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Marques Hagans. Mere mention of the name likely brings back plenty of fond memories for Virginia football fans. Nicknamed “Biscuit”, Hagans forever cemented himself in the hearts of Virginia football fans with his incredible ability to improvise and dance around opposing defenses.
There was no tackle he couldn’t escape, no catch he couldn’t make, whatever the task was, Virginia fans always knew that Marques Hagans would be giving them 110 percent on the gridiron.
Virginia fans first got their taste of Hagans when he was thrust into the fire late in the Cavaliers’ season-opener at Scott Stadium against Colorado State in 2002. Their starting quarterback, Matt Schaub, had just thrown an interception and was booed off the field.
Enter Hagans, who was just a freshman at the time but showed remarkable poise, confidence, and talent for somebody his age. He brought the Cavaliers to within a few yards of a comeback victory over the Rams and from that point on a special talent was born.
The greatest achievement of Hagans’ college career was engineering one of the biggest upsets in school history, when he led the Cavaliers to a thrilling 26-21 victory over the fourth-ranked Florida State Seminoles in 2005. Hagans was running for his life the entire night, but still managed to connect with Virginia receivers in the most stunning fashion.
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