Marlon Gunn is a running back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at East Carolina.
Gunn does a little of everything without one standout trait. The four seasons at East Carolina span two head coaches: Mike Houston and Blake Harrell. On tape: 130 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD against Florida Atlantic, Week 14, 2025.
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
20.9% of carries overall (112/536) → 27.8% of Q4-with-lead carries (27/97) — 92.6% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
8 of 11 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (72.7%). 8 of the team's 27 inside-the-5 carries (29.6%).
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | East Carolina | 112 | 582 | 5.2 | 6 | 50 |
| 2024 | East Carolina | 61 | 224 | 3.7 | 3 | 20 |
| 2023 | East Carolina | 24 | 65 | 2.7 | 0 | 13 |
| 2022 | East Carolina | 65 | 301 | 4.6 | 0 | 34 |
| Career | 262 | 1,172 | 4.5 | 9 | 50 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | East Carolina | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2024 | East Carolina | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 29 |
| 2023 | East Carolina | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 0 | 13 |
| 2022 | East Carolina | 14 | 77 | 5.5 | 0 | 14 |
| Career | 27 | 174 | 6.4 | 0 | 29 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-24@ NC State | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 1 | 4 | |
| Wk 2 | W 56-3vs Campbell | 8 | 33 | 4.1 | 1 | 13 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-0@ Coastal Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-34vs BYU | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-6vs Army | 10 | 53 | 5.3 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 7 | L 19-26@ Tulane | 10 | 52 | 5.2 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 8 | W 41-27vs Tulsa | 14 | 60 | 4.3 | 1 | 13 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-14@ Temple | 10 | 64 | 6.4 | 1 | 25 | |
| Wk 11 | W 48-22vs Charlotte | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-27vs Memphis | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-58@ UTSA | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 1 | 50 | |
| Wk 14 | W 42-3@ Florida Atlantic | 14 | 130 | 9.3 | 1 | 36 | Season-high 130 yds |
 Bowl | W 23-17vs Pittsburgh | 18 | 50 | 2.8 | 0 | 14 | |
| Total | 112 | 582 | 5.2 | 6 | 50 |
Week 14 · 2025
W 42-3
130 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD
Dominant 39-point win on the road against Florida Atlantic.
With K. Houser — 258 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.9 · 67 rush yds (11 car) · 2 TD · T. O'Halloran — 48.5 yards per punt · 2 punts · 1 inside the 20
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
48%91 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds5.2 yds/carry on 112 carries · 15% explosive (10+ yds) · 48% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 36.5 | 4.5 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 52.2 | 5.7 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 32.6 | 3.4 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 59.0 | 6.7 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Harrell
Pass share
44.5%
440 pass / 548 run
Plays / game
76.0
13 games
Team sack rate
3.5%
453 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2025
About as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #165 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-AAC
Based on 2025: #16 of 37 American Athletic RBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
A stat line in 41 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike Houston → Blake Harrell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
