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DALLAS, Texas – A trio of East Carolina operating backs are amongst 101 operating backs nationally named to the 2024 Doak Walker Award Watch List the PwC SMU Athletic Forum introduced Monday. The Forum, which yearly presents the award to the nation’s prime operating again, will announce the 2025 winner dwell on The Home Depot College Football Awards on December 12, 2025.
Marlon Gunn Jr. (Career and 2024 Biographical Sketch)
Senior within the classroom with one 12 months of athletic eligibility remaining … Appeared in 34 profession video games for the Pirates incomes three letters … Rushed 152 occasions for 633 yards (4.2 ypr) … Scored three floor touchdowns – all in 2024 … Caught 21 passes for 145 yards (6.9 ypc) … In all, tallied 910 all-purpose yards (633/rush, 145/rcv, 132 kor) for a mean of 26.8 yards per sport … Member of two bowl championship groups (2022 TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl, 2024 Go Bowling Military Bowl).
2024 (East Carolina: Played in all 12 video games incomes third varsity letter … Logged 181 complete snaps (143 offense, 38 particular groups) … Ran for 224 yards on 61 carries (3.7 ypr) … Did not play towards NC State within the Go Bowling Military Bowl … Scored three touchdowns on the bottom with first profession coming at Liberty on a 1-yard run within the first quarter … His run was the quickest TD drive in FBS throughout the season … Also had TD runs towards Temple (7 yards in 3Q) and at Tulsa (1 yard in 2Q) … Ran for a season-best 52 yards at Tulsa on eight carries … Added 42 yards at North Texas, 37 towards Temple, 31 at ODU and 28 versus FAU … Over remaining 5 video games of the season, rushed for 164 yards on 38 carries (4.3 ypr) with two scores … Caught two passes on the season for 29 yards (17.0 ypc) … Hauled in career-long cross for 29 yards at Old Dominion … Other reception was a five-yard seize at North Texas … Twenty-nine of 34 receiving yards got here after the catch … Had 28 runs that went for 4 or extra yards (12 for 6-plus) … Longest rush of the season was 20 yards at Tulsa within the second quarter … Also had lengthy runs at North Texas (11 yards in 2Q) and Temple (10 yards in 4Q) … Returned one kickoff for 16 yards towards Navy … Tallied season-best 60 all-purpose yards at Old Dominion … Topped 30 or extra all-purpose yards in a contest on 4 events … Credited with one sort out (solo) at Old Dominion.
Parker Jenkins (Career and 2024 Biographical Sketch)
Junior within the classroom with two years of eligibility remaining … Mid-year switch from Houston who enrolled at East Carolina in January of 2025 … Earned two letters at Houston (2023-24) … Played in 18 profession video games making 9 begins (8/2023, 1/2024) … Rushed for 498 yards on 116 carries (4.3 ypr) with three scores … Caught 18 passes out of the backfield for 88 yards (4.9 ypc) … Returned eight kickoffs for 140 yards (11.7 avg) – all throughout freshman marketing campaign in 2023.
2024 (Houston): Played in six video games making one begin … Rushed 17 occasions for 34 yards (5.7 ypr) rating seventh on the workforce … Longest rush (13) and reception (6) of the season was 13 towards UNLV … Caught three passes for seven yards … Week one starter towards UNLV … One of 17 gamers with a reception … 2024 UH Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Representative.
London Montgomery (Career and 2024 Biographical Sketch)
Sophomore within the classroom with three years of eligibility remaining … Played in 11 profession video games (all at ECU) incomes varsity letter in 2024 … Rushed for 359 yards on 71 carries (5.1 ypr) with two touchdowns … Caught 5 passes for 29 yards (5.8 ypc) … Transferred to East Carolina within the fall of 2024.
2024 (East Carolina): Played in 11 of ECU’s 13 video games incomes first varsity letter … Logged 215 complete snaps (211 offense, 4 particular groups) … Registered 71 carries for 359 yards (5.1 ypr) with a pair of touchdowns … Caught 5 passes out of the backfield for 29 yards (5.8 ypc) … Scored touchdowns towards Charlotte (48 yards) and Tulsa (16 yards) … Established career-highs in carries (15/North Texas), speeding yards (67/Norfolk State) and receiving yards (10/Florida Atlantic) … Made collegiate debut towards Norfolk State within the season opener with 14 carries for 67 yards … Recorded double-digit carries towards Norfolk State (14), Temple (12) and North Texas (15) … Topped 50 yards on the bottom 4 occasions (67/Norfolk State, 56/Charlotte, 55/Temple, 63/North Texas) … Caught at the least one cross in 5 video games … Had two rushes for 20 or extra yards (48 vs. Charlotte, 21 vs. Norfolk State) … Targeted seven occasions making 5 catches … Credited with 19 yards after the catch.
Marlon Gunn Jr. (Career and 2024 Biographical Sketch)
Senior within the classroom with one 12 months of athletic eligibility remaining … Appeared in 34 profession video games for the Pirates incomes three letters … Rushed 152 occasions for 633 yards (4.2 ypr) … Scored three floor touchdowns – all in 2024 … Caught 21 passes for 145 yards (6.9 ypc) … In all, tallied 910 all-purpose yards (633/rush, 145/rcv, 132 kor) for a mean of 26.8 yards per sport … Member of two bowl championship groups (2022 TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl, 2024 Go Bowling Military Bowl).
2024 (East Carolina: Played in all 12 video games incomes third varsity letter … Logged 181 complete snaps (143 offense, 38 particular groups) … Ran for 224 yards on 61 carries (3.7 ypr) … Did not play towards NC State within the Go Bowling Military Bowl … Scored three touchdowns on the bottom with first profession coming at Liberty on a 1-yard run within the first quarter … His run was the quickest TD drive in FBS throughout the season … Also had TD runs towards Temple (7 yards in 3Q) and at Tulsa (1 yard in 2Q) … Ran for a season-best 52 yards at Tulsa on eight carries … Added 42 yards at North Texas, 37 towards Temple, 31 at ODU and 28 versus FAU … Over remaining 5 video games of the season, rushed for 164 yards on 38 carries (4.3 ypr) with two scores … Caught two passes on the season for 29 yards (17.0 ypc) … Hauled in career-long cross for 29 yards at Old Dominion … Other reception was a five-yard seize at North Texas … Twenty-nine of 34 receiving yards got here after the catch … Had 28 runs that went for 4 or extra yards (12 for 6-plus) … Longest rush of the season was 20 yards at Tulsa within the second quarter … Also had lengthy runs at North Texas (11 yards in 2Q) and Temple (10 yards in 4Q) … Returned one kickoff for 16 yards towards Navy … Tallied season-best 60 all-purpose yards at Old Dominion … Topped 30 or extra all-purpose yards in a contest on 4 events … Credited with one sort out (solo) at Old Dominion.
Parker Jenkins (Career and 2024 Biographical Sketch)
Junior within the classroom with two years of eligibility remaining … Mid-year switch from Houston who enrolled at East Carolina in January of 2025 … Earned two letters at Houston (2023-24) … Played in 18 profession video games making 9 begins (8/2023, 1/2024) … Rushed for 498 yards on 116 carries (4.3 ypr) with three scores … Caught 18 passes out of the backfield for 88 yards (4.9 ypc) … Returned eight kickoffs for 140 yards (11.7 avg) – all throughout freshman marketing campaign in 2023.
2024 (Houston): Played in six video games making one begin … Rushed 17 occasions for 34 yards (5.7 ypr) rating seventh on the workforce … Longest rush (13) and reception (6) of the season was 13 towards UNLV … Caught three passes for seven yards … Week one starter towards UNLV … One of 17 gamers with a reception … 2024 UH Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Representative.
London Montgomery (Career and 2024 Biographical Sketch)
Sophomore within the classroom with three years of eligibility remaining … Played in 11 profession video games (all at ECU) incomes varsity letter in 2024 … Rushed for 359 yards on 71 carries (5.1 ypr) with two touchdowns … Caught 5 passes for 29 yards (5.8 ypc) … Transferred to East Carolina within the fall of 2024.
2024 (East Carolina): Played in 11 of ECU’s 13 video games incomes first varsity letter … Logged 215 complete snaps (211 offense, 4 particular groups) … Registered 71 carries for 359 yards (5.1 ypr) with a pair of touchdowns … Caught 5 passes out of the backfield for 29 yards (5.8 ypc) … Scored touchdowns towards Charlotte (48 yards) and Tulsa (16 yards) … Established career-highs in carries (15/North Texas), speeding yards (67/Norfolk State) and receiving yards (10/Florida Atlantic) … Made collegiate debut towards Norfolk State within the season opener with 14 carries for 67 yards … Recorded double-digit carries towards Norfolk State (14), Temple (12) and North Texas (15) … Topped 50 yards on the bottom 4 occasions (67/Norfolk State, 56/Charlotte, 55/Temple, 63/North Texas) … Caught at the least one cross in 5 video games … Had two rushes for 20 or extra yards (48 vs. Charlotte, 21 vs. Norfolk State) … Targeted seven occasions making 5 catches … Credited with 19 yards after the catch.
The Pirates will open the 2025 season on Thursday, Aug. 28 when it travels to Raleigh, N.C. to tackle NC State at Carter-Finely Stadium. Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. (ET) and can be televised on the Atlantic Coast Conference Network (ACCN). New season ticket orders are on sale now with packages beginning as little as $115 every. Purchases could also be made by way of ECU’s Online Ticket Center or by calling the Athletics Ticket Office at (252) 737-4500.
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