McCray Earns NEFWA Golden Helmet Award
10/16/2022 4:28:00 PM | Football
Quarterback threw for a career-high 405 yards in the win over Stonehill.
BRIDGEWATER, Mass. – Anytime the Sacred Heart University football team needed points in Saturday's 40-27 win over Stonehill, quarterback Marquez McCray led his team to a score. He was honor for his efforts with the New England Football Writer's Golden Helmet Award.
It's the first recognition for the Philadelphia native and the second Pioneer to win the award in the last two seasons. Running back Malik Grant picked the honor on October 10, 2021.
Against the Skyhawks, McCray had a career day as he threw for a career-high 405 yards, the 11th-best performance in the FCS this year. His total is third on the SHU single-game charts and the most by a Pioneer since 2019. McCray was 21-of-30 (70 percent) to up his competition percentage to 65.6 percent for the year, ranking him 23rd in the country.
McCray led Sacred Heart to scores in four of its first six possessions to start the game and establish a lead the Pioneers would not relinquish. He helped the Pioneers answer Stonehill's first two touchdowns in the second half, including a 75-yard touchdown pass to LJ Haskett, the longest pass of his career. McCray also ran for a score.
The Pioneers (4-2 overall, 2-0 NEC) are on the road Saturday to face Merrimack at 1 p.m.
It's the first recognition for the Philadelphia native and the second Pioneer to win the award in the last two seasons. Running back Malik Grant picked the honor on October 10, 2021.
Against the Skyhawks, McCray had a career day as he threw for a career-high 405 yards, the 11th-best performance in the FCS this year. His total is third on the SHU single-game charts and the most by a Pioneer since 2019. McCray was 21-of-30 (70 percent) to up his competition percentage to 65.6 percent for the year, ranking him 23rd in the country.
McCray led Sacred Heart to scores in four of its first six possessions to start the game and establish a lead the Pioneers would not relinquish. He helped the Pioneers answer Stonehill's first two touchdowns in the second half, including a 75-yard touchdown pass to LJ Haskett, the longest pass of his career. McCray also ran for a score.
The Pioneers (4-2 overall, 2-0 NEC) are on the road Saturday to face Merrimack at 1 p.m.
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