| Ball State Cardinals–No. 15 | |
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| Position | Running back |
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| Personal information | |
| Born: | c. 2001 (age 21–22) Gaithersburg, Maryland |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Weight | 184 lb (83 kg) |
| Career history | |
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| High school | Quince Orchard (MD) |
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Marquez Cooper (born c. 2001) is an American football running back for the Ball State Cardinals. He previously played for the Kent State Golden Flashes.
He grew up in Gaithersburg, Maryland, attended Quince Orchard High School, played for the football team, and rushed for 2,897 yards and 51 touchdowns in two seasons. [1] He received a scholarship to play for Kent State and made his debut in the fall of 2020. [2]
As a sophomore in 2021, he rushed for 1,205 yards and 11 touchdowns. As a junior in 2022, he had his second consecutive 1,000-yard season. Against Ohio on October 1, he set career-highs with 40 carries and 240 rushing yards. [3] During the 2022 season, he totaled 1,331 yards and 13 touchdowns. [4] He was named First team All-MAC in 2022 after being on the secon team in 2021. [5] [6] On December 14, 2022, he announced that he had transferred to Ball State. [7]
The 2010 Mid-American Conference football season was the 65th season for the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The season began on Thursday, September 2, with five games: Ball State hosted Southeast Missouri State, Central Michigan hosted Hampton, Kent State hosted Murray State, Buffalo hosted Rhode Island, and Northern Illinois traveled to Ames, Iowa to face Iowa State. The conference's other eight teams began their respective 2010 seasons of NCAA Division I FBS competition on Friday, September 3, and Saturday, September 4. The first in-conference game was September 9, with Temple hosting Central Michigan.
The 2012 Marathon MAC Championship Game was an American football game held on November 30, 2012 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan between the West Division champion Northern Illinois Huskies and the East Division champion Kent State Golden Flashes to determine the Mid-American Conference (MAC) champion. This is the first time since 2003 that both teams entered the game ranked in the BCS standings, AP Poll, and Coaches' Poll.
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The 2014 GoDaddy Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on January 5, 2014, at the Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. The fifteenth edition of the GoDaddy Bowl, it featured the Ball State Cardinals from the Mid-American Conference and the Arkansas State Red Wolves, co-champions of the Sun Belt Conference. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. The game began at 8:00 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN. It was sponsored by web hosting service company Go Daddy. Arkansas State defeated Ball State by a score of 23–20.
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Walter Charles Fletcher is an American professional Canadian football running back for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Fletcher played college football at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and Ball State. He made his professional football debut in 2021 as a member of the Edmonton Elks.
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