Doug Chapman (2010) - Marshall Athletics Hall of Fame

Doug Chapman

Induction:
2010
Class:
1999

As a member of four conference champion football teams, Doug Chapman rushed for 4,016 yards and scored 57 touchdowns in an honor-filled career. The Chesterfield, Va., native rushed for 1,238 yards as a freshman for the undefeated 1996 NCAA Division I-AA national champions and by the time he ran for 133 yards and scored all three Thundering Herd touchdowns in a 21-3 win over Brigham Young in the 1999 Motor City Bowl – capping off a perfect 13-0 season and a No. 10 ranking in the final polls – he had helped Marshall to a 50-4 overall record and a 32-2 mark against conference competition, with one Southern Conference and three Mid-American Conference titles. A two-time first team All-MAC running back, Chapman was a third-round selection by the Minnesota Vikings in the 2000 NFL Draft and played four seasons with the Vikings, San Diego Chargers and San Francisco 49ers before moving into a broadcasting career. Chapman was inducted into the Marshall Athletic Hall of Fame in 2010.