University of Richmond Athletics
Richmond Athletics Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 2013
- Class:
- 1999
Marc Megna was a four-year starter at defensive end who culminated his Richmond football career with a conference championship and multiple All-America and Player of the Year awards. In 1998, Megna recorded 74 tackles, 13 quarterback sacks and 16 tackles for loss. He was part of a defense that led the Atlantic 10 in rushing, passing and total defense, and fewest points allowed. Following his senior season, Megna was selected as a Walter Camp, Sports Network, Don Hansen, Associated Press and Strength Team All-American. He was honored as Defensive Player of the Year by the Atlantic 10 and Roanoke Times. He was also tabbed Defensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive season by the Richmond Touchdown Club.
He received the top honor awarded to a college football player in the Commonwealth of Virginia when he became the first Division I-AA (now FCS) player to receive the Bill Dudley Award. Megna, a captain during his senior season when the Spiders went 9-3 and finished with a Top 10 National Ranking, was a two-time Atlantic 10 First Team Defensive standout and a two-time Buck Buchanan Award finalist, symbolic of the nation's top I-AA defensive player. He holds the school record for career quarterback sacks (32) and owns the top two single-season quarterback sack marks with 14 in 1997 and 13 in 1998. Megna was selected by the New York Jets in the sixth round of the 1999 NFL draft. He also spent time professionally with the New England Patriots, Cincinnati Bengals, Barcelona Dragons, Berlin Thunder and Montreal Alouettes.
