Marquel Fleetwood

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.

Early life Marquel Fleetwood was born on January 23, 1970, in Atlanta, Georgia. After Schaffner was benched during the 1990 season opener, Fleetwood took over as the starter. 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. 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. Fleetwood was released in May 1995.

Fleetwood was a member of the Frankfurt Galaxy of the World League of American Football (WLAF) during the 1996 WLAF season but did not record any statistics. He dressed in three games, starting one, in 1997, completing 22 of 47 passes (46.8%) for 216 yards and one interception while also rushing for 96 yards and one touchdown. Fleetwood retired from the CFL for the final time on March 26, 1998.