT...Yanda earned the team's Hawkeye Hustle Award for his performance in his first year at Iowa in 2005...Started the team's first four games at LG before shifting to RT for the rest of the campaign...Was a third-team All-American choice by The NFL Draft Report in 2006 and earned second-team All-Big Ten honors from the league's coaches...Second-team All-Big Ten Conference selection by The NFL Draft Report and the league's coaches as a senior...Joined the team for spring practices after enrolling at Iowa in Feb. 2005...Attended North Iowa Area (Mason City, IA) Community College in his first two years (2003-04)...Earned All-Region honors in consecutive seasons and was an honorable mention All-American as a sophomore...Was an economics major.

High School, Personal
Was a first-team All-Conference selection as a senior and junior at Anamosa (IA) HS...Served as team captain his senior season, earning three letters as a tackle and DT...Also lettered in track and field, tossing the discus and shot put, and lettered twice in basketball...Full name: Marshal John Yanda.

Community
Supports teammates' and Ravens' charitable activities throughout the year…Past appearances include participation in A Purple Evening, the annual women's event, the Special Olympics Holiday Party and the Ben Grubbs Charity Softball Challenge.