Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-31@ Minnesota | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 5 | W 52-13@ Rutgers | 7 | 58 | 8.3 | 0 | 22 | Season-high 58 yds |
| Wk 6 | W 66-17vs Maryland | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 0 | 8 | |
| Total | 20 | 103 | 5.1 | 0 | 22 |
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Marcus Crowley
Sophomore running back for Ohio State. 2021: 103 rushing yards, 1 catch.
6′1″ · 205 lb · Jacksonville, FL
Ohio State 2021 alumnus
Recruiting
4★
RB recruit
No. 362 nationally · Signed with Trinity Christian Academy
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 running back for Ohio State. 2021: 103 rushing yards, 1 catch.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to Trinity Christian Academy in 2019.
Marcus Crowley
He has spent three seasons in the Ohio State backfield. One game to point at: 58 rush yds, 21 rec yds against Rutgers — Week 5, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- seasons on the roster
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at Ohio State, 354 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
20197 games
- Recruited4-star out of Trinity Christian Academy
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
Ohio State
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2019–2021
1 coach2019–2021
Ohio State
Played his entire career under Ryan Day.
2021 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Ryan Day — 31-4 over that span.
2019Ohio State13-1HC: Ryan Day · Run-heavy, fast tempo
2020Ohio State7-1HC: Ryan Day · Run-leaning, fast tempo
2021Ohio State11-2HC: Ryan Day · Balanced, fast tempo
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (7)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 26.0 | 3.7 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 38.5 | 5.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 34.3 | 5.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Day
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2021
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Ohio State | 20 | 103 | 5.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Ohio State | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Ohio State | 25 | 237 | 9.5 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 51 | 354 | 6.9 | 1 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Ohio State | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Ohio State | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Ohio State | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 1 | -- |
Signature plays
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
- Week 5 · Rutgers · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +2.63C.J. Stroud pass complete to Marcus Crowley for 21 yds to the Rutgr 32 for a 1ST down
- Week 5 · Rutgers · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.30Marcus Crowley run for 11 yds to the OhSt 35 for a 1ST down RUTGERS Penalty, Personal Foul (Naijee Jones) to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down. Naijee Jones ejected for targeting.
- Week 5 · Rutgers · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +1.85Marcus Crowley run for 6 yds to the OhSt 44 for a 1ST down
- Week 1 · Minnesota · 3&2 · Q4 · EPA +1.58Marcus Crowley run for 7 yds to the Minn 44 for a 1ST down
- Week 5 · Rutgers · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.39Marcus Crowley run for 22 yds to the OhSt 34 for a 1ST down
- Week 6 · Maryland · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +1.16Marcus Crowley run for 7 yds to the Mary 25 for a 1ST down
- Week 6 · Maryland · 2&7 · Q4 · EPA -1.13Marcus Crowley run for no gain to the Mary 49
- Week 1 · Minnesota · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -0.92Marcus Crowley run for 1 yd to the OhSt 42
- Week 6 · Maryland · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -0.91Marcus Crowley run for 2 yds to the Mary 10 OHIO ST Penalty, Offensive Holding (-10 Yards) to the Mary 20
- Week 1 · Minnesota · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA -0.60Marcus Crowley run for 2 yds to the Minn 40
Game log
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology