Marquel Fleetwood
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Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
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| Position | Quarterback |
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| Born | January 23, 1970 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | Minnesota (1989–1992) |
| NFL draft | 1993: undrafted |
| Career history | |
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
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Marquel Fleetwood (born January 23, 1970) is an American former professional football quarterback who played four seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL) with the Ottawa Rough Riders, Toronto Argonauts, and Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He played college football at the University of Minnesota.
Marquel Fleetwood was born on January 23, 1970, in Atlanta, Georgia.[1] He played college football for the Minnesota Golden Gophers of the University of Minnesota, and was a four-year letterman from 1989 to 1992.[1] As the backup to Scott Schaffner in 1989, Fleetwood completed 23 of 56 passes (41.1%) for 270 yards, no touchdowns, and six interceptions while also scoring three rushing touchdowns.[2][3] After Schaffner was benched during the 1990 season opener, Fleetwood took over as the starter.[4][2] Overall in 1990, he completed 95 of 171 passes (55.6%) for 1,199 yards, six touchdowns, and seven interceptions while also rushing for 268 yards and five touchdowns.[3] Fleetwood missed part of the 1990 season due to injury.[5] In 1991, Fleetwood totaled 143 completions on 276 passing attempts (51.8%) for 1,642 yards, five touchdowns, and ten interceptions, and two rushing touchdowns.[3] As a senior during the 1992 season, he completed 192 of 385 passes (49.9%) for 2,168 yards, seven touchdowns, and 18 interceptions while rushing for 319 yards and five touchdowns.[3] His completions, pass attempts, passing yards and interceptions were all the most in the Big Ten Conference in 1992.[3] Fleetwood also had a Big Ten-leading 197.1 passing yards per game.[3]