Junior running back for Arkansas State. 2022: 193 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 7 catches.
5′10″ · 204 lb · Hiram, GA
Recruiting
RB recruit
No. 2672 nationally · Signed with Arkansas State
Statement game24 car · 175 yds · 3 TDat UL Monroe (FBS) · W 48-41
Top 1% rushing yards game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 running back for Arkansas State. 2022: 193 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 7 catches.
Marcel Murray
Marcel Murray has played for two head coaches in five seasons at Arkansas State. The receipt: 123 rush yds, 12 rec yds against Massachusetts — Week 11, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Arkansas State, 2,136 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Blake Anderson → Butch Jones. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: long run (90th percentile). Concern: carries (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 42.8 | 6.3 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 7.3 | 1.9 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 10.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 40.8 | 6.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Butch Jones
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Arkansas State | 35 | 193 | 5.5 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Arkansas State | 14 | 105 | 7.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Arkansas State | 47 | 158 | 3.4 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | Arkansas State | 170 | 820 | 4.8 | 6 | -- |
| 2018 | Arkansas State | 154 | 860 | 5.6 | 8 | -- |
| Career | 420 | 2,136 | 5.1 | 16 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Arkansas State | 7 | 37 | 5.3 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Arkansas State | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Arkansas State | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Arkansas State | 15 | 125 | 8.3 | 0 | -- |
| 2018 | Arkansas State | 16 | 141 | 8.8 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 42 | 304 | 7.2 | 2 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022
W 58–3
vs Grambling
13 rush yds (5 car)
Dominant 55-point win at home against Grambling.
With J. Lang — 124 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD · J. Blackman — 210 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 97.8 · 11 rush yds (2 car) · 2 TD
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 58-3vs Grambling | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 2 | L 12-45@ Ohio State | 7 | 13 | 1.9 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 3 | L 32-44@ Memphis | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 9 | L 3-31vs South Alabama | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 11 | W 35-33vs Massachusetts | 8 | 123 | 15.4 | 1 | 75 | Season-high 123 yds |
| Wk 12 | L 13-16@ Texas State | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 13 | L 19-48vs Troy | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 0 | 13 | |
| Total | 35 | 193 | 4.4 | 1 | 75 |
Player DNA