Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2005-2009Rice
Marcus Knox
RB • 5'10" • Humble, TX, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Marcus Knox leans balanced backfield option traits and 37.4 efficiency.
Impact Production
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Developing production for a back
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Reliability
6
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
23
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Rice
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Rice
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss
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- Committed To
- Rice
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2005
Marcus Knox, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Rice. Marcus Knox leans balanced backfield option traits and 37.4 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 200
- Rushing yards
- 166
- Receiving yards
- 34
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
Marcus Knox quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Rice · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 200
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 20 games
- Best season
- 2008 Regular Season · Rice
- Top game
- Southern Miss
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Humble · Rice
- High school pipeline
- Humble · 18 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 27 · Class 2009
- 2009 Scrimmage yards rank
- 84 scrimmage yards · RB 323rd (top 72%) · Conference USA 127th (top 59%) · National 1,233rd (top 59%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Regular Season | Rice | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 40.1 |
| 2006 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2007 Regular Season | Rice | 5 | 51 | 30 | 21 | 1 | 46.9 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Rice | 3 | 57 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 51.9 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Rice | 11 | 84 | 82 | 2 | 1 | 48.9 |
Related Context
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Marcus Knox played RB for Rice. Across 5 tracked seasons, Marcus Knox recorded 166 rushing yards, 34 receiving yards, and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2009 with Rice.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2008 Regular Season
Rice paired 57 primary output with 36.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2009 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 37.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2009 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Houston
Loss with 20 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2009 Regular Season · Rice
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
7.6
Efficiency
37.4
Usage
4
Consistency
46.9
Best Game by takeover score
Houston
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UAB: 12. Texas Tech: 6. Oklahoma State: -3. Tulsa: 0. Navy: 5. East Carolina: 12. UCF: 11. SMU: 6. Tulane: 2. UTEP: 13. Houston: 20
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UAB: 2 by 62.5. Texas Tech: 1 by 62.5. Oklahoma State: 1 by 0. Navy: 1 by 52.1. East Carolina: 4 by 31.3. UCF: 3 by 38.2. SMU: 2 by 37.5. Tulane: 1 by 20.8. UTEP: 4 by 33.9. Houston: 6 by 34.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins7.5 · Games = 2 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses7.7 · Games = 9 · +0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Houston
Best efficiency game
62.5 vs Texas Tech
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/29 | @ Houston | L 14-73 | 6 | 20 | 3.30 | 0 | — | — | 3.3 |
| Sat 11/21 | vs UTEP | W 30-29 | 4 | 13 | 3.30 | 0 | — | — | 3.3 |
| Sat 11/14 | vs Tulane | W 28-20 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 |
| Sat 11/7 | @ SMU | L 28-31 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Sat 10/24 | vs UCF | L 7-49 | 3 | 11 | 3.70 | 0 | — | — | 3.7 |
| Sat 10/17 | @ East Carolina | L 13-49 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 |
| Sat 10/10 | vs Navy | L 14-63 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 5 |
| Sat 10/3 | vs Tulsa | L 10-27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/19 | @ Oklahoma State | L 24-41 | 1 | -3 | -3 | 0 | — | — | -3 |
| Sat 9/12 | @ Texas Tech | L 10-55 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 6 |
| Sat 9/5 | @ UAB | L 24-44 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 6 |
Career Arc
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Rice
2005-2009
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20052006200720082009
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Regular Season | Rice | 8 | 41.7 | 3.2 | — |
| 2006 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | — | — | -8 |
| 2007 Regular Season | Rice | 51 | 44.4 | 4.4 | 51 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Rice | 57 | 36.5 | 9.7 | 6 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Rice | 84 | 37.4 | 4 | 27 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Southern Miss
Week 6 · W 31-29 · Conference game
Win with 18 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
66.5 takeover
18 scrimmage yards and 4.2 usage.
#2
vs SMU
Week 1 · W 56-27 · Conference game
27
Scrimmage Yards
58.4 takeover
Win with 27 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
27 scrimmage yards and 8.8 usage.
#3
@ Houston
Week 13 · L 14-73 · Conference game
20
Scrimmage Yards
54.1 takeover
Loss with 20 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
20 scrimmage yards and 9.7 usage.
#4
@ East Carolina
Week 6 · L 28-41 · Conference game
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Scrimmage Yards
50.3 takeover
Loss with 8 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
8 scrimmage yards and 3.2 usage.
#5
@ Houston
Week 7 · L 48-56 · Conference game
16
Scrimmage Yards
50.1 takeover
Loss with 16 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
16 scrimmage yards and 6.9 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2008 Regular Season · Rice
57 primary output · 36.5 efficiency · 9.7 usage
51.9
#2
2009 Regular Season · Rice
48.9
84 primary · 37.4 efficiency · 4 usage
#3
2007 Regular Season · Rice
46.9
51 primary · 44.4 efficiency · 4.4 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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