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Marquez McCray

  • Award
    NEC Offensive Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    10/17/2022
  • Sport
    Football
  • School
    Sacred Heart
  • Year
    Senior
  • Position
    Quarterback
  • Hometown
    Philadelphia, PA
  • High School
    St. Joseph

Week 7 Stats: 405 pass yards, 21-30, 70.0 pass completion percentage, 1 TD pass, 0 INT, 7 rushes, 31 rush yards, 4.1 ypc, 1 TD rush
McCray put together one of the best performances in the FCS to date this season. The senior threw for a career-high 405 yards, marking the 11th-best output by a quarterback in the nation, to power Sacred Heart to its third straight win and a 2-0 start in NEC play. In addition, McCray completed 70.0 percent of passes and was not intercepted. The Pioneers’ signal caller finished the game with a whopping 436 all-purpose yards after he added 31 rushing yards and one touchdown on seven carries. Highlighting his performance was a 75-yard touchdown hurl in the closing seconds of the third quarter to teammate LJ Haskett, which created a 20-point cushion for Sacred Heart.  in the final seconds of the third quarter to create a 20-point cushion for the Pioneers heading down the stretch. This is the Philadelphia, PA native’s first NEC Offensive Player of the Week honor of the season.