When Gabe Marks was fighting to recover from an internal staph infection that almost cost him his life two years ago, there were days when he wondered why it had to happen to him.
After leading Washington State in receptions and yards during his sophomore season, Marks was on the brink of a breakout year. Then in March 2014, Marks got pneumonia that ultimately devolved into something worse.
Doctors still aren’t sure what caused the internal staph infection in Marks’ pelvis, but the receiver’s theory is that he threw up nonstop so violently one night that he tore something in his pelvis that eventually got severely infected.