Before Montie Quinn broke on to the national stage, breaking records, he originally didn't plan on going to college, and thought he was destined to follow in the steps of some of his family members by going into the military.

The undersized running back only played two years of high school football and wasn't heavily recruited. But as chance would have it, his dad Dennis was scrolling twitter one day, and he saw that Curry College had a cross-country team, and that interested the high school track star Quinn. Eventually Montie got in contact with newly hired football head coach Todd Parsons, and as they say, the rest was history.

Quinn made an immediate impact his freshman year. "We all noticed something was a little bit different," said Parsons. "Just the speed he brought to it," Quinn ran a 10.92 100m dash, and 22.50 200m dash in high school.

His first career touchdown, the first of a now school record 63, came against Coast Guard in his second career game. He took the handoff and ran for 69 yards, which was made even more impressive by the fact that the Colonels only had 10 guys on the field. As Parsons said of Quinn, "he kind of made it happen by himself a bit. He's been getting better each day."

Over the past four years Quinn has continued to get better, and continued to make things happen.

Originally from New York, born to his parents Dennis and Shatavia Quinn, Montie moved to Goose Creek, SC in high school and played at Stratford High School in Goose Creek, SC.

Family is important for Quinn, as he partially chose Curry due to its' closeness to his parents, as they and his five siblings (Dominick, Dennis III, Unique, Domo, and Dahji) could easily come and see him play. Since then, he has fallen in love with the small community he has at Curry, one that continues to show him love as he makes national headlines on a weekly basis.

He had already rewritten the record books through three seasons with the Colonels, and held nearly every rushing record, so he set his eyes on even loftier aspirations for this, his senior, season. He told everyone who asked that he was going to run for 2,000 yards in his final season. Not only has he achieved that, but he has gone way above what anyone had imagined. He surpassed the 2,000-yard mark in just the ninth game of the season, and has run for 27 touchdowns this season, shattering the previous school record of 18. He has done this while also sitting out numerous second halves early in the season due to the Colonels being up big.

The highlight of his season came against Nichols on October 18^th, in front of a large homecoming crowd on the Curry campus. Quinn ran for an all-divisions NCAA record 522 yards, becoming the first player to ever run for over 500 yards in collegiate football. He ran for a program record seven touchdowns, with five being over 50 yards. Even crazier is he didn't play the last two drives, as the Colonels had put the game out of reach.

Almost as soon as the game was over, Quinn's life changed, as he was the number one story in the sports world. Everyone was talking about him, including ESPN, the standard of sports news.

But Quinn has taken the publicity in stride, and it clearly hasn't impacted his play, as he has rushed for over 200 yards in all four games since his record-breaking performance.

While he was not able to lead the Colonels to their ultimate goal of a CNE conference championship, his strong play helped earn the Colonels an appearance in the Fusion Bowl on Friday, where they will take on Merchant Marine. While Quinn and the Colonels will look to end their season on a high note, Montie will also be looking to solidify his place in NCAA history.

With his seven 200+ yard games this season, he is just one away from tying Ricky Gales (Simpson, 1989) for the most in a season. Additionally, his 15 career such games is also just one short of the NCAA record set by RJ Bowers (Grove City, 1997-00).

The next set of records Quinn will have an opportunity to break involve yards per carry. He currently sits at 10.06 yards per carry on the season, which would break the current record of 9.77 yards per carry set by Joe Sacco (North Central (IL), 2023). That is the record for a minimum of 150 carries. On top of that, as long as Quinn has eight carries, he will hit the 250-carry mark on the season, and qualify for that record, which is 8.31 yard per carry, previously set by Lamar Carswell (Trine, 2018). Quinn's career average is 7.38, which is just ahead of the current career record set by Ethan Greenfield (North Central (IL), 2018-22), which is 7.27 (minimum 750 carries)

Continuing on his hunt of NCAA records, Quinn is also taking aim at the yards per game records. On the season he is averaging 243.6 yards per game, ahead of the current record of 238.5 yards set by Dante Brown (Marietta, 1996). To break that record, Quinn will need to rush for 189 yards against Merchant Marine. His mark of 171.78 yards per game for his career is good for the 4^th best in NCAA history.

His 6,871 career rushing yards ranks as the 5^th most in DIII history, and within striking distance of 4^th place, which is John Smith (Husson, 2014-17) at 6,925. Quinn is looking to become just the 4^th DIII running back to rush for 7,000 career yards.

Quinn has already locked up being the season leader in the country, doing so for the third straight season, joining Scott Reppert (Lawrence, 1980-82) as the only people to do so three straight seasons.

The only record Quinn may not break is the single season DIII record for rushing yards. He currently sits at 2,436, which is good for the third most ever. He only trails Justin Beaver (Wis. – Whitewater, 2007, 2,455 yards) and Nate Kmic (Mount Union, 2008, 2,790). Both of those players played 15 games those seasons, while Quinn will end up playing 11. He will almost certainly pass Beaver, needing just 20 yards. Kmic's record would appear safe, as Quinn would need 355 yards to break it, but that is a number that Quinn has eclipsed twice in his career.

While Quinn will hopefully have some time after the season to rest and reflect on his accomplishments, he won't be able to rest for too long, as nearly 10 different NFL teams have stopped by Curry College this season to get their eyes on the All-American running back. When asked what his future plans are, Montie Quinn is clear, he wants to play professional football.