ECU’s Gunn named to Allstate Wuerffel Trophy Watch List

by | Jul 31, 2025

ECU has announced that running back Marlon Gunn Jr. is a nominee on the 2025 Allstate Wuerffel Trophy Watch List.

Below are more details from ECU Sports Information.

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ATLANTA, Ga. – East Carolina senior running back Marlon Gunn Jr. is one of 116 nominees to the 2025 Allstate Wuerffel Trophy Watch List the organization announced today. The annual award recognizes college football players from across the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) who exemplify community service, academic excellence and athletic achievement.

On July 15th, Gunn was East Carolina’s nominee for the 2025 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team®, which recognizes student-athletes for their commitment to community service and leadership beyond the gridiron. A year ago, defensive lineman Elijah Morris was a semifinalist for both awards.

 

Gunn has appeared in 34 career games earning three varsity letters since stepping on campus in the fall of 2021. He has tallied 633 yards rushing on 152 attempts (4.2 ypr) with three touchdowns, all coming last year. Out of the backfield, the Baton Rouge, La. Native has caught 21 passes for an additional 145 yards (6.9 ypc) and in all, has registered 910 all-purpose yards. Gunn has been a member of two bowl championship teams (2022 TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl, 2024 Go Bowling Military Bowl) and is a two-time ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll recipient.

 

Off the field, Gunn has been a team leader in the community logging over 100 service hours. He has helped with organizations from Ignite Church (volunteering two hours every other week with children), Boneyard Turkey Drive (helping distribute turkeys to the Greenville community), Pack For Troops (2024 Military Bowl event packing supplies for military troops), Beast Philanthropy (leveraging the power of social media to help raise funds for charitable causes around the world), Field Day at John Cotton Taylor Elementary School (serving as a youth mentor to children during yearly field day events), Hurricane Helene Relief (helping package supplies for victims of Hurricane Helene that hit the western part of North Carolina in the fall of 2024) among others.

 

2025 Preseason Honors

 

DL – Ryheem Craig

Third Team All-AAC (Athlon Sports)

Third Team All-AAC (Phil Steele Magazine)

 

RB – Marlon Gunn Jr.

Allstate AFCA Good Works Team ® Nominee

Allstate Wuerffel Trophy Watch List

 

RB – Parker Jenkins

Fourth Team All-AAC (Athlon Sports)

 

DL – J.D. Lampley

Second Team All-AAC (Athlon Sports)

Second Team All-AAC (Phil Steele Magazine)

 

DB – Jordy Lowery

Second Team All-AAC (Phil Steele Magazine)

Third Team All-AAC (Athlon Sports)

 

OL – Jimarion McCrimon

Second Team All-AAC (Athlon Sports)

Third Team All-AAC (Phil Steele Magazine)

 

RB – London Montgomery

Fourth Team All-AAC (Phil Steele Magazine)

 

DB – Ja’Marley Riddle

Second Team All-AAC (Phil Steele Magazine)

Third Team All-AAC (Athlon Sports)

 

WR – Anthony Smith

First Team All-AAC (Athlon Sports)

First Team All-AAC (Phil Steele Magazine)

 

WR – Yannick Smith

Fourth Team All-AAC (Athlon Sports)

 

PR – Brock Spalding

Third Team All-AAC (Phil Steele Magazine)

 

LB – Dameon Wilson

Fourth Team All-AAC (Athlon Sports)

 

The Pirates will open the 2025 season on Thursday, Aug. 28 when it travels to Raleigh, N.C. to take on NC State at Carter-Finely Stadium. Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. (ET) and will be televised on the Atlantic Coast Conference Network (ACCN). New season ticket orders are on sale now with packages starting as low as $115 each. Purchases may be made via ECU’s Online Ticket Center or by calling the Athletics Ticket Office at (252) 737-4500.

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