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Heisman / Players / Marcel Murray /Arkansas State

Marcel Murray

RB · Arkansas State · Jr · #34

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

ALUMNUSArkansas State 2022 alumnus

RB · ARKANSAS STATE · SUN BELT

Marcel Murray

  • 3
  • #34
  • 5-10 | 204 lb
  • Hiram, GA

CFB Zeitgeist RB Score

Awaiting

Heisman Heat

#2430

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP RB AWARD

Doak Walker

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CONSENSUS

All-American

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Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 0 · Not on team

R01 · Scout team / redshirt

Scout team / redshirt. Developing behind the depth chart.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · rushing yards

2020–2022
1582020
1052021
1932022

+22%

Modest growth (22%) across the multi-season window.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★
#2672 national
CFB
College
Arkansas State
2020–2022
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionRB
Class3
Jersey34
Measurements5-10 | 204 lb
HometownHiram, GA
Primary teamArkansas State

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 2-star No. 2672 recruit
Composite rating 0.7853 HighSchool
Signed with Arkansas State 2018
Origin Hiram Hiram, GA, USA
Class Profile Context
2018 2-star | 0.7853 No. 2672 recruit | HighSchool | Arkansas State

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 1 Programs changed on file
Latest destination Arkansas State 2022
Transfer stars 3-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Nov 16, 2021
Season Move Context
2022 Arkansas State -> Arkansas State 3-star | 0.8300 | Immediate

Heisman Lens · 2022 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 20
Current nowcast#2430Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#3089Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★☆☆☆

to Arkansas State

Composite

0.7853

#2672 national

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Marcel Murray

Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Marcel Murray

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Scenario Explorer

Available for players with a qualifying signature metric (passing yards, rushing yards, receiving yards, sacks, etc.). The slider projects how a season finishes if the current pace holds.

What made this player interesting

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Marcel Murray's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Arkansas State, the card already shows enough current-season production to explain why he is on the serious-player board, and the next layer is determining whether the profile is just very good or actually distinctive.

Current place #2430 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 7.6% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Development arc The card should explain why this profile stands out

2022 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

RB season snapshot

2022 season snapshot | final

2022 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Scrimmage yards 230 193 rush | 37 rec | #347/735 (53rd pct)
Rush TD 1 35 carries | #323/739 (56th pct)
Yards/carry 5.5 Per-rush efficiency | #192/735 (74th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Backfield contributor against FBS RB peers.

Balanced profile

2022 Season · Final

2022 season snapshot | final

Rushing

CAR
35 51st
YDS
193 53rd
YPC
5.5 74th
TD
1 56th

Receiving

REC
7 51st
YDS
37 42nd
YPR
5.3 29th
TD
0 70th

Game Log

Week-by-week box

No per-game rows for this season yet — the table fills in as box scores arrive.

Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2020Arkansas State4-7HC: Blake Anderson · Balanced, fast tempo
2021Arkansas State2-10HC: Butch Jones · Pass-heavy
2022Arkansas State3-9HC: Butch Jones · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2022Arkansas State351935.51--
2021Arkansas State141057.50--
2020Arkansas State471583.41--
Career3 loaded seasons964564.82--
SeasonTeam
2022Arkansas State7375.30--
2021Arkansas State3-1-0.30--
2020Arkansas State122.00--
Career3 loaded seasons11383.50--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Rushing WEPA

Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.

Role share

How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

Receiving work 7 37 rec yds | #270/552 (51st pct)
Usage 7.6% 15.3% rush share | #400/738 (46th pct)
Rushing WEPA +0.12 Opponent-adjusted rush value | #173/362 (52nd pct)
Open full stat explorer
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Rushing Rushing yards 193 #347/735 53rd pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rush TD 1 #323/739 56th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Rushing Yards / carry 5.5 #192/735 74th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receptions 7 #270/552 51st pct Volumevs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving yards 37 #317/548 42nd pct Volumevs FBS RB
Value Rushing WEPA +0.12 #173/362 52nd pct Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 42 weighted playsvs FBS RB
Usage Role share 7.6% #400/738 46th pct Share of team offensevs FBS RB
Rushing Rushing LONG 75 #36/733 95th pct Metricvs FBS RB
Rushing Carries 35 #362/739 51st pct Volumevs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving LONG 12 #365/540 33rd pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Yards / catch 5.3 #389/548 29th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving TD 0 #169/552 70th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Usage Rush share 15.3% #342/738 54th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS RB
Usage 1st-down usage 12.6% #288/738 61st pct Early-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Standard-down usage 9.8% #355/738 52nd pct Base-situation sharevs FBS RB
Usage 2nd-down usage 4.3% #588/738 20th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Pass share 3.2% #287/738 61st pct Air-game usagevs FBS RB
Usage Passing-down usage 3.0% #568/738 23rd pct Known-passing sharevs FBS RB
Usage 3rd-down usage 2.5% #575/738 22nd pct Money-down loadvs FBS RB

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

Status—Awaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits

Per-game splits

Splits fill in once box scores from at least three games land for this season.

Box-score Savant card waits for a season-stat snapshot above the cohort floor. Returns once enough box-score volume lands.

Advanced Savant · RB · 2022

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback—
awaiting
CPOE—
awaiting
Success rate—
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)—
awaiting
aDOT—
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy—
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack—
awaiting
3rd-down EPA—
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate—
awaiting
Play-action EPA—
awaiting
Scramble EPA—
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate—
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator returns once this player clears the Savant metric floor (4+ scored bars).
DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Butch Jones

Pass share

53.7%

506 pass / 437 run

Plays / game

72.5

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

7.6%

367 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2020–2022

2 coaches
2020
Blake Anderson
Arkansas State
2021
Butch Jones
Arkansas State
era →
2022
Butch Jones
Arkansas State

Coaching transition mid-career: Blake Anderson → Butch Jones. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownHiram, GA
Height5'10"
Weight204 lb
Class3
PositionRB
Jersey34

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

No formal honors on the ledger yet

All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned.

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2022 Arkansas State RB3 #2430 #3089 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Sun Belt
2021 Arkansas State RB3 #2444 #3075 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Sun Belt
2020 Arkansas State RB3 #185 #220 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Sun Belt

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2022 Arkansas State Sun Belt RB 3 No. 34 | 5-10 | 204 lb | Hiram, GA
2021 Arkansas State Sun Belt RB 3 No. 34 | 5-10 | 204 lb | Hiram, GA
2020 Arkansas State Sun Belt RB 3 No. 34 | 5-10 | 204 lb | Hiram, GA