ECU Athletics Hall of Fame
Marcus Crandell
- Induction:
- 2022
- Class:
- 1997
Marcus Crandell finished his time in the Purple and Gold as the owner of more than 30 passing and total offense records and was tops on the career list in passing yards (7,198), total offense (7,641), touchdown passes (58) and completions (620). He was voted the 1994 Liberty Bowl Alliance Co-Offensive Player of the Year and was tabbed to the All-Independent Team by Football News and the Associated Press.
In pacing East Carolina to a victory over Stanford in the 1995 Liberty Bowl, Crandall was named the North Carolina College Football Player of the Year and selected to the National All-Independent First Team as well as the ECAC Division I-A First Team while earning Liberty Bowl Alliance Player of the Week accolades three times. He helped produce three of the top five passing seasons and three of the top six total offense seasons in school history at the time of his graduation and ended his career tied with Jeff Blake with seven games of 300-plus yards of total offense.
In pacing East Carolina to a victory over Stanford in the 1995 Liberty Bowl, Crandall was named the North Carolina College Football Player of the Year and selected to the National All-Independent First Team as well as the ECAC Division I-A First Team while earning Liberty Bowl Alliance Player of the Week accolades three times. He helped produce three of the top five passing seasons and three of the top six total offense seasons in school history at the time of his graduation and ended his career tied with Jeff Blake with seven games of 300-plus yards of total offense.
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