Marquez Grayson

Grayson is a complete wildcard at this point, as it's not known whether he'll have any significant role in the East Carolina offense this year. There are at least a couple reasons to suspect that he will, however. Grayson redshirted a year ago, mostly because the Pirates already had their workhorse runner in Vintavious Cooper, who posted 1,605 yards and 14 touchdowns from scrimmage last year. Cooper is gone now, though, and East Carolina's most proven returning runner (Breon Allen) posted just 311 yards and three touchdowns on the ground last year. Grayson would appear to have a talent advantage over Allen, as Grayson was a high three-star recruit in 2013, reportedly choosing the Pirates over schools like South Carolina, Clemson, Tennessee and Virginia Tech.