Markevion Quinn

Position:
QB
Ht./Wt.:
6-3 / 196
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
Ruleville, Miss.
Prev School:
Ruleville Central

Honors (Academic/Athletic)

• 2018-19 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team

2020 (Redshirt Junior)

• Member of the 8-3 Tigers who won the 2020 Montgomery Bowl
• Did not see action

2019 (Redshirt Sophomore)

• Saw late-game action in a pair of road contests
• Made Memphis debut at South Alabama
• Rushed for 18 yards, including a long of 7 at USF
• Also recorded a tackle at South Alabama
• Member of the 12-2 AAC Championship team that earned a berth to the 84th Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic

2018 (Sophomore)

• Transferred to Memphis from Pearl River Community College
• Suffered a knee injury in the spring of 2018 prior to his transfer and went through rehab in the fall
• Member of the 2018 squad that went 8-6, won the American Athletic Conference West Division title, played in The American Championship Game and earned a Birmingham Bowl berth
• The 2018 Tigers overcame a three-game deficit heading into the month of November to win the league’s West Division crown

2017 (at Pearl River CC)

• Played one season for head coach Ted Egger at Pearl River Community College
• Helped lead the Wildcats to a 5-4 record
• Pearl River won three of its last four to end the season
• Wildcats also posted wins over two top-20 opponents
• Began the 2017 campaign as the back-up QB and moved to starter by mid-season
• Played in all nine games
• Dual-threat QB who threw for 943 yards on 77-of-161 passing with six TD
• Rushed for 879 yards on 119 carries with 17 TD
• Led the Wildcats in rushing and passing
• Directed an offense that averaged more than 400 yards and 30 points per game
• Had 226 yards rushing with three TD in a win over East Central
• His 226 yards rushing were the second-best single-game rushing performance in program history
• Scored 17 rushing TD, third-most in National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) for the 2017 campaign
• Earned All-Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) first team honors
• Rated the No. 2 junior college dual-threat QB after the 2017 season

Prior to Memphis/Personal

• Played four seasons for Ruleville Central High School in Ruleville, Miss.
• Helped lead the Tigers to three Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA) Class 3A state playoff appearances
• As a senior, threw for 1,923 yards on 176-of-304 passing with 14 TD
• Rushed for 798 yards on 120 carries and eight TD
• Entered the 2016 season rated as one of the state of Mississippi’s top-125 seniors by The Clarion-Ledger
• Son of Vinette Turner-Sharp and the grandson of Northy and Freddie Turner