Marshall Ferguson (born June 15, 1991) is a

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radio and television personality, sports broadcaster and former

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. Ferguson is currently a host and

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for

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(TSN) in

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Football career

Ferguson was recruited as a

from a variety of OUA schools following his senior year at

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. After committing to

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and the Marauders, he sat for three years behind 2012

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winner and incumbent starting quarterback,

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. However, in 2011, when Quinlan served a three-game suspension following an on campus incident, Ferguson became the temporary starting quarterback. As a 2nd year, Ferguson and the Marauders won all three games after defeating the

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, the

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, and finally the

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in McMaster's 2011 homecoming game. As a starter in 2013, Ferguson set the McMaster school record for pass attempts in a season (314) pass completions in a season (199) and passing touchdowns in a season (21). That season McMaster would lose 32–3 against the Western Mustangs in the OUA semifinals. In his last season at McMaster, in 2014, Ferguson helped the Marauders to a 7–1 regular season record before winning the

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, and nearly winning the

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. Ferguson finished his career at McMaster placing in the school record books second in career pass attempts (765), second in career pass completions (493), first in career completion percentage (64.4%), and third in career passing touchdowns (49). Ferguson joins McMaster teammates Ben O'Connor and Steven Ventresca as the only Marauders to play in 57 games for the school due to their Vanier Cup runs in 2011, 2012, and 2014.

Broadcasting career

Prior to his work with TSN, Ferguson worked as sports director of CFMU 93.3

radio. There, Ferguson created "OUA Today", a weekly podcast covering Ontario University Athletics. He also broadcast McMaster University men's and women's basketball while completing his career as the Marauders starting quarterback on the football team. In September 2015, Ferguson was announced as the TSN 1150 Hamilton afternoon drive co-host with

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columnist, Steve Milton. The show aptly named "Marsh and Milton" was the first of its kind for TSN 1150 Hamilton's local programming. During that first year on the air, Ferguson also served as the play-by-play voice of the McMaster Marauders on TSN 1150 as well as hosting the

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pregame and postgame shows while reporting from the sideline in game. On May 16, 2016, Ferguson was promoted to lead play-by-play commentator for the Tiger-Cats. One year after TSN 1150 Hamilton launched, Steve Milton left the show and Ferguson teamed up with Hamilton native and well known broadcaster Jim Tatti to form 'Tatti and Marsh' airing weekdays 3-7 pm before making the move to mornings with Hamilton's Kyle Melo to form "Marsh and Melo" heard weekdays 6-9 am on TSN 1150 Hamilton. Ferguson was not retained when the Tiger-Cats reclaimed their radio rights in 2021. Ferguson has also contributed to the

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's website on various platforms including his role as lead analyst on both the CFL playoffs and the

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. In 2021, he joined TSN as a play-by-play announcer and called several games throughout the 2021 season.

References

External links

TSN profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferguson, Marshall 1991 births Living people Canadian football quarterbacks Canadian radio sportscasters Canadian sports announcers McMaster Marauders football players Hamilton Tiger-Cats announcers